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Workplace-based learning

By Academy Staff | February 7, 2023 | 0 Comments

Learning at work is about embedding learning into daily work processes. Rich learning opportunities occur regularly on-the-job through work assignments and feedback from supervisors, coaches, mentors or peers; but the learning component is often inconsistent and inadequately planned. The workforce of an organisation is likely to be its major operational cost.  It is also the major contributing factor to the […]

TAE50122 Diploma of Vocational Education and Training – Update

By Academy Staff | February 2, 2023 | 0 Comments

What do you see as the biggest barriers to fostering originality and creativity in students?

“Trainers are born, not made”

By Academy Staff | January 31, 2023 | 1 Comment

What do you see as the biggest barriers to fostering originality and creativity in students?

Professional Development Blogs

By Academy Staff | January 22, 2023 | 7 Comments

What do you see as the biggest barriers to fostering originality and creativity in students?

BSBSTR502 Facilitate Continuous Improvement – The Need for Continuous Improvement

By Academy Staff | October 10, 2019 | 7 Comments

Continuous improvement is an ongoing effort to improve systems, processes and people. Continuous improvement is seen as a process of constant, incremental improvements rather than major strategic change. It is depicted as a cycle, rather than a straight line, because a circle has no end. Continuous improvement is a cycle of learning, always looking for ways to do better by: […]

Sparking Creativity

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 650 Comments

Share your ideas and resources here including any valuable links to resources.

Outdated Traditions and Sacred Cows

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 647 Comments

Think about the context of the team you are working in and the system of education you are a part of.

4 New Paradigms for Pedagogy

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 664 Comments

Which of these paradigm shifts will be the most challenging in your context and why?

Building Capability

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 681 Comments

What are some of the implications of making this shift toward building capability?

Barriers to Fostering Originality and Creativity in Students

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 705 Comments

What do you see as the biggest barriers to fostering originality and creativity in students?

Lack of Tenacity and Optimism

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 707 Comments

How are you seeing a lack of tenacity and optimism impacting your students?

The Impact of the Self-Esteem Movement in Students

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 765 Comments

How are you seeing the impact of the Self-Esteem Movement expressed in the students you are engaging with?

Teaching for Tomorrow – 5 Macro Trends that will Shape the Future

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 834 Comments

Which of these 5 Macro Trends will have the biggest impact on shaping the future?

Trends that will Shape the World of our Students

By Exporter Exporter | September 26, 2019 | 680 Comments

Think about the changes and trends that will shape the world our students will know in the years to come.

The Seven Languages of Respect for Teachers and Students

By Exporter Exporter | August 27, 2019 | 770 Comments

When do you feel respected by your students? Is there something that you have implemented with your students that you feel has encouraged respect?

BSBCMM511 Communicate with Influence

By Academy Staff | August 19, 2019 | 4 Comments

Communicating with influence is the way that you can have an effect on others that will sway their opinions and/or actions.  Obviously, if you are a manager, this ability is essential. Negotiation is one way of communicating with influence.  You are persuading another party.  You are also being open to persuasion by the other party.  As long as you don’t […]

BSBOPS505 Manage Organisational Customer Service

By Academy Staff | August 19, 2019 | 4 Comments

Customer service is a reflection, not only on the employee but also on management and the entire organisation. “Realise that your people will treat your customer the way they are treated.” Liz Tahir Do you remember when you received quality customer service? How did you feel and what did you think about the person or organisation responsible?

Communication Strategies

By Exporter Exporter | April 24, 2019 | 455 Comments

Share the strategies you have used to communicate and connect more effectively with your students.

Storytelling

By Exporter Exporter | April 24, 2019 | 507 Comments

Share how you have used storytelling to link learning in your teaching practice.

Teaching Generation Z

By Exporter Exporter | April 10, 2019 | 591 Comments

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 Academy Staff | February 18, 2019 | 1 Comment

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 get their first teaching job […]

Validating Assessment Judgements

By Academy Staff | February 5, 2019 | 2 Comments

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 validated at least once every […]

New Qualification – BSB51918 Diploma of Leadership and Management

By Academy Staff | October 2, 2018 | 0 Comments

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 of BSBCUS501 but it’s just […]

Ethics in Vocational Education and Training

By Academy Staff | April 23, 2018 | 0 Comments

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 chosen to enrol with an […]

INDUSTRY CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT – TAE40116 CERTIFICATE IV IN TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT

By Academy Staff | April 9, 2018 | 0 Comments

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 current training and assessment strategy […]

How does it feel to do the TAE course?

