Curriculum Services

Department of Education

WORK READINESS AND PATHWAYS TO WORKProfessional Learning

Wednesday December 7th 2016

Learning Intentions

Become familiar with the

• structure,

• features

• requirements

of the new TASC Accredited courses Work Readiness and Pathways to Work

Learning Intentions

• Explore possibilities for planning and assessing the courses

• Become familiar with the VLE

• Develop networks to support work in 2017

• Determine future professional learning for 2017

Agenda

Snap shot from Preparing for work in Times of Rapid Change

Becoming familiar with the new courses

Development of the teaching and learning supplements

Collaborative learning – the role of projects and enterprises in the course

Scope and sequence planning

VLE: How it can support teaching and learning

Future directions

Establishing group Norms

(Adapted from the Australian National Schools Network)

• Adopt a sense of responsibility in and for the group

• Attend to others and listen

• Cooperate in good faith

• Aim for consensus decision making

• Confront problems respectfully

• Allow and give no put downs

• Accept where others are at

• Suspend judgements

Snapshot

Conference youtube playlist

In pairs share some key messages from the conference

(10 minutes)

Sharing

• 4 R’s of the 21st century• Workforce data: local and national• Recruitment processes• Changing nature of type of work• Enterprise skills• Role of technology in work • School reform

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Where can I access the resources

from the conference

My Education Website

My Education on Social MediaMy Education on FacebookMy Education on LinkedInMy Education on TwitterMy Education on YammerMy Education on YouTubeME Online on YouTube

Introduction and overview

of new courses

• How did the new courses evolve?

• What expectations and requirements were included?

• What research / evidence are the courses based on?

Anatomy of the new courses

Key aspects:

– Rationale

– Learning intentions

– Access

– Alignment with other courses

– Frameworks supporting courses

Anatomy of the new courses

Key aspects:

• Content

• Work requirements

• Assessment, criteria and standards

Anatomy of the Content

Content exploration

Part 1: identifying Content:• New concepts for you• some activities that could be incorporated to cover content

(may be something you have taught before or a new idea)

Write these on separate pieces of A3 paper

Part 2: Sharing• Stick all sheets on wall in order • Spend 15 minutes walking around, reading, adding to the

sheets

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Work Requirements

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Activity

• Identify which work

requirements could be

bundled together

• Record on paper to be

collated

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Mapping of Work Requirements

16 Work Requirements can be met through the collaborative real world enterprise or project

Collaborative Real World Enterprise or Project

Assessment, Criteria and Standards

Work Readiness8 criteriaThree standards are embedded across all the criteriaColour coded‘A’ and ‘C’ standard

Pathways to Work8 criteriaInclude literacy & numeracy separately Only a ‘C’ standard

Note: Task design should enable learners to reach the ‘A’ standard

Standards mapped to CSfW & ACSF

Novice = ‘C’ in Pathways to WorkAdvanced beginner / proficient ‘C’ / ‘A’ standard = Work Readiness

ActivityWhich work requirements can be mapped to which criteria?

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Match the elements of the criteria to the work requirements

Course Supplement

• All resources mentioned today will

go into the course supplement

12:00 – 12:30

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Work Readiness• Collaborative, Real World

Enterprise or Project

• Warm up activity: Pitch Game

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Reading• Work requirements for

Collaborative Real World Enterprise or Project P 24

• Appendix 3: p 40-41

resonates with you

Unsure about what this means

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Sharing

• Top three things for:

resonates with you

I have a question about this

I need more explanation

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Enterprise skills

Project Model

• brainstorming

• Idea generation

Ideation

Planning• Milestones

• deadlines

Execution

• Evaluate

• celebrate

Reviewing

• Project designand definition

O365 Planner

Templates and Resources

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Project brief

Assessment Rubric

Projects

http://www.youthstart.eu/en/challenges/start_your_project/

Other Programs

www.fya.org.au/our-programs/20boss

Virtual Learning Environment

What next?

Upcoming professional learning

Work Readiness – 22nd May

Pathways to Work 29th May

Other Supports

Boot camps / Skype link ups

What next?Online supports

Presentations – from conference -http://tas.school/years11and12/learning-areas/mixedfield/

Videos - from conference -https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWFK6wYaexKjRH_ANsK3LIR-VSJ9Oajqt

Blended Learning tools -http://toolsforblendedlearning.weebly.com/

Using Social Media for Business

https://www.business.qld.gov.au/business/running/marketing/online-marketing/social-media-business

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/7832-social-media-for-business.html

What’s Next

Still to come:

Using social media for personal branding

Recruitment

Interview techniques and tips

Resumes

Blogs and journals

http://mrsttaylorsclass.weebly.com/professional-learning.html

http://www.southeaststudentnetwork.com/survey

Recruitment processes (Applicant tracking Systems)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsAATmT0qEc

TasmanianGovernment

Department of Education

education.tas.gov.au

www.education.tas.gov.au