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6. Assessment Task
ASSESSMENT 1 – Written Questions
Task summary:
Students are to answer all written questions below.
What do students need in order to complete this assessment?
? Access to textbooks and other learning materials.
? Access to a computer and the Internet.
When and where do students need to do this?
? This task may be done in the student’s own time as homework or they may be given time to do this task in class (where applicable).
? Provide students with the due date for this assessment so they can write it in their Student Assessment Booklet.
What do students have to submit?
? Their answers to each question.
Instructions to students:
? This is an open book task – students can use their learning materials as reference.
? Students need to answer all fourteen (14) written questions correctly.
Students may prefer to use their computer to type their answers.
Questions:
Question 1: Describe three current career development theories. Answer in 350-400 words.
Question 2: Explain what career development standards. Answer in 250-300 words.
Question 3: Explain briefly what impact career development standards has on career development services. Answer in no more than 250-300 words.
Question 4: Outline legislative and regulatory requirements relevant to career development. Answer in 350-450 words.
Question 5: Outline organisational policies relating to career development. Answer in 200-250 words.
Question 6: Explain why researching and understanding the target group is crucial in providing support on career development and career choices. Answer in 300-350 words.
Question 7: List six target groups. Answer in 50-100 words.
Question 8: List four career development standards. Answer in 100-150 words.
Question 9: List four career development services. Answer in 100-150 words.
Question 10: List four effective action planning skills. Answer in 100-150 words.
Question 11: List three types of career development counselling. Answer in 100-150 words.
Question 12: List six key stakeholders that are involved in career development services. Answer in 100-150 words.
Question 13: List four support systems and resources that are required to provide high-quality career development service delivery. Answer in 100-150 words.
Question 14: List three strategies of establishing referral procedures and contacts. Answer in 200250 words.
ASSESSMENT 2 – Case Study and Demonstration of Task
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS:
WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
? Computer and Microsoft Office
? Access to the Internet for research
? Access to TAE - Training and Education Training Package (Release 3.0) and in particular TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Release 4) course. This course can be accessed online from www.training.gov.au website.
? Access to relevant legislation and workplace documents that are required for a VET Trainer/Assessor. In particular you will need to have access to Users’ guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015. This document can be accessed online via https://www.asqa.gov.au/standards link (accessed on 27/07/2020).
? Access to fact sheet provided by Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) namely ‘Fact sheet—Meeting trainer and assessor requirements’, accessed on 27/07/2020.Access to textbooks/other learning materials
WHEN AND WHERE DO STUDENTS NEED TO DO THIS?
? Your trainer/assessor will advise you of due date of this assessment. The student is to demonstrate this task in class or record video / audio to provide evidence.
Carefully read the following scenario and then complete the tasks that follow.
Case Study
You are Director of Studies of Aron College and among all other administration, compliance and operational responsibilities you are also responsible for providing opportunities and avenues for your staff to progress in their careers through various career development opportunities while they are working for you. At this stage you have been requested by the owners of the college to embark on career development opportunities and embed them as part of college business process and in its policies and procedures. According to the owners doing this will enable existing staff to continue working for the college and this will attract good and experience prospective employees when the college grows and opens another branch.
At this point in time you as a Director of Studies (DOS) are to ensure that all your VET Trainers/Assessors are compliant with the changing regulatory requirements and make sure that they have the right level of VET Qualifications and VET plus Industry Currency to be able to and continue to train and assess students at your college. New regulations also state that trainers/assessors need to keep themselves current in both VET and Industry every 6 months.
Tasks
In this assessment task you as a Director of Studies (DOS) of the college are to:
• Research contemporary career development theories, models, frameworks and strategies for specific context and target group
• Analyse codes of professional conduct and career development standards, and how they can be applied in work practice
• Apply regulatory requirements, policies, guidelines, standards and resources
• Plan for and undertake ongoing personal professional development
• Apply career development standards to all aspects of work role
• Establish and maintain relationships with professional peers and service providers
WHAT DO STUDENTS HAVE TO SUBMIT OR DEMONSTRATE?
