VCAL Coordinators' Resource Kit

Exemplars

 

This page contains examples of “best practice” VCAL units.

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Literacy Skills - Reading and Writing

2011 exemplars

• Literacy Skills, Reading and Writing Intermediate Bayview College Portland (DOC - 74KB)        

2010 exemplars

• Literacy Skills, Reading and Writing, Senior, Lorne/Airey Intlet P-12 College (PDF - 74KB)
• Literacy Skills, Reading and Writing, Intermediate, Heywood & District Secondary College (PDF - 73KB)

2009 exemplars

• Literacy Skills, Reading and Writing, Foundation, Geelong Baptist College (PDF - 42KB)

2008 exemplars

• Literacy Skills, Reading and Writing, Intermediate,  Heywood & District Secondary College (PDF - 65KB)
• Literacy Skills,Reading and Writing, Intermediate  Newcomb Secondary College (PDF - 69KB)
• Literacy Skills, Reading and Writing,Terang College (PDF - 73KB)

2007 exemplars

• Literacy Skills, Reading and Writing, Intermediate, St Francis Xavier College (PDF - 106KB) 

Please note that the above exemplars are publishing in the old quality assurance template format.  The above exemplars still provide excellent  examples of activities that demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes but they should not be submitted  as a Sample Assessment Task Template for quality assurance purposes.

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Numeracy Skills

2011 exemplars

• Numeracy Skills, Foundation Nhill College (DOC - 121KB)
  • Outcome 1 Spaghetti Bridge Unit (PDF - 279KB)
  • Spaghetti Bridge Unit - Judging (PDF - 248KB)
  • Shape and Design (PDF - 208KB)
  • Numeracy for Practical Purposes - Design (PDF - 266KB)
  • Teacher Observation Checklist - Numeracy for Practical Purposes - Design (PDF - 227KB)
  • Numeracy for Practical Purposes - Measuring (PDF - 192KB)
  • Section A - Numeracy for Practical Purposes - Measuring (PDF - 212KB)
  • Section B - Numeracy for Practical Purposes - Measuring (PDF -312KB)
  • Section C - Numeracy for Practical Purposes - Measuring (PDF - 238KB)
  • Athletics Day Unit (PDF - 255KB)
  • Short Put Dimensions (PDF - 62KB)
  • Money and Time - Natural v Processed Food Activity (PDF - 237KB)
  • Money and Time - Reading and Understanding Bills (PDF - 60KB)
  • Money and Time - Weekly Food Activity (PDF - 279KB)
  • Money and Time - Worksheet (PDF - 107KB)
  • Money and Time - The Car Game Chance Cards (PDF - 323KB)
  • Money and Time - The Car Game Cheapskate Cards (PDF - 251KB)
  • Money and Time - The Car Game Instructions (PDF - 369KB)
  • Money and Time - The Car Game Scenario 1 (PDF - 305KB)
  • Money and Time - The Car Game Scenario 2 (PDF - 185KB)
  • Money and Time - The Car Game Student Record Sheet (PDF - 195KB)
  • Money and Time - Numeracy for Personal Organisation Teacher Observation Checklist (PDF - 70KB)
• Numeracy Skills, Foundation Lara Secondary College (DOC - 83KB)
  • Check Sheet (DOC - 38KB)
  • Questions and Answers, Additional Information (DOC - 220KB)

2010 exemplars

• Numeracy Skills, Senior, MacKillop Catholic Regional College (PDF - 57KB)

2008 exemplars

• Numeracy, Foundation, Nelson Park School (PDF - 65KB) 

Please note that the above exemplars are publishing in the old quality assurance template format.  The above exemplars still provide excellent  examples of activities that demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes but they should not be submitted  as a Sample Assessment Task Template for quality assurance purposes.

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Personal Development Skills

The Personal Development Skills (PDS) Units have been revised and will be available for implementation from 2012.  Currently there are no PDS exemplars  that  are consistent with the revised PDS learning outcomes.

 

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Work Related Skills

2009 exemplars

• Work Related Skills, Intermediate, Unit 1, Geelong High School (PDF - 27KB)
• Work Related Skills, Senior, Unit 1, Mathew Flinders Girls Secondary College (PDF - 42KB)

2007 exemplars

• Work Related Skills, Senior, Unit 2, Lavers Hill P-12 College (PDF - 135KB)
• Work Related Skills, Intermediate, Unit 2, Heywood & District Secondary College (PDF - 65KB)

Please note that the 2007 Work Related Skills exemplars published here predate the current edition of the Work Related Skills Curriculum Planning Guide. Some of the learning outcomes have changed. These exemplars should therefore be referred to as a guide only.

 

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Integrated Units

2011 exemplars

• Integrated Unit, Covenant College, Geelong (DOC - 206KB)
  • How to make an Origami (PDF - 84KB)

Please note the PDS template  in this exemplar is  the old PDS learning outcomes.  The new PDS was reviewed and reaccredited for implementation from 2012 .