I would like to share some feedback with you from a student who recently completed the dual TAE Diplomas, TAE50111 and TAE50211. I am very pleased to hear comments like this that demonstrate our Academy students are appreciating the value of these Diploma qualifications and are realising the benefits of the new standards that require all […]
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Let’s talk about Words – Diploma
Let’s talk about the word Diploma Dictionary meaning: 1. a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study. 2. a document conferring some honour, privilege, or power. 3. a public or official document, especially one of historical interest The Latin meaning of diploma – a letter of recommendation or an official document The Greek meaning of díplōma – a letter folded double There are two parts in the word diploma which is […]
Peer feedback to enhance professional practice
Feedback – do we seek it, what do we do when we get it? I was reflecting on element 3.1 and 3.2 for the Diploma of Vet unit – Maintain and Enhance Professional Practice. I wondered how many facilitators actually gather feedback from other facilitators and also provide them with constructive feedback. The performance criteria […]
TAEDES505A Evaluate a training program
Evaluation varies according to a range of factors. It is the learning itself which is being evaluated, i.e. outcomes are being measured in terms of achieving objectives. Ideally, learning would be being monitored (and perhaps assessed) during the learning process.This allows for changes to be made and errors or deficiencies to be corrected in an […]
TAE Diploma -Design and Develop Learning Resources
Research the learning resource requirements a) Design and develop resources to fit the context of the client environment. Consider the following: Culture Geographical location Characteristics of the organisation and target audience Language Client brief (i.e. client proposal, identified gap in learning for the candidate/group, tender, or organizational need) Focus (whole training package, a qualification, traineeship […]
TAE Diploma – Information on Designing and Developing Learning Strategies
Training must focus on productivity as this is where Australia’s competitiveness lies, as we want to retain our high wage-earning economy. Our service and manufacturing will only attract investment if we increase our productivity. We need a practical strategy to enable growth and diversity in our engagement’. This includes ‘Access to skilled labour through effective […]
TAEASS502B Design and Develop Assessment Tools
Assessment is often identified as the critical component of a competency-based system. In competency-based training, assessment can be defined as follows: Assessment is the process of collecting evidence and making judgments on the nature and extent of progress towards performance requirements set out in a standard or a learning outcome, and at the appropriate point, […]
New LLN testing policy for teachers announced
Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has just announced that trainee and student teachers will have to pass literacy and numeracy skills tests before they can begin teaching. Will the language, literacy and numeracy skills of school students improve as a result of this rigorous testing? Do you think this new policy will help to raise Australia’s […]
Empowering Trainers with TAE40110: Knowing the Benefits
Various practitioners and policy makers have long emphasised the need for teachers and trainers to pursue continuous professional education and personal development activities. Teachers and trainers, they say, are lifelong learners. As such, it is one of their responsibilities to strive to improve their practice and keep up to date with new technology to produce […]
Share your LLN development strategies here
VET teachers are finding themselves at the forefront of the nation’s adult LLN problem and pondering the seemingly mountainous task looming before them. While there has been money spent on researching the current LLN levels of Australians and on programs to make us aware that the problem exists, there appears to be little to help […]