Australian College Of Professional Studies (TOID: 41036), established in 2014, provides excellence in education offering exceptional training programs and positive futures for our students and the communities in which we operate. Our training programs are tailored to meet specific industry requirements and are based on the National Skills Framework (NSF).
Our vision is to provide high-quality training and assessment programs that exceed our students expectations. Our training courses are Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) nationally recognised and accredited to meet vocational and educational standards.
We work in line with the often-quoted statement ‘learn as if you were to live forever to use education as the most powerful weapon to change the world’.
Our Strategic Framework
ACPS strategic planning is framed in three pillars.
The three pillars are:
- Our Fundamentals
- Our Enablers
- Our Goals
Our Fundamentals
- Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Australian College of Professional Studies (TOID: 41036), to provide best practice education, high-quality nationally recognised vocational training, and assessment within the National Skills Framework (NSF) that is tailored to improve the quality of work and professionalism in the Australian education sector.
- Our vision
Our vision includes a commitment to excellence in education, equity, and social responsibility to offer exceptional value and positive futures for our students and the communities in which we operate.
Our vibrant supportive training organisation provides its’ learning community with high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that adhere to the requirements of the Australian Standards Qualifications Authority (ASQA).
We support, inspire, and educate our students to achieve excellent results in their chosen field, career, professional and academic goals. This is achieved by an engaging and rigorous curriculum, career pathways, flexible delivery, and learning support services to achieve the standards of the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF).
- Our Values
The values of ACPS reflect the principles of our quality services. These values are enthused by our inspiration to become a leading education provider. Our pursuit of excellence is guided by the following seven core values:
- Community
- Collaboration
- Excellence
- Equity
- Integrity
- Respect
- Skills Development & Innovation
Community
We are committed to building a professional community that is bonded through shared values, goals, reciprocal support systems, and professional relationships.
Collaboration
We carry a load of responsibility together by building purposeful relationships grounded in cooperation and a shared vision.
Excellence
We create values and visions of quality and excellence and filter them into a strategic business direction and focus.
Equity
We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce any students service disparities.
Integrity
We are committed to our values and we protect our company culture through our commitment to possessing integrity at an organizational level.
Respect
We value respect: respect for our employees, respect for our customers, partners, and suppliers, respect for our service, respect for laws and business practices, respect for the environment we work in.
Skills Development & Innovation
We encourage curiosity and new ideas, and through our skills and innovation, we generate solutions for our customers and learn from mistakes, and constantly strive to exceed expectations.
Our Philosophy
Our philosophy is framed on enhancing liberation, practicality, nurturing integrity, accountability, and creativity of learners. We believe in the power of education to transform lives.
We provide our students with the meaning and passion of education.
Student learning and teaching, research, and partnering with industry, are core to what we do, with purpose and determination. We empower people to learn and grow, we care deeply about the work we do, and we take pride in what we do.
Our staff. The most valuable enablers are our staff. Our staff is the enablers of our vision. Our staff’s great care, professional performance, and highest quality outcome have made us one of the most admired RTOs in West Melbourne, if not in greater Melbourne.
Our students. Our students also are our enablers. Our students see their studies in the context of the wider world. Their active participation in the training and assessment strategy and work placement and their ability to place their learning in context helps us to connect learners and industry. It also helps them to develop a sense of place and identity. We believe this is the main reason why our students call our campus their own.
Our organizational culture. At the heart of our success are our shared beliefs and attitudes that have been developed into organizational culture. Our culture captures the full value of our human resources, students, and industry partners.
We operate with a culture of shared sense of purpose that always puts students first. We have a fiduciary responsibility to our students to act with uncompromising integrity across all levels of students’ journeys. The mutual respect and relationship between our organization and the students are strong. The trust we have from our students is earned. We use the power of our culture to transform the lives of hundreds of learners and make their unique contributions to our diverse world