A moderation meeting will be held for the Certificate 1 in Entry to General Education (EGE) on the 25th of June, from 9-11 am W.A time.
The meeting will be coordinated by the Department of Corrective Services via teleconference.
Please contact Helena Zielinska on 08 6250 9214 if you would like to attend.
It is all systems go at IBSA on the foundations skills front!
Here is brief status report to help you keep up.
The Foundation Skills Training Package was released in draft form at the end of April. Feedback is now being considered. Western Australia hosted webinars that were reviewed by the project team so hopefully we should have some impact on improving the next version. We are expecting a draft of the companion volume in July and the Training Package itself to be complete by September.
Work is proceeding to implement the unit TAELLN401A as core in Cert IV TAA. This will mean that all vocational practitioners will be required to demonstrate a basic understanding of a range of ways to meet the literacy, English language and numeracy needs of students seeking vocational qualifications. The skills profile needed for trainers and assessors of this unit
Scoping of a Certificate IV for delivery/assessment of Foundation Skills has commenced. Feedback is due by 22 June 2012
The discussion paper proposes that this qualifaction is not for specialist literacy practioners but for those in the workforce who require a broader understanding of foundation skills to fulfil their VET sector role. Examples suggested are people writing currciulum and learning resources, those wishing to work better in a team teaching role with a LLN specialist and lead practioners.
Vocational Graduate Certificate and Vocational Graduate Diploma are also being discussed.
To get the full details and more information about what is happening in this area visit IBSA’s current projects site
Certificate IV qualification for the delivery and assessment of foundation skills
IBSA is scoping the development of a Certificate IV qualification for the delivery and assessment of foundation skills. The proposed qualification would form part of the TAE 10 Training Package.
A consultation paper is available on the IBSA website. IBSA welcome group responses to the consultation paper and encourage interested stakeholders to get together with their colleagues to discuss the proposed Certificate.
IBSA has workshop notes and feedback forms available to support this process and can potentially be involved in group discussions via telephone. Contact Anita Roberts anita@ibsa.org.au to access workshop materials.
Responses are due by 22 June 2012.
Central Institute of Technology Perth
Program now released.
Limited funding is still available for travel to the conference. See the DTWD Adult Literacy Sponsorship Program on VETinfoNet for application forms. Applications close 18/06/2012
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19-21 Sept • Hobart
Program will be available soon.
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http://www.astmanagement.com.
A number of Western Australians are presenting at this conference on research connected to Two-Way Literacy and Learning.
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The 19th International Conference of Adults Learning Mathematics – A Research Forum (ALM19) is to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from Tuesday June 26 to Friday June 29 2012.
ALM is an international organisation which brings together practitioners and researchers who are involved in mathematics and numeracy education for adult learners in order to inform policy and practice. Information about the conference and registration are available at: http://
Welcome to edition 3 of the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Network of Western Australia Newsletter!
Views expressed by contributors to the newsletter are their own and, unless expressly stated, do not reflect the opinions of their employers/organisations.
This contents page links individually to each article enabling you to go immediately to those of your choice. Alternatively, if you go to the main blog link, you can access the articles by scrolling down the page.
We welcome your comments and contributions to our newsletter. If you are an Adult Literacy/Numeracy practitioner in Western Australia or indeed, anywhere in the world, we invite you to subscribe and comment. If you interested in joining the GoogleGroup for our network, please visit our “How to join” page and complete the online form.
1. Driving
Our story this month is once again from the Kimberley and illustrates adult literacy makes a difference to people’s lives.
2. Facilitators
The ALaN WA Network is once again funded for 2012.
3. In the media
Education stories in the media around the world
4. Revised ACSF
Revised version of Australian Core Skills Framework
5. ALLS vs ACSF
Attempts to make sense of different frameworks to describe literacy levels
6. Conferences
Are you going to get to one of these?
An update on changes to the CGEA
8. IVEC
Replacement of a curriculum used in WA
Rachael Marriette is now back on the road after completing Karrayili Adult Education Centre’s Driver Education programme. Rachael enrolled in the programme over a year ago to help her pass her theory test, acquire a Learner’s Permit, get professional driving lessons and pass her driving test.
The Driver Education course was delivered under the Certificates in General Education for Adults (Introductory) and gave Rachael the opportunity to slowly work through all the licensing requirements getting the literacy support she needed.
