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Teaching Generation Z
Share your experiences teaching Gen Z. What are their characteristics? What are some of the challenges? What strategies could be used to manage these challenges? Share your story.
TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment – Once you have it what do you do now? How to put yourself on the map.
By Cyril Wood Over many years I have taught the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment in its various forms and for at least five different RTOs. During that time hundreds of students have come and gone, successfully completing the course and heading off into the world to become a VET trainer/teacher. To help them […]
Validating Assessment Judgements
by Sandy Welton The Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 is the legislative instrument that all RTOs must comply with. Clauses 1.9 to 1.11 of the Standards requires assessment judgements to be validated according to a documented plan, so that all “training products” (qualifications etc. listed on training.gov.au as the RTO’s explicit scope) are […]
New Qualification – BSB51918 Diploma of Leadership and Management
B51918 Diploma of Leadership and Management now replaces BSB51915 Diploma of Leadership and Management. BSB51918 Diploma of Leadership and Management has been deemed equivalent to BSB51915 Diploma of Leadership and Management. The main changes are to: Develop and use emotional intelligence (now BSBLDR511) and Communicate with influence (now BSBLDR513). There is also a Release 2.0 […]
Ethics in Vocational Education and Training
As the Director of a quality training organisation specialising in TAE and Leadership and Management, I am hearing almost daily from students who have been and are still being unethically treated in the Vocational Education and Training sector. Last week I had a call from a student enrolled in TAE40116 via distance learning who had […]
INDUSTRY CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT – TAE40116 CERTIFICATE IV IN TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
I would like to invite industry input into the Training and Assessment Strategy that we have developed for TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. Your input and feedback is extremely important to us as our primary focus is to offer training and assessment that is relevant an d meets the needs of industry. Our […]
How does it feel to do the TAE course?
I’m beginning to understand the challenges that face my TAE40116 students and it’s worth understanding these at the outset, so that when you start the course you know you are not alone. A TAE student is an expert in their vocational field, highly experienced and qualified. They usually already have some experience of training others, […]
Review of TAE Training Package – Closing date for submissions is Tuesday 3 April
Following the April 2016 release of the updated TAE Training Package, the Education Industry Reference Committee (IRC) proposed that a review of the Training Package should occur in 2018-19. The Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) has endorsed this proposal and has directed the Education IRC to prepare a Case for Change to undertake this […]
Challenges of Team Teaching
Team Teaching is sometimes called Collaborative Teaching or Cooperative Teaching and involves two or more educators working together to facilitate learning, deliver instruction or training and assessment and provide mentoring and support to the same group of students in a variety of learning environments such as face-to-face, distance or online. “By its nature, team teaching […]
