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VDC specialises in providing continuing professional learning for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) workforce as well as strategic support services for all VET providers in Australia. VDC has an extensive range of one hour webinars, half and full day workshops and special events such as VET Thought Leader Forums, conferences and other functions.

VDC can provide tailored professional learning activities to meet your organisation’s needs. For further information regarding customised PD options please contact Steven Deer, Senior Project Manager VDC [email protected] or 1300 917 150

2019 VDC Professional Learning Program

The VDC Professional Learning Program offers an extensive range of CPD opportunities for the VET Workforce under five topic areas through one hour webinars, half and full day workshops as well as a range of special events. Search and register for all programs at Upcoming PD below.

VDC Professional Learning Categories

 

All 2019 VDC webinars and workshops have been categorised as either Introductory, Intermediate or Advanced to describe the level of content being presented in the training. The categories are aligned to the levels in the VET Practitioner Capability Framework (IBSA 2011). The level descriptions are provided below.

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  • 23 Aug

    professional learning events

    Free National Webinar: 2019 VDC Thought Leadership Series

    Fri, 23 Aug 12:30PM–1:30PM
    $0 (inc GST)
    Teaching is hard work, and your well-being is critical for your students and for everything you do. There are some easy to understand brain systems that we can use to build routines into the day that make the hard work of teaching less stressful and more rewarding while it improves our students' learning.
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  • 02 Sep

    teaching & learning strategies

    Workshop: The Impact of Mental Illnesses

    Mon, 02 Sep 9:00AM–4:00PM
    $380 (inc GST)
    This workshop builds confidence in raising conversations around mental illness, introduces strategies for engaging in supportive conversations that assist learners to manage their mental well-being and provides tips and strategies for supporting learners with their mental well-being.
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  • 04 Sep

    quality, compliance & auditing

    Workshop: Preparing for ASQA Audits - Identify and Organise Evidence

    Wed, 04 Sep 9:00AM–12:00PM
    $220 (inc GST)
    Led by an experienced auditor, this workshop assists RTOs to establish a framework for identifying the evidence required and organising it for audit purposes.
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  • 05 Sep

    quality, compliance & auditing

    Webinar: Compliance and Auditing for Online Courses

    Thu, 05 Sep 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar invites participants to examine what differentiates online delivery from face-to-face delivery. Through this process, we will also examine compliance requirements, how they apply to online delivery and assessment, and how you can incorporate compliance as part of robust course design.
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  • 10 Sep

    assessment essentials

    Webinar: Effective Marking Guides and Rubrics

    Tue, 10 Sep 12:30PM–1:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    In this engaging webinar, participants will learn the characteristics of marking guides and effective rubrics, understanding about how to map a rubric to a competency, and gain the confidence to take rubrics online.
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  • 11 Sep

    leadership & management

    Workshop: Positive Behavioural Change

    Wed, 11 Sep 9:00AM–12:00PM
    $220 (inc GST)
    This interactive workshop enables participants to develop purposeful strategies to promote positive behaviours. The emphasis is on understanding what prompts challenging behaviours and how to influence and promote long-lasting change.
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  • 13 Sep

    assessment essentials

    Webinar: Third Party Reports and Assessment

    Fri, 13 Sep 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar explores elements of a practice framework that promotes and sustains employer participation in assessment. We consider when workplaces are appropriate sites for assessment, assessors' responsibilities, constraints on employer participation, and strategies for workplace evidence gathering.
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  • 16 Sep

    assessment essentials

    Workshop: AQF Levels and Assessment

    Mon, 16 Sep 9:00AM–4:00PM
    $380 (inc GST)
    During this workshop we untangle the links between units of competency, AQF levels and appropriate assessment designs. You will leave the session with actionable strategies that help you pitch assessment to the right AQF level.
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  • 18 Sep

    leadership & management

    Webinar: Positive Behavioural Change

    Wed, 18 Sep 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    In this interactive webinar, participants will learn more about human behaviours and how motivations can drive behaviour. They will also learn skills and strategies to promote positive behaviours.
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  • 24 Sep

