HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT AS A COMPANY THRU MEMBERSHIP WITH SASCE
(The following benefits are in line with the four SASCE strategic planning goals)

As ACCREDITATION AND AUTHORITATIVE VOICE ......WE WILL!
Grant you recognition and accreditation status for your company
Give you access to new graduate placement opportunities
Celebrate excellence with merit awards for quality service
Give you access to the contact details of co-operative education practitioners
Update you on Work Integrated placement progress nationally
Set up a national database on all Co-operative Education activities

As Marketing and Communication ......WE WILL!
Advertise and promote your company products and services
Host an interactive Web-Site and SASCE Newslink newsletter
Invite you to participate in Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
Provide training for industry mentors and supervisors
Provide and facilitate links with the SETA’s
Invite you to participate in Graduate Fairs and Careers Expo’s

for Curriculum and Quality Provision......WE WILL !
Bring you the latest updates on work integrated learning programme design
Invite you to serve on our industry Advisory Committees
Ensure that our qualifications remain relevant to industry needs
Let you experience our under-graduate students for future permanent placements
Invite you to participate in student promotions and programme review
Showcase and celebrate success stories and to share best practise

for Research and Development......WE WILL !
Bring you feedback by students and trends on their WIL experiences
Ask you to provide feedback on your experiences with our students
Provide impact assessment and trends on programme successes
Provide stats on placement successes by region, programme and institution
Promote and publish action research linked to industry R&D
Update you on national and international trends in Co-operative Education

GOAL 1 To position SASCE as the authoritative voice and accreditation body for Co-operative Education

1. To establish an accreditation process Co--operative Education programmes based on best practice and statutory quality assurance compliance.
2. To effectively review co-operative education programmes seeking accreditation distinction and acknowledgement for excellence awards.
3. To provide information and training to raise the standards of individual co-operative education programmes infrastructure and capacity.
4. To enhance and promote understanding of the significance and value of participation in an accredited co-operative education programme.
5. To give an overview of the extent to which institutions, employers and students adhere to agreed benchmarking criteria and minimum standards.
6. To provide training and material resources to give guidance to industry and institutions on policy, quality systems and best practice.
7. To provide auditing and measurement criteria templates to ensure regular and consistent quality review processes.
8. To co-ordinate outputs from its membership and to interpret information on student profiles, institutional activities and industry and trends.

GOAL 2 To actively market Co-operative Education and to establish national and international partnerships through a representative membership database

1. To seek partnerships and cooperation with key stakeholders in Government, Business and the Community to the mission and the role of SASCE.
2. To set up a national database on student placements and to disseminate information on institution needs for WIL placements.
3. To have a website with information on the activities of SASCE and the activities within Institutions that promote co-operative education.
4. To disseminate data on the impact co-operative education programmes in progressing the career paths of student alumni.
5. To make available information on policy, best practice, learner guides to maintain quality accredited co-operative education programmes.
6. To promote and encourage participation and attendance at conferences, nationally and internationally.
7. To host workshops, symposia, conventions to market and expand the participation of stakeholders in co operative education models.
8. To publish an Annual Report on the role, activities and successes of SASCE in supporting and promoting Co-operative Education.

GOAL 3 To promote and build capacity linking curriculum development and quality assurance for Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

1. To promote quality management in the design and implementation of learning programs that incorporate work integrated learning.
2. To visit institutions to provide facilitation on programme design that integrates work integrated learning that is credit bearing.
3. To provide information and training to co-operative education practitioners on key performance areas and performance management criteria.
4. To promote co operative education a teaching and learning with outcomes and assessment criteria and not as a set of administrative processes.
5. To seek alliances with professional bodies, and curriculum groups that can support the curriculum and the quality aspirations of SASCE.
6. To promote quality mentorship training to industry supervisors and student mentors in the form of Learnerships and skills training programmes.
7. To empower Advisory Committees to engage with curriculum development, assessment and moderation of co-operative education programmes.
8. To provide information, materials and guidelines, policy information, links to related organizations through the SASCE website.

GOAL 4 To promote research and development capacity toward a body of knowledge on Co-operative Education practice and publication

1. To maintain a regular updated archive on all current national and international research on co-operative education.
2. To encourage and give support to institutions to build capacity in research methodology and implementation on co-operative education.
3. To identify specific areas of research and then to headhunt and empower student and practitioner participation in such research activity.
4. To set up a data base and communication to encourage researchers in a support environment for research into co-operative education.
5. To conduct surveys into a range of stakeholder activity and to monitor trends as added value to future thinking around co-operative education.
6. To ensure that we target, encourage and support publication of research in accredited journals.
7. To keep track of and to encourage the publication of success stories on best practice and student achievements.
8. To explore opportunities and to encourage industry to use their infrastructure and our staff and students to engage applied R&D programmes.

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