THE CERTIFICATES IN
GENERAL EDUCATION
FOR ADULTS (CGEA)
Accredited 1 July, 2013
to 30 June 2018
Nadia Casarotto / Cheryl Bartolo
21 May 2013
PURPOSE
• Victorian Crown copyright accredited curriculum
• Copyright owner – ACFE Board
• Covered by a Creative Commons License
• Supports education and training needs of adults
who have left school early
• Supports development of literacy, basic maths
and general education skills
• Supports pathways into employment and further
training
WHAT’S IN THE CGEA?
Curriculum made up of 3 parts:
Parts A & B contain:
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Relationship to previous iteration
AQF qualifications and course structure
Packaging rules
Assessment strategy
Assessor competencies
Part C contains:
• Units of competency
FIVE QUALIFICATIONS
• 22234VIC Course in Initial General Education for
Adults replaces and is equivalent to 21770VIC
• 22235VIC Certificate I in General Education for
Adults (Introductory) replaces and is equivalent
to 21771VIC
• 22236VIC Certificate I in General Education for
Adults replaces and is equivalent to 21772VIC
• 22237VIC Certificate II in General Education for
Adults replaces and is equivalent to 21773VIC
• 22238VIC Certificate III in General Education for
Adults replaces and is equivalent to 21774VIC
TRANSITION
• No new enrolments in replaced qualifications after
June 30th 2013
• Transition period for learners who commenced prior
to June 30th
• Check transition arrangements with registration
body
ISSUES RAISED AS PART OF THE
REACCREDITATION
DIGITAL LITERACY
• Definition of digital literacy: what is it?
• What approach should be taken? Should it be:
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integrated?
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stand alone?
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optional?
• Project Steering Committee: digital literacy needed to be a
necessary outcome of the CGEA and integrated as a
component of literacy and numeracy development
ISSUES RAISED AS PART OF THE
REACCREDITATION
ASSESSMENT
• Were there excessive assessment required across units
and qualifications?
• Could assessment requirements be clarified?
• Could assessment advice be strengthened?
CHANGES TO THE CGEA – DIGITAL
LITERACY
Explicit inclusion of digital literacy in engage and create units:
• Unit descriptor
• Elements
• Required skills and knowledge
• Critical aspects for assessment
CHANGES TO THE CGEA – DIGITAL
LITERACY
VU21328 Engage with texts of limited complexity to participate in
the community
Unit descriptor
This unit develops the skills and knowledge to engage with a range of
everyday and less familiar paper based and digital text types, of limited
complexity, to participate in the community. It provides the learner with
the skills and knowledge necessary to read, interpret and evaluate
everyday texts of limited complexity for community purposes.
CHANGES TO THE CGEA – DIGITAL
LITERACY
Element
1. Locate routine and familiar information in paper based and digital texts of limited
complexity relevant to community purposes
Required knowledge:
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information can be accessed and represented in a number of ways including digitally
Required skills:
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technology skills to access and navigate screen based digital text to locate and
interpret work related information of limited complexity
Critical aspects for assessment:
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Locate, read, interpret and evaluate information in a minimum of 3 different, text types
of limited complexity relevant to community purposes at least one of which must be
digitally based
CHANGES TO THE CGEA –
INTEGRATED DELIVERY &
ASSESSMENT
Delivery & Assessment advice
• Advice on integrated delivery and assessment provided in each unit:
Application Statement – VU21289 Create short simple texts for employment
purposes:
The link between reading and writing across the different domains also
encourages co-delivery and assessment of additional units, such as
VU21283 Engage with short simple texts for personal purposes and VU21287
Create short simple texts for personal purposes
Critical Aspects of Assessment - VU21289 Create short, simple texts for
employment purposes:
Where this unit is being co-assessed with units related to another domain,
such as personal, the same texts may be relevant to both domains.
• Advice on integration included in Section B – 6.1
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
An integrated approach to assessment should be
used to:
• maximise opportunities for holistic skill development
and evidence gathering
• reduce likelihood of repetitious delivery and over
assessment
• reduce atomisation and duplication of evidence
collection
• make the evidence gathering more efficient for
learners and teachers / assessors.
