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National Monday Update Issue: 
Edition 359, 22 March 2010
1. Assessment: Which practitioner skills need to be improved and how

This workshop aims to provide participants with a clear understanding of which assessment skills practitioners need to improve most; how these skills can be improved; what resources exist to help them develop their skills; and how practitioners’ assessment skills fit with their other skills.

When: Thursday, 25 March 2010 (9:00am – 12:00pm) OR
Thursday, 25 March 2010 (1:30pm – 4:30pm)
Where: Orchid Room, Grand Chifley Hotel, 208 South Terrace, Adelaide

What you need to bring to the workshop:
Bring along an assessment tool to work through the process outlined in the recently released Implementation guide: Validation and moderation 2009.

Click here for information and to register


2. DFEEST Quality and Tertiary Education Policy Directorate: Innovation in Assessment Forum – Note the date in your diary (Friday 25 June)
"Focusing on the importance of assessment for the quality outcomes in education and training"

The Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology together with the Australian Flexible Learning Framework is convening a specialist professional development forum for the South Australian vocational education and training sector.

The forum offers practitioners and managers in RTOs and industry:

  • professional development and networking opportunities with colleagues from the education and training sector,
  • introduction to lead assessors from the Capability Builders – Assessment program 2009,
  • models of good practice and capability building in assessment for learning,
  • tools for flexible assessment methods,
  • creative practice in assessment for learning,
  • the assessment for learning principles and strategies, and
  • an opportunity to experience innovation in e-Learning and assessment


The full program will be available in May.

When: Friday 25 June 2010, 9.00 am - 4.30 pm
Where: Hilton Adelaide, Victoria Square

For further information:
Please contact Forum Coordinator on (08) 8226 4358 or dfeestqualitypd [at] sa [dot] gov [dot] au (email) the Quality and Tertiary Education Policy Directorate