Professional Development
The following professional development (PD) opportunities are available for principals, teachers and school administration staff. The sessions are listed in date order.
Term 1: 1 February - 26 March 2010
VCE VET Scored Assessment: Professional Development for Assessors – March 2010
The VCAA will be conducting a series of professional development workshops for assessors of scored VCE VET programs in 2010. This workshop is similar to the one conducted in term one 2009.
The workshops will include:
- an overview of scored assessment for new assessors
- an overview of the 2009 coursework audit procedure and outcomes
- task selection and design, sharing tasks and ideas with other assessors whilst preparing tasks for 2010
- using the VCE VET scoring criteria.
Further details and how to register are available in Notice 9/2010.
Workshop For Teachers New to VCE LOTE
Two workshops are offered (subject to demand) to support the teaching of VCE LOTE. They are designed to provide a practical overview of the units with special emphasis on effective planning for Units 3 and 4.
Further details and registration form are available in Notice 8/2010.
Analysing your school’s VCE results - 2010 Professional Development Sessions
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority cordially invite members of your school’s VCE team to attend a FREE professional development session on analysing your school’s 2009 VCE results. These sessions will cover both the VCE Data Service (VCEDS) and VCE Examination Results Service (VCEERS).
These services provide each school with valuable information on the performance of their VCE students. This information can be used to:
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in the school’s VCE performance against particular curricula.
- Inform professional learning discussions with fellow teachers around improving student performance.
Further details are available in Notice 5/2010.
To register for a session: http://www.trumba.com/calendars/vcaa-professional-development
Note:
- You will see the calendar for VCAA Professional Development. All PD offered by the VCAA will be included in the master calendar. The sessions for Analysing Your School's VCE Results are in GREEN on this calendar.
- For assistance with registering for the sessions, see Signing up for VCE Results Analysing PD using TRUMBA (DOC - 314KB)
VASS New Users Professional Development February and March 2010
The VCAA will be conducting VASS New Users Professional Development training in February and March 2010.
This training is designed specifically for New VASS Administrators. This includes new schools offering a VCE, VET or VCAL program for the first time in 2010.
Further details are available in Notice 4/2010.
Other Professional Development
Other Professional Development opportunities will be published here as they become available.
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