By Academy Staff | April 4, 2018 | 0 Comments

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, so logically the TAE should […]

Review of TAE Training Package – Closing date for submissions is Tuesday 3 April

By Academy Staff | March 29, 2018 | 0 Comments

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 review. In light of this, […]

Challenges of Team Teaching

By Academy Staff | March 22, 2018 | 0 Comments

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 assumes appropriate involvement of all […]

The Importance of Giving Student Feedback

By Academy Staff | March 5, 2018 | 0 Comments

What is feedback? Feedback is any verbal or written response to a student’s work, to acknowledge the progress students are making to achieve their learning outcomes. Feedback should be constructive and identify how students can improve their learning and achievement. Why is it important for teachers to provide feedback to students? Feedback is a very powerful teaching tool and is […]

Developing Emotional Intelligence Is Harder Than You Think

By Academy Staff | February 13, 2018 | 0 Comments

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a person’s ability to recognise and understand emotions and use that information to guide decision making. As a teacher of leadership and management, I often ask my students if they feel they are emotionally intelligent. Most believe they are, however after further exploration of the topic, they begin to appreciate that perhaps their EQ is not […]

Work Life Balance for Health & Well Being

By Academy Staff | December 22, 2017 | 36 Comments

We all have a fuel tank with limited fuel: Every one of us has a fixed amount of energy to use each day. How we distribute this energy between the main components of our life (e.g. work, rest, family and leisure) influences our work-life balance. If we put too much energy into work, too little energy into rest, family and […]

I Want To Be The Donkey

By Academy Staff | December 13, 2017 | 0 Comments

I have been thinking about my four year old great niece who will be taking part in her pre-school nativity play next week. She found out last week, much to her disappointment, that she has been cast as an angel – again. She wanted to be the donkey. She discussed this with her friend, who was also cast as an […]

On-line learning – The Ongoing Debate

By Academy Staff | November 23, 2017 | 0 Comments

Let me say at the outset, I’m an “old school” trainer. I believe there’s nothing to beat face to face training in a group environment. However, modern times are making it more and more difficult for people to attend workshops, either due to distance or time constraints or both. Online learning has the advantage that you can work at times […]

Do you have a code you live and work by?

By Academy Staff | November 21, 2017 | 4 Comments

I was travelling last week and heard the words of an old Crosby, Stills and Nash song that says “You who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by”. It was interesting to reflect on this because lately, it seems to me there are many people who do not appear to have any kind of […]

Why Student Collaboration is Important!

By Academy Staff | November 10, 2017 | 0 Comments

In today’s world of technology more and more training and assessment is being delivered online or via distance delivery. In the classroom environment collaborative learning occurs almost without the Trainer and Assessor planning it. Students often form small groups where they end up working together to solve the answer to a problem. There is a well-known saying “two heads are […]

How are RTO’s meeting the practical requirements for TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment?

By Academy Staff | October 29, 2017 | 0 Comments

If you are an RTO approved to deliver the TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, how are you meeting the practical requirements of this qualification?  Please use this Blog to share your best practice. The Implementation Guide for TAE states the following: Training and assessment in simulated environments Delivery and assessment of units of competency in the TAE Training […]

Online Learning – The Ongoing Debate

By Academy Staff | October 25, 2017 | 0 Comments

Let me say at the outset, I’m an “old school” trainer.  I believe there’s nothing to beat face to face training in a group environment.  However, modern times are making it more and more difficult for people to attend workshops, either due to distance or time constraints or both. Online learning has the advantage that you can work at times […]

Learning in the workplace

By Academy Staff | September 25, 2017 | 18 Comments

(This Blog relates to TAEDEL402 Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace) Apprenticeships and traineeships are designed with a mix of formal (external) training and work based learning. It is important that, wherever possible, the work-based learning moves in step with the formal learning. Formal learning is often classroom based. The learner is released from work to attend workshops […]

ITTA – National VET Conference (Velg)

By Academy Staff | August 23, 2017 | 1 Comment

Staff from International Teacher Training Academy (Australia) will be available at the National VET Conference to be held in Sydney on 14 and 15 September at the International Convention Centre Sydney. We invite you to come to our stand to speak with the TAE and Leadership and Management specialists. Enquire about upgrade from TAE40110 to TAE40116. Take the opportunity to […]

TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment – The Ripple Effect

By Academy Staff | July 13, 2017 | 3 Comments

Are you proud of your Certificate IV in TAE? I wonder how many undertake the TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and think of it as a teaching qualification? This is in fact the qualification that enables you to train and assess (teach) within the Vocational Education and Training sector. This is the qualification that allows someone who may […]

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