Focus Week: Student Support
The event name says it all - strategies, tools and tips for enhanced practice in supporting students
Skills Education and Velg Training are proud to be working together to offer practitioners in the VET sector a quality, specialised PD Program in March 2023.
Monday 20 - Friday 24 March 2023 is Focus Week: Student Support.
Focus Weeks are a dedicated week of learning opportunities (one webinar per day) specifically designed to increase the knowledge and skills of VET practitioners in targeted topics. Showcasing five content-rich, 60-minutes webinars over five days, each webinar in the Focus Week is focused on a different aspect of Student Support, with each of the five sessions aimed at complementing and increasing existing practice.
Learn from some of Skills Education's most highly regarded presenters as they share their knowledge and valuable content via webinar.
Attend one, some, or all five sessions! The choice is yours.
Recognition of prior learning is mandatory for all RTOs to offer but when we asked, only about a quarter of assessors reported feeling somewhat confident in how to go about RPL. Here's a session with tips on supporting candidates through the process
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This Focus Week has been informed by two key inputs:
1. Your feedback!
When asked about preferred topics for 2023, attendees said they wanted more on:
2. Sector-wide focus and recognition of the importance of support for, and health and well-being of, students
Including:
In response, the outputs are contained in the program schedule for this Focus Week:
All sessions in this special event are $65 inc. GST each, for one attendee. Register for the sessions by clicking the buttons below.
Register for all sessions at once.
Special note, if you are an existing Velg Training member, you can register via the Velg Training website for $55/person/session
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Monday, 20 March 2023 10:30 am - 11:30am (AEST) |
We all know RTOs should offer recognition for any existing skills and knowledge to potential RPL candidates. But not every assessor reports feeling confident about supporting candidates in this process. In fact, many potential candidates report feeling so overwhelmed with the RPL process that they believe it’s “just easier to do the course." So, what can RTOs and assessors do to better engage with potential candidates and support them to navigate an RPL pathway? This session is aimed at providing information for RTOs and assessors to identify where and how persons with existing skills and knowledge can be guided through a recognition process. It will also explore some of the key touch points in current RPL processes that cause the potential candidate the most angst, before going on to identify strategies that can result in a fairer experience for candidates. |
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Tuesday, 21 March 2023 10:30 am - 11:30am (AEST) |
Students come into the learning environment from a range of backgrounds and with varying abilities and needs. And training organisations and their staff have certain responsibilities to ensure everyone has the opportunity to access and participate in the learning. Join this session with Darlene to hear about ways to:
At the end of this session Darlene will also give a sneak preview into the newly developed ADCET resources specifically for students with disability in VET. No matter your role, this webinar will give you the information you need to confidently include, engage and support students with disability in your learning environment. |
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Wednesday, 22 March 2023 10:30 am - 11:30am (AEST) |
Most of us have been training online for the last couple of years – some even longer. But as the world becomes accustomed to ‘Zoom calls’ and ‘MS Teams’ does this automatically mean best-practice principles of online orientation and engagement are being applied in our delivery of online training and assessment? Care must be taken from the get-go to ensure no student is left behind. This session shows how to do it! Explore:
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Thursday, 23 March 2023 10:30 am - 11:30am (AEST) |
There are many reasons adults return to formal learning. For example, to work toward a new job, to upskill, or because it’s a workplace direction. Sometimes you might even get adults in your classroom that don't want to be there but have to be. As a trainer, how do you deal with this reluctance and other challenges and turn it into something positive? Mick Gwyther has a strong history in Adult and Community Education (ACE) and VET and a wealth of experience in supporting adult learners to achieve in their courses! Join Mick in this session for top tips and to learn more about:
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Friday, 24 March 2023 10:30 am - 11:30am (AEST) |
Adult learners bring increased complexity to the classroom – they have distinct expectations from, and motivations for, any learning they undertake, and they bring their life experiences and current circumstances to the learning arena. As trainers and assessors in VET, when we teach adults, we deal with these principles every day. What’s interesting is that learning trends are moving away from teacher-led instruction to student-centred and social learning – some of the very same principles that underpin adult learning theory and relate to the andragogical model. In this session, explore how to leverage these principles in your own practice to understand, encourage and engage your adult learners. Also, take a look at how digital teaching tools can support this kind of collaborative development of skills and knowledge. Join this session to:
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