In this role-play task you have to provide evidence in the following manner o Screen shots of relevant pages and sections from TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Release 4) course to prove that you have undertaken research on contemporary career development theories, models, frameworks and strategies for specific context and target group
o Screen shots of relevant pages and sections from TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Release 4) course to prove that you have analysed codes of professional conduct and career development standards.
o Screen shots of relevant pages and sections from users’ guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015 document to prove that you can refer to regulatory requirements, policies, guidelines, standards and resources.
o Two different screen shots of relevant pages and sections from where VET Trainers and Assessors can achieve professional development to plan for ongoing personal professional development for VET Trainer/Assessor.
o Two different screen shots of relevant pages and sections from where VET Trainers and Assessors can achieve professional development to apply career development standards to all aspects of VET Trainer/Assessor work role.
o Example of correspondence between yourself and one of the PDs contact that you have researched to establish and maintain relationships with professional peers and service providers
o Video / Audio recording for the role-play task
ASSESSMENT 3 – Portfolio of Evidence
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS:
In this assessment task you as a DOS of the college are to:
• Apply career development theories in preparation to work with specific target groups
• Analyse career development needs of specific target groups
• Plan for support systems and resources required to provide high-quality career development service delivery in specific context and for target group
• Apply effective action-planning skills in career development counselling services
• Establish ongoing professional and follow-up support for clients of career development services
• Complete and submit Professional Development Template for Trainer/Assessor role
• Complete and submit Professional Development Template for Student Services Officer role
• Complete and submit Professional Development Template for Marketing Manager role
Note – Please use the ‘Professional Development Template’ document that is provided to complete this task.
WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
• Computer and Microsoft Office
• Access to the Internet for research
• Access to TAE - Training and Education Training Package (Release 3.0) and in particular TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Release 4) course. This course can be accessed online from www.training.gov.au website.
• Access to relevant legislation and workplace documents that are required for a VET Trainer/Assessor. In particular you will need to have access to Users’ guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015. This document can be accessed online via https://www.asqa.gov.au/standards link (accessed on
27/07/2020).
• Access to fact sheet provided by Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) namely ‘Fact sheet— Meeting trainer and assessor requirements’, accessed on 27/07/2020.
• National Code 2018 document that is available at https://internationaleducation.gov.au/Regulatory-
Information/Pages/National-Code-2018-Factsheets-
.aspx#:~:text=The%20National%20Code%20is%20a,commenced%20on%201%20January%202018. (accessed on 29/07/2020)
WHEN AND WHERE DO STUDENTS NEED TO DO THIS?
? Your trainer/assessor will advise you of due date of this assessment. The student is to demonstrate this task in class.
TASKS
• Develop three (3) Professional Development Plan for
• Trainer/Assessor role
• Student Services Officer role
• Marketing Manager role
• Template for Professional development plan will be provided by your Trainer / Assessor
• In order to complete Professional Development Plan for the above three mentioned roles you need to do the following:
• Apply career development theories in preparation to work with the three roles.
• Analyse career development needs of the three roles.
• Plan for support systems and resources required to provide high-quality career development service delivery in specific context for the three roles.
• Apply effective action-planning skills in career development counselling services for the three roles.
• Establish ongoing professional and follow-up support for the three roles relating to career development services.
• You will need to read the following documents to correctly fill the template:
• TAE - Training and Education Training Package (Release 3.0) and in particular TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Release 4) course. This course can be accessed online from www.training.gov.au website.
• Relevant legislation and workplace documents that are required for a VET Trainer/Assessor. In particular you will need to have access to Users’ guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015. This document can be accessed online via https://www.asqa.gov.au/standards link
(accessed on 27/07/2020).
• Fact sheet provided by Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) namely ‘Fact sheet— Meeting trainer and assessor requirements’, accessed on 27/07/2020.
• National Code 2018 document that is available at https://internationaleducation.gov.au/Regulatory-Information/Pages/National-Code-2018Factsheets-
.aspx#:~:text=The%20National%20Code%20is%20a,commenced%20on%201%20January%20 2018. (accessed on 29/07/2020)
WHAT DO STUDENTS HAVE TO SUBMIT OR DEMONSTRATE?
o 3 x Profesional Development Plan for
? Trainer/Assessor role
? Student Services Officer role
? Marketing Manager role
ASSESSMENT 4 – Written Report and PowerPoint Presentation
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS:
WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
• Computer and Microsoft Office
• Access to the Internet for research
• Access to projector to present PPT slides during presentation
WHEN AND WHERE DO STUDENTS NEED TO DO THIS?
