About Us
TAFE Directors Australian Inc (TDA) is the peak body representing Australia’s educational network of TAFE institutes, and includes universities of technology, institutes of technology and Australian Technical Colleges.
TAFE Directors Australia was established by TAFE directors in 1998, and incorporated as a not-for-profit educational organisation.
The TDA mission is to provide leadership at a national level the ‘public provider voice’ for Australia's vocational education. Our vision is TAFE: Australia's provider of choice in vocational education, and is guided by a three-year strategic plan to engage effective advocacy for the TAFE Institute sector and its Members, and our key stakeholders.
As the national voice of public provider vocational education, TDA commissions research and independent reviews on vocational education, and stages regular professional development programs for executive membership. Membership incorporates TAFE institutes, universities of technology, and institutes of technology, from every state and territory.
In 2009, TDA relocated its National Secretariat to the Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW (Ultimo campus) and has extended a network of representations on policy committees – at a domestic and international level.