Acquisition

Acquisition

Acquisition to me seems to be straightforward and really, common sense to a degree. The changing nature of today's society into the digital revolution means that resources can be acquired in many different ways.

It is again important that the TL has a significant if not sole responsibility in the acquisition process and needs to ensure that procedures and policies are in place so that the process can be managed smoothly. There is nothing worse than being a school where you require significant resources to teach students and you cannot access them or have your hands on them for months on end.

I find the identification of relevant suppliers a little hard as the school I currently work at requires that EVERYTHING from pens to books, be purchased through procurment (a NSW DET application). Thus local suppliers and wholesalers lose out beause we cannot use their services. It is also difficult if procurment do not have the selected resource that you are looking for. It is a time-consuming process. If procurement do not have the item you need to file paperwork and submit a claim to show that you need to go elsewhere to purchase the resource - time consuming!

However, acquisition to me seems to be quite straightforward if completed with a little bit of common sense and in an organised manner!