    UpSchool Teaching Entrepreneurship 3 Day Workshop

    Tue, 24 Sep 9:00AM–5:00PM
    $1250 (inc GST)
    UpSchool Workshop is intense, hands-on, and immersive. You will engage first-hand with material essential to supporting Australia's next generation of thinkers, doers, and creative problem solvers, walking away from the workshop with the tools needed to implement entrepreneurial thinking within your institution.
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  • 24 Sep

    quality, compliance & auditing

    Webinar: Mapping Assessments Through a Compliance Lens

    Tue, 24 Sep 12:30PM–1:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar helps you get the most from mapping. We cover the essentials of mapping, linking assessment design and mapping, and offer tested methods for documenting mapping.
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  • 30 Sep

    mapping & validation

    Webinar: Pre-Assessment Validation of Assessment Design

    Mon, 30 Sep 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar invites you to consider options for frontloading quality assurance for assessment tools. Drawing on quality expectations set down in the Standards for RTOs (2015), we investigate the design and documentation requirements for best practice assessment tools.
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  • 10 Oct

    quality, compliance & auditing

    Webinar: Retention of Evidence - What, Why and How to Keep it

    Thu, 10 Oct 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar regards evidence with the attentive eyes of a regulator and auditor. What passes muster in their view? We round up details about your responsibilities for collecting, keeping and locating evidence. And rather than filing an empty plate, we consider practical alternatives for evidence you can't retain.
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  • 15 Oct

    teaching & learning strategies

    Webinar: Teaching Strategies for Challenging Behaviours

    Tue, 15 Oct 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar shares your experiences of challenging classroom behaviours, unpacks what gives rise to them, and repacks them with management strategies that support change.
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  • 28 Oct

    quality, compliance & auditing

    Workshop: Essentials for the Internal Auditor

    Mon, 28 Oct 9:00AM–4:00PM
    $380 (inc GST)
    The program is facilitated by an experienced auditor who encourages lively discussion and collaborative activities. It delivers a practical understanding of how to interpret and apply the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015, and the audit process, including how to plan and prepare for internal and external audits.
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  • 30 Oct

    quality, compliance & auditing

    Workshop: Address Non-Compliance in Assessments

    Wed, 30 Oct 9:00AM–12:00PM
    $220 (inc GST)
    In this hands-on session you will learn the essentials of validation and then conduct a validation of one of your assessment tools. This in-depth validation includes the instructions to assessors and candidates and assessors, all tasks and mapping if you have it, against the unit of competency it assesses.
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  • 06 Nov

    leadership & management

    Workshop: Managing Difficult Conversations

    Wed, 06 Nov 9:00AM–12:00PM
    $220 (inc GST)
    This workshop is an opportunity to learn how to secure productive outcomes from conflict with practical tips and techniques for better conversations. Difficult conversations might remain difficult, but the workshop gives you the know-how to manage them with understanding, skill, poise and confidence.
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  • 12 Nov

    teaching & learning strategies

    Workshop: Engaging Students with Low Level English Skills

    Tue, 12 Nov 9:00AM–4:00PM
    $380 (inc GST)
    In this practical workshop, we will explore best practice strategies for developing literacy skills and engaging learners in the classroom. Covering the essential components of literacy, you'll be invited to share your own experiences and strategies and learn more skills to add to your professional literacy toolkit.
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  • 14 Nov

    mapping & validation

    Webinar: Validating Online Assessments

    Thu, 14 Nov 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar examines the unique online assessment perspective, and gives participants a deeper understanding of how to align principles of assessment, assessment designs, and validation processes.
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  • 19 Nov

    teaching & learning strategies

    Workshop: Addressing Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disorders in the Classroom

    Tue, 19 Nov 9:00AM–4:00PM
    $380 (inc GST)
    This one-day workshop aims to provide attendees with an understanding of what SLDs are, how to identify a student with SLD, as well as insights into some of the day-to-day learning challenges these students face in the classroom.
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  • 20 Nov

    assessment essentials

    Webinar: RPL - The Devil's in the Detail

    Wed, 20 Nov 12:30PM–1:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar uncovers the devilish (compliance) detail that needs to be considered when offering and processing RPL. Participants will learn more about the RPL requirements, how to put them into practice, how to match AQF levels, how to ensure processes are rigourous and engaging candidates and RTO's in conversations around RPL to address issues before they emerge.
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  • 22 Nov

    mapping & validation

    Webinar: Validation of Judgements

    Fri, 22 Nov 3:30PM–4:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    This webinar brings good news. With the guidance of a facilitator experienced in systematic validation, we clarify the expectations. The webinar introduces established understandings about efficient and effective validation processes that deliver both quality outcomes and compliance outputs (including documentation).
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  • 28 Nov

    assessment essentials

    Webinar: Assessment Questions for AQF Levels

    Thu, 28 Nov 12:30PM–1:30PM
    $55 (inc GST)
    Join the facilitator and your colleagues in framing good answers to teacherly questions. When are questions best suited to collecting evidence? What kinds of questions work well? What are the best tips for framing good questions? How can I be sure the answers I receive are those of the learner I'm assessing?
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