WSI showcase 2012

PUMPING UP completions in Fitness

2010 Increasing TAFE NSW

Qualification Completions Project

Designing for student success

Top tips for completions

Trajectories of Success

Project

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2011 Whole of

organisation approach

Fitness Cert III & IV

To pump up low completion rates Fitness have implemented the following:

• restructured large exams into smaller quizzes throughout the course.

• students can choose how they present evidence of knowledge and skills

Students with an NC result

• Students sent formal letters to resit exams or to resubmit assessments in the first week of classes

• contact their unit teacher for detailed feedback • joint venture with Access and General Education

section (High risk of non-completion due to literacy and numeracy issues, lack of communication and employability skills)

• high risk students case worker (Related duties hours)

Completion Data – Fitness

2010 module completion rate was 76.40% -this was much lower than the State average for Cert III and Cert IV Fitness.

Course 2010 Completions 2011 Completions % improvement

CIII in Fitness 75.9 % 89.1 % 13.2 %

CIV in Fitness 78.6 % 89.0 % 10.4 %

WSI Module completion rate: 77.7% in 2010 to 78.6% in 2011 (increase in 0.9%)

Restructured large exams

& assessments

Contact NC

students

Feedback &

Resubmit

Develop toolbox of

support strategies

Access / Case manager

Survey students on perception of course

ImprovingFitness

Completions