Announcements, recognition and stories from Career Calling International and its brands.
Writing from our consultants on assessment, compliance and the everyday work of running a training organisation.
A newsletter issue marking thirteen years of Career Calling, with the month's articles for training organisations.
Psychologists recognise several distinct kinds of intelligence. What each is good for, and why the difference matters at work.
Assessment is the process of gathering evidence to judge whether a learner has the required skills and knowledge. A plain explanation.
Before buying a registered training organisation, you need to know what a due-diligence audit covers and what it protects you from.
Fairness, flexibility, validity and reliability. What the fairness principle asks of an RTO, and the steps that satisfy it.
Learner guides and slide decks are not an answer key. What an assessor should be looking for in summative assessment evidence.
Keep the principles of assessment and the rules of evidence in view and an RPL assessment will be both fair and accurate.
ASQA has moved from person-centred to system-oriented auditing, with more weight on self-assurance and continuous improvement.
A selection of longer-running pieces from the newsroom on assessment practice, evidence, contextualisation and the state of the sector.
Happy Anniversary to us! At Career Calling, we are celebrating 13 years of providing compliance services and resources to training organisations across the country.
After the Australian tripartite mission in 1987 and the publications that followed, competency-based training and assessment reshaped how the Australian system defines and measures capability.
Our resource development process starts with engaging highly qualified and experienced instructional designers to write all our training and assessment materials.
An easy way to learn them: "I need something valid like a current driver's licence, sufficient money for rent and an authentic friend." The rules of evidence frame every assessment judgement.
There is a great deal of debate surrounding the validity of assessment methods in vocational education and training, including open book and closed book examinations.
Simulation can provide a realistic environment in which to observe and assess student performance. A variety of assessment tools support observation using simulation, including checklists.
Assessment evidence in the VET sector refers to the process and methods used by assessors to gather, generate and judge the quality of evidence when making informed judgements.
Based on the assessment resources, you need to identify the contextualisation needs of the candidate, including the specific industry or sector in which the candidate works and their job role.
The nation's unprecedented teacher shortage dominated discussions between Australia's education ministers on Friday 12 August 2022, their first meeting since the federal election.
As a registered training organisation, you need to ensure that the training resources you use are of the highest quality. CAQA Resources is an Australian provider of quality assured training materials.
This month's new training and assessment resources include HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing, CPC60220 Advanced Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) and CPC50220 Diploma of Building and Construction.
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