VCAL Quality Assurance 2011
Stage Two - New Providers for 2011
Each new VCAL provider for 2011 is required to bring to the Stage 2 meeting up to 12 copies of each of the Sample Assessment Task Templates completed for the units from Stage 1 and one student portfolio of evidence for each template/s for:
- one VCAL Personal Development Skills unit
- one VCAL Work Related Skills unit
- one VCAL Literacy Skills unit (Reading and Writing unit)
- Skills for Further Study Senior – If delivered this unit must be included in the quality assurance process for 2011
- one VCAL Numeracy Skills unit.
Selection of portfolios must cover all VCAL levels being delivered.
If only one VCAL level, which includes only PDS units, is being delivered, then two portfolios of evidence from two different PDS units are required.
This requires providers to bring:
- a minimum of two templates with student portfolios (all VCAL programs must have at least two VCAL units)
- up to a maximum of five templates with student portfolios.
At this meeting practitioners will work in small groups with a QA panel member to compare and discuss assessment judgements and to select exemplar VCAL tasks and portfolios.
It is strongly recommended that the teacher of each template submitted attend this quality assurance meeting.
Portfolios of Evidence
A student portfolio contains evidence of the student’s own work that demonstrates successful completion of the VCAL unit learning outcomes. It can include:
- teacher observation checklists
- student self assessment (verified by teacher/supervisor)
- reflective work journals
- logbooks
- a record of oral presentations or discussions. e.g. audio tape or teacher record
- written texts, e.g. reflective diaries
- a video
- newspaper articles verifying student participation in a community project
- action plans and timelines
- photographic records of project work
- teacher observation of role plays
- PowerPoint presentations
- a record of a radio broadcast
- a website.
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