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The ABC of CBA in Queensland Schools

27 Nov 2017

This workshop is a closed event for QLD Schools only 

This workshop is aimed at teachers who are returning to teaching VET or who have recently begun to deliver VET (0 – 5 years’ experience in VET) in schools that are registered by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA).

This workshop explores assessment processes, features, frameworks and methods while also reviewing the assessor's role, principles of assessment and rules of evidence.

Key topics covered in the session

  • What is assessment?
  • Purpose and types of assessment
  • Features of competency-based assessment
  • Assessment and relevant frameworks
  • Training packages & VET accredited courses
  • Qualifications, units of competency and assessment requirements
  • Companion volumes
  • The assessor's role
  • Assessment methods
  • Principles of assessment
  • Reasonable adjustment in assessment
  • Assessment evidence
  • Rules of evidence

Who should attend

  • Trainers and assessors new to VET within the last 3 – 5 years or returning to VET

What to expect

  • PPT presentation and workbook
  • Additional electronic resources
  • Electronic statement of attendance
  • Morning tea and lunch

Presenters

Kerri Buttery

Consultant

  

Kerri Buttery has worked in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector for two decades as a Trainer/Assessor, RTO Manager and also as a Senior Lead Auditor. 

Kerri has worked as a consultant for a range of organisations in the areas of establishing Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), conducting internal audits, consulting on VQF compliance, developing accredited courses, convening conferences and events, developing training and assessment materials, conducting professional development workshops and delivering Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. 

She also specialises in eLearning consulting, with a particular focus on the Canvas LMS by Instructure.

Melanie Alexandra

Consultant

Melanie has held a variety of roles within the Academic and Vocational Education and Training (VET) sectors over the past 25 years including trainer and assessor, Head of Faculty, Program Manager, RTO Manager, and Head of Quality Assurance and has won awards for practice excellence in teaching and learning, and outstanding leadership.

In recent years, Melanie worked as a Senior Lead Auditor, conducting regulatory audits and registrations against the current VET Quality Framework and Standards for RTOs 2015, and has authored and built a number of online professional development programs to support VET practitioners nationally.

Today Melanie works as an Education Services Advisor of Vocational Education, Skills and Training for Queensland schools and provides consulting support services to RTOs as a VET Consultant in her own right.

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