? Your trainer/assessor will advise you of due date of this assessment. On completion the student is required to submit this assessment to their trainer/assessor in class.
TASKS
In this assessment task you will be required to prepare a written report to complete this task. You need to cover below listed points in your report:
• Part A – Written Report: o Students need to cover below listed points in their report:
? Report cover page/title page
? Table of Contents
? Executive Summary of the topics involved
? Develop strategies for career development services to reflect contextual needs and aspirations of VET Trainers/Assessors (you need to come up with at least three different strategies)
? Establish mechanisms to follow-up provision of career development services (these mechanism needs to align with the three strategies that you have proposed)
? Implement strategies to ensure records storage, security and privacy in accordance with professional and organisational requirements (these need to align with the three strategies and mechanisms that are proposed by you)
? Establish referral procedures and contacts (provide at least two different methods of the referral process)
? Report Conclusion
• Part B – Presentation: o Students are to develop PPT Presentation as part of this task and present summary point of written develop as part of Assessment Task No 4 – Part A.
WHAT DO STUDENTS HAVE TO SUBMIT OR DEMONSTRATE?
? Part A – Written Report ? Part B – Presentation
? Video / Audio Recording of the presentation
? PowerPoint Slides
ASSESSMENT 5 – Portfolio of Evidence and Demonstration of Tasks
TASK SUMMARY:
In this assessment task you will be required to complete:
• Part A – Portfolio of Evidence, where the student must:
o Review career development services and service delivery strategies against plans and standards, and identify any gaps
o Determine strategies to improve quality of career development services
• Part B – Demonstration of Tasks, where the student is required to conduct a meeting with the college owners and present/discuss with them regarding:
o Alternative career development strategies with the college owners o Advocate for VET Trainers/Assessors and their career development needs
WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
? Computer and Microsoft Office
? Access to the Internet for research
? Completed Assessment Task No 4 – Part A
WHEN AND WHERE DO STUDENTS NEED TO DO THIS?
? Your trainer/assessor will advise you of due date of this assessment. On completion the student is required to submit this assessment to their trainer/assessor in class.
TASKS
PART A – PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE
Scenario:
In this assessment task you are required to review career development services and service delivery strategies against plans and standards and identify any gaps and determine strategies to improve quality of career development services.
Instructions to students:
1. You are required to access written report that was developed by you as part of Assessment Task No 4 – Part A and review and identify any gaps in your proposal:
• Strategies for career development services to reflect contextual needs and aspirations of VET Trainers/Assessors
• Establish mechanisms to follow-up provision of career development services (these mechanism needs to align with the three strategies that you have proposed)
• Implement strategies to ensure records storage, security and privacy in accordance with professional and organisational requirements (these need to align with the three strategies and mechanisms that are proposed by you)
• Establish referral procedures and contacts (provide at least two different methods of the referral process)
Note: You are required to come up with at least two (2) gaps in your proposed written report document that was created in Assessment Task No 4. Please complete the table listed below:
First gap and recommendation for the same?
Note: In less than 200 words please list your first gap in the space provided below:
Second gap and recommendation for the same?
Note: In less than 200 words please list your second gap in the space provided below:
PART B – DEMONSTRATION OF TASK
Scenario:
In this assessment task you are to conduct a meeting with the college owners and present summary information of the gaps that was completed by you as part of Assessment Task No 5 – Part A.
Instructions to students:
1. You are required to complete and send meeting agenda to the stakeholders.
2. You are required to conduct the meeting with stakeholders informing them about the gaps you identified in Assessment Task 5 (A) and providing recommendation to fill those gaps.
3. You are required to complete and send meeting minutes to the attendees.
4. Your trainer/assessor will be observing you while you perform below listed tasks and will complete demonstration checklist as evidence of your skills during this demonstration activity.
WHAT DO STUDENTS HAVE TO SUBMIT OR DEMONSTRATE?
• Part A – Portfolio of Evidence o First gap and recommendation
o Second gap and recommendation
• Part B – Demonstration of Task o Meeting Agenda document o Meeting Minutes document o Video Recording / Audio Recording of the meeting
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