INTEGRATED DELIVERY &
ASSESSMENT: AN EXAMPLE
Engage with texts for
personal purposes
Create texts for personal
purposes
Engage with texts for
community purposes
Create texts for community
purposes
Theme: Volunteering in the community
Texts: informational texts about community organisations, narrative texts,
expressive texts, formatted texts
Medium: digital and paper based
Engage with: information covered on the website; volunteering opportunities; volunteer profiles
Enter simple information to search information
Complete an application form which contains personal details
Create a volunteer profile
Request further information
Theme: Volunteering in the
Community
ACSF ALIGNMENT
• Review of ACSF alignment across qualifications: Appendix B
Teacher and Assessor
Requirements
Teacher and Assessor requirements for the CGEA:
Section B – 6.2
• demonstrable expertise in teaching literacy and or
numeracy:
• AQF level 7 or above teaching qualification with a
relevant method
or
• demonstration of relevant knowledge of the theory of
literacy and numeracy development and its application.
CHANGES TO THE CGEA – COURSE
STRUCTURE
22234VIC Course in Initial General Education for Adults
• Elective requirement removed
Selection of electives in Qualifications
• Based on a definitive number of electives not on a range of hours
• Packaged in specific AQF qualifications rather than across all
qualifications
• Flexibility in selection of electives
AN INTEGRATED COURSE
STRUCTURE
Create texts
Learning Plan &
Portfolio
4 Domains
Engage with texts
Project
Numeracy
Electives
Training Package
Curriculum
4 SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF LITERACY
PERSONAL
FAMILY & SOCIAL LIFE
EMPLOYMENT
WORKPLACE
COMMUNITY
CIVIC LIFE
LEARNING
EDUCATION &
TRAINING
COURSE STRUCTURE
Qualification
Structure
Coverage
22234VIC Course in
Initial General
Education for Adults
Core – 1 unit
Core Skills Reading – 3 units
Core Skills Writing – 3 units
Core Skills Numeracy and
Mathematics – 4 units
Learning plan unit
Reading and writing units
Numeracy
No electives: focus is on LL&N
22235VIC Certificate I
in General Education for
Adults (Introductory)
Core – 2 units
Core Skills Reading – 3 units
Core Skills Writing – 3 units
Core Skills Numeracy and
Mathematics – 4 units
Special Interest electives – 4
units
Learning plan unit
Project unit
Reading and writing units: digital literacy explicit
Numbers and money, directions, measurements design and shape
General electives
Computing units, general units,
other units from accredited courses and/or training packages
22236VIC Certificate I
in General Education for
Adults
Core – 2 units
Core Skills Reading – 3 units
Core Skills Writing – 3 units
Core Skills Numeracy and
Mathematics – 4 units
Special Interest electives – 4
unit
Learning plan unit
Project unit
Reading and writing units: digital literacy explicit
Numbers and money, directions, measurements design and shape
General electives
Computing units, general units,
other units from accredited courses and/or training packages
COURSE STRUCTURE
Qualification
Structure
Coverage
22237VIC Certificate II in
General Education for Adults
Core – 2 units
Core Skills Reading – 2 units
Core Skills Writing – 2 units
Core Skills Numeracy and
Mathematics – 2 units
Special Interest electives – 3 units
Learning plan unit
Project unit
Reading and writing units: digital literacy explicit
Numerical and statistical information, formulae
General electives
Computing units, general units, science units and
other units from accredited courses and/or training
packages
22238VIC Certificate III in
General Education for Adults
1 unit
Core Skills Reading / Writing /
Numeracy and Mathematics – 4
units
Special Interest electives – 3 units
Learning plan unit
Reading and writing units: digital literacy explicit
Numerical and statistical information, algebraic
techniques
General electives
Further study units, general units, and other units
from accredited courses and/or training packages
WHERE CAN I GET THE CGEA
CURRICULUM?
http://trainingsupport.skills.vic.gov.au
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
• Sample assessment tools
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/training/providers/learnlocal/Pages/curri
culum.aspx
• CGEA Champions practitioner network
Convenor: Tim Morris (tim.morris@rmit.edu.au)
CONTACT DETAILS
Nadia Casarotto: 9919 5300
nadia.casarotto@vu.edu.au
Cheryl Bartolo: 9919 5302
cheryl.bartolo@vu.edu.au