VETiS Moderation meetings – November 2012
Welcome to the Australian Institute of
Education and Training
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Welcome and Introductions
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Objectives of the meeting
•Understand the purpose of validation and moderation
•Why we need to moderate materials
•Understand AIET requirements
•Analyse student feedback
•Provide your own feedback to AIET
•Understand requirements for 2013
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Purpose of validation...
...is to ensure that assessments meet the principals of
assessment and rules of evidence
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Principals of assessment:
Valid
The assessment meets the requirements of the training package
Reliable
The Assessment Tasks achieve consistent results
Flexible
Assessment Tasks should meet the individual needs and requirements of
students while maintaining validity and reliability
Fair
Assessments are unbiased, reasonable and clear, provide feedback to
students, and are designed to meet individual needs.
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Rules of Evidence:
Valid
The assessment meets the requirements of the training package
Sufficient
There is enough evidence available to say that the student is competent
Current
The evidence shows that the student is currently competent
Authentic
Is the evidence provided the students’ own work?
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Moderation
This checks consistency and reliability between assessors.
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AIET requirements
Under our registration obligations we are required to undertake
validation and moderation at least once per year.
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Question:
How can we moderate tasks if students are completing
DIFFERENT assessment tasks?
How can we be sure the Assessment Tasks given to students
meet the principles of assessment and rules of evidence?
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ANSWER:
The only way we can easily do this is if everyone is giving
students the same Assessment Tasks....
.... so this is why we need you to use our learning and
assessment materials.
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So how do other RTO’s manage this process where schools
can use any materials they like?
The simple answer is, we don’t know.
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Our process of validation includes putting together a Learning
and Assessment strategy, a Training Plan, and a mapping
document.
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TRAINING PLAN
A
B
C
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1
BSBOHS201A
Participate in OHS processes
2
VU20006
Increase personal effectiveness
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3
VU20007
Prepare for employment
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4
VU20008
Develop an action plan for career planning
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5
VPAU103
D
E
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F
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Develop study skills
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Participate in job seeking activities
6
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VU20009
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Participate in a practical placement with support
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7
VPAU112
8
HLTFA201A
9
BSBITU101A
Operate a personal computer
10
TLIE107C
Present routine workplace information
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11
FNSFLIT201B
Develop and use a personal budget
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Provide basic emergency life support
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A
Report
B
Practical Activity
C
Portfolio
D
Product
E
Written Questions
F
Project
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Assessment Tasks
UNIT 1 BSBOHS201A Participate in OHS processes
1. Work safely
1
2
1.1. Follow established safety procedures when conducting work
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1.2. Carry out pre-start systems and equipment checks in accordance with workplace procedures
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3
2. Implement workplace safety requirements
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2.1. Identify designated persons for reporting queries and concerns about safety in the workplace
2.2. Identify existing and potential hazards in the workplace, report them to designated persons and record them in accordance with
workplace procedures
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2.3. Identify and implement workplace procedures and work instructions for controlling risks
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2.4. Report emergency incidents and injuries to designated persons
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3. Participate in OHS consultative processes
3.1. Contribute to workplace meetings, inspections or other consultative activities
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3.2. Raise OHS issues with designated persons in accordance with organisational procedures
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3.3. Take actions to eliminate workplace hazards or to reduce risks
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4. Follow safety procedures
4.1. Identify and report emergency incidents
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4.2. Follow organisational procedures for responding to emergency incidents
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REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE
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responsibilities of employers and employees under relevant health and safety legislation
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emergency procedures including procedures for fires and accidents
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commonly used hazard signs and safety symbols.
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REQUIRED SKILLS
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literacy skills to interpret safety signs, symbols and notices
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problem-solving skills to analyse options in an emergency situation.
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CRITICAL ASPECTS OF EVIDENCE
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accurately following all relevant safety procedures
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identifying and reporting hazards to designated personnel
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knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation
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knowledge of relevant materials, equipment and work processes.
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Teachers using their own learning and assessment materials
would therefore need to provide us with all these things:
-Learning and Assessment strategy
- Training Plan
- Mapping document
- Obviously the learning and assessment materials that go with it.
Anyone wish to do this?
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Analyse student feedback
This provides us with evidence on areas including
training quality; work readiness; training conditions;
learner engagement.
We will provide you with student feedback from VET in
Schools for this year later in the workshop.
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Teacher feedback
From our perspective, we also need to get feedback from
you about our VET in Schools service to you. This can be
done online.
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Collecting Student Work
Insert ASQA general Direction
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Requirements for next year:
•Have the TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
•Maintain and update your vocational competencies
•Continue to develop your knowledge by attending professional
•development activities
•Use our learning and assessment materials
•Provide validation materials at the end of term 2 (2 units of
•work from 2 students), and complete the cover sheet for each
•item of work submitted
•Submit all assessment items for students finishing the course
•and not enrolling in the course in the following year (regardless
•of whether they have been assessed as competent in all units or
not.
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Any questions to this point?
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Next year we intend to provide each school with their own web
page, with access restricted by user name and password. The
web page will hold all of the required documentation for that
school – MOU, Vocational Competencies, PD forms, etc.
This way your coordinator will be able to see at a glance what has
been submitted and what has not.
We anticipate that we will start setting up these web pages
next week.
All documentation will therefore be completed electronically.
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Student enrolments
These will also be done online through our web site portal.
Go to http://www.aiet.edu.au
Click on ONLINE REGISTRATION
Click HERE for online registration for VET in Schools courses
Enter the password – vetinschools
Enter the details and click SUBMIT at the bottom of the page.
Students can therefore start registering NOW – the sooner the better. A list of
student enrolments for each school will be placed on each schools’ web page and
updated once a week. It will be responsibility of the coordinator and / or the
teacher to check the list on a regular basis to make sure that all students in the
class register.
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MODERATION OF STUDENT WORK
The idea of the moderation exercise is to work towards
creating more consistent assessment outcomes between
schools and between classes that use AIET as the RTO.
This is to promote fairness but also to assist in terms of
students who receive an ATAR score.
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In groups of three or four (depending on numbers present) we would like
you to look at and moderate approximately 25% of the units for the course;
over a period of 4 years, therefore, assuming we select different units each
year, we should therefore look at all units in the course.
Please make sure that between you, we look at both Unit 1& 2 and Unit 3 & 4
units.
Please complete the template provided for the activity.
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General discussion
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General comments
Ideas for improvement
What more would you like from AIET?