“This course really helped me to work on my licence,” Rachael said. “If I didn’t get help from Karrayili it would’ve taken me longer to do it. It was really good and the teachers made sure I kept going and didn’t give up. I’m happy now that I’ve got my licence back so that I can drive my kids around and use it for my new job.”
Karrayili has been delivering Driver Education for the last 25 years supporting Fitzroy Crossing, town communities and communities of the Fitzroy Valley. For more information contact General Education Coordinator, Emilia Biemmi Beurteaux on 08 9191 5333.
First published in ACAL eNews
The Department of Training and Workforce Development (DTWD) has once again provided some paid time to support the WA Adult Literacy and Numeracy (ALAN) Network. Seven facilitators were appointed for 2012 and they will undertake a range of functions designed to develop our membership and services.
Facilitators will focus on keeping up to date in a particular area (eg Adult literacy, Indigenous education, adult numeracy, online tools, ESL) as well as providing more general assistance to members to help us get the most from our online community.
The 2012 ALaN Network Facilitators are:
Chantal Adams – Kimberley Training Institute
Jo Hart – C.Y. O’Connor Institute
Matthew Highman – Polytechnic West
Dani Murray – independent, ex-Centacare Employment and Training
Helen Smith – Durack Institute of Technology
William Griffiths – Great Southern Institute of Technology
Sue Brennan – Central Institute of Technology
You can communicate with this group by responding to this blog or by posing questions on the CGEA Network Google Group (members only). They will respond as availability allows. Each facilitator brings a unique set of expertise so by posing your question to all of us, you can get information from different perspectives: urban, country, different class types and funding sources, and different backgrounds and experience.
Other members are encouraged to contribute as well – and if you enjoy it, perhaps you would like to nominate yourself for next year’s paid roles.
Submitted by Cheryl Wiltshire, WA ALaN Network Coordinator
Emma Alberici on ABC TV’s Lateline talks to Pasi Sahlberg, director-general of the Ministry of Education in Helsinki, about why Finland consistently beats most of the rest of the countries in the OECD in maths, reading and literacy at all levels of primary and high school. The secret, according to him, is to be found in Finland’s highly educated teachers.
Teaching in Finland is a respected and prestigious profession, and it’s paid accordingly. Gaining entry to study teaching is extremely competitive, and nearly every teacher in the country has a master’s degree.
Video and transcript at http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3441913.htm or available as a Vodcast from the ABC website archives.
20 March 2012
The article, Teacher Performance Abusers of Statistics, was written in response to the recent publication of the names of teachers and their “performance scores” by the New York Post (February, 2012).
The revised version of the Australian Core Skills Framework is now available.
You will find the revised version at www.deewr.gov.au/skills
If you’re familiar with adult language, literacy and numeracy concepts then NCVER needs your help!
Language, literacy and numeracy are critical for greater workforce participation, productivity and social inclusion. Being able to measure how skilled people are, and any changes in their level of skill, is important for getting a sense of how well language, literacy and numeracy programs are working for learners.
The federal government uses the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALLS) survey to measure an outcome in the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development. But this data is only obtained every 10 years. The Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) is also being used to provide information on adults’ literacy and numeracy skills in a range of contexts.
Both the ALLS and ACSF have five performance levels and it’s sometimes assumed that these levels are equivalent. But are they? The National Centre for Vocational Education Research, together with Victoria University and Educational Measurement Solutions are running a short online survey to find out whether the levels are equivalent.
They’re asking teachers/tutors/lecturers familiar with adult literacy and numeracy concepts to anonymously rate a student, whose literacy and/or numeracy levels are most familiar to them, against statements and sample tasks aligned with the ACSF and ALLS frameworks.
Every completed survey has a chance to win one of six Apple iPads (3rd generation 32GB Wi-Fi) valued at $649 (RRP) each. Go to http://literacymap.com/s3/ to enter the survey. You can also access the survey from the NCVER web site: go to the ‘Quick Links’ section.
Contact: Michelle Circelli
Senior Research Officer, Research Management Branch
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
T +61 8 8230 8646 F +61 8 8212 3436 E michelle.circelli@ncver.edu.au
And of course, you are welcome to post your comments here about your experience of the survey or even about the likelihood that ALLS and ACSF can be successfully equated!