VCAL Quality Assurance Kit
Stage 1- New VCAL Providers 2010
New VCAL Providers 2010
A new VCAL provider is a provider who is delivering the VCAL for the first time in 2010.
The following are the QA arrangements for new providers in 2010:
- All new VCAL providers in 2009 are required to submit up to 12 copies of a Sample Assessment Task Templates for the following VCAL units:
- one VCAL Personal Development Skills (PDS) unit
- one VCAL Work Related Skills (WRS) unit
- one VCAL Literacy Skills unit (Reading and Writing unit)
- one VCAL Numeracy Skills unit.
- The number of copies required to be submitted may vary between Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) regions. Providers should contact their VCAL Liaison Teacher to confirm the number of copies to be submitted.
- Selection of templates must cover all VCAL levels being delivered.
- The provider can determine what unit is submitted e.g. WRS unit 1 or 2.
- This means that the maximum number of templates that any provider needs to submit is four. For example if a provider is delivering all VCAL levels – Foundation, Intermediate and Senior – that include all possible VCAL units, a new provider could submit a template from:
- one Foundation PDS unit
- one Intermediate WRS unit
- one Senior Literacy Skills (Reading & Writing) unit
- one Numeracy Skills unit, any level.
- If only one VCAL level, which includes only PDS units, is being delivered, then one template from two different PDS units is required (a total of two tasks). This requires providers to submit:
- a minimum of two templates (all VCAL programs must have at least two VCAL units)
- up to a maximum of four templates.
- Sample Assessment Task Template/s submitted for Personal Development and Work Related Skills units must address all learning outcomes.
- Sample Assessment Task Template/s submitted for Literacy Skills units within the Literacy and Numeracy Skills strand must address four learning outcomes – two for reading and two for writing.
- Sample Assessment Tasks Template/s submitted for Numeracy Skills units within the Literacy and Numeracy Skills strand must address three learning outcomes. The three learning outcomes do not need to be met within one individual task. However, it is essential that all elements in the three learning outcomes submitted for quality assurance are addressed.
- Providers must include sufficient detail in the Sample Assessment Task Template to ensure that the VCAL QA panel can determine if the learning outcome and all assessment criteria/elements have been met and the tasks are at the appropriate level.
2010 VCAL Unit Sample Assessment Task Templates
The templates are provided with the VCAL Quality Assurance Kit must be completed and submitted for QA. The relevant templates can be downloaded and saved to your local drive. Providers will then need to type into the templates. Providers must ensure that only 2010 templates are completed for the 2010 QA process.
New providers must ensure that their sample tasks are received by their VCAL Liaison Teacher by no later than Monday, 19 April 2010.
VCAL QA Panel
The QA Panel will review the tasks submitted to ensure consistency with the learning outcomes and that the appropriate assessment criteria/elements have been met.
The VCAL QA panel will meet to review the sample tasks according to the following criteria:
- Does the task meet the purpose statement of the strand/unit?
- Is the task at the appropriate level?
- Does the task enable the student to meet the learning outcomes specified?
The VCAL QA panel will also select templates that can be submitted to the VCAA for publication on the VCAL website as exemplar templates.
Feedback on the task/s submitted will be provided at the Stage 1 meeting. It is recommended that the teacher of each template submitted for QA attend this quality assurance meeting.
The QA panel will determine the best method to provide feedback to particular providers. The QA panel may decide that providers will meet in one group or in a number of school clusters or the QA panel member(s) may meet with the individual providers. Alternatively, the QA panel may choose not to meet and provide written feedback to providers.
