Professional Development

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

2020 VDC Professional Learning Program

The VDC Professional Learning Program offers an extensive range of CPD opportunities for the VET Workforce under seven topic areas through one hour webinars, half and full day workshops as well as a range of special events. Click here to download 2020 Semester 1 Program. Registrations opening soon.

VDC Professional Learning Categories

All 2020 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.

Upcoming PD

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06 Feb

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Observation Checklists - Getting the Criteria Right

Thu, 06 Feb 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This practical webinar steps through the construction of effective, efficient observation checklists. You will build capability in extracting assessment criteria from units of competency, and develop understanding about what constitutes observable performance.

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11 Feb

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Overview of the Skills First 2020 Funding Contract

Tue, 11 Feb 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar assists you to get your contract performance right. It summarises changes to terms of the Skills First Funding Contract. The webinar informs you about adjustments your RTO needs to implement to meet amended terms for Victorian government funded training services in 2020.

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13 Feb

quality, compliance & auditing

Workshop: Preparing for ASQA Audits - Identify & Organise Evidence

Thu, 13 Feb 9:00AM–12:00PM

$220 (inc GST)

At the end of this workshop, participants will understand the evidence requirements for audit, and a framework for identifying and organising evidence for audit.

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18 Feb

quality, compliance & auditing

Workshop: Skills First Internal Audit against the 2020 Funding Contract

Tue, 18 Feb 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

This full day workshop is designed for RTO staff responsible for internal audit activity but who have limited experience in managing, conducting or supporting internal audits. Learn how to work accurately and productively with HESG's internal audit checklist, and get new tips, resources and supports for your internal audit processes.

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19 Feb

leadership & management

Workshop: Rapport Building for Strong Business Relationships

Wed, 19 Feb 9:00AM–12:00PM

$220 (inc GST)

In this engaging and hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to create an environment that fosters connectiveness where people overcome differences and work together as a united force. They will acquire a toolset of practical strategies and get ample opportunity to practise rapport building to pave the way for developing strong long-term relationships.

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20 Feb

teaching & learning strategies

Workshop: Address Non-Compliance in Assessments

Thu, 20 Feb 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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19 Feb

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Introduction to the National VET System

Wed, 19 Feb 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar offers a guided tour of the system - where it came from, how it's funded, how it's regulated. We navigate the system's major structures, like the VET Quality Framework and training packages. After the webinar you'll have a firmer grip on how the parts of the system work, and work together.

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03 Mar

quality, compliance & auditing

Workshop: Establish & Manage Practical Work Placements

Tue, 03 Mar 9:00AM–12:00PM

$220 (inc GST)

This half day workshop assists RTO staff to organise and monitor practical placements so that students maximise learning opportunities and outcomes. The workshop also provides guidance to RTOs about the characteristics of compliant practical placements.

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05 Mar

assessment essentials

Workshop: Micro-Credentials & Opportunities in VET

Thu, 05 Mar 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

This workshop will unpack the definition and concept of micro-learning, micro-credentials and badging, and will explore the possibilities that each of these could bring to your organisation.

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04 Mar

assessment essentials

Webinar: Effective Assessment Tools

Wed, 04 Mar 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar strips down an assessment tool into its component parts. We examine the function of each part, and how to assemble a working version that supports teachers to fulfil their responsibilities, is clear to students, and meets audit expectations.

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05 Mar

teaching & learning strategies

Webinar: Teaching Strategies for Challenging Behaviours

Thu, 05 Mar 12:30PM–1:30PM

$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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06 Mar

professional learning functions

Free Webinar: VDC Thought Leadership Series 1

Fri, 06 Mar 12:30PM–1:30PM

$0 (inc GST)

Debra Parker draws on her experience in leading the current Gender Equity Project for Women's Health Victoria supported by extensive industry consultation to inform the development of the accredited Course in Gender Equity. This webinar will examine the emerging landscape of workplaces and how VET leaders can tap into this change. This session will discuss practices to place you at the forefront in adjusting not only your own work practices, but also vocational offerings to industry in response.

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13 Mar

assessment essentials

Workshop: Developing Effective Competency-Based Assessment Tools

Fri, 13 Mar 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

In this workshop you will analyse a unit of competency, discuss the design of assessment tools for different methods and work with peers on validation of assessment.

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19 Mar

quality, compliance & auditing

Workshop: Introduction to the National VET System

Thu, 19 Mar 9:00AM–12:00PM

$220 (inc GST)

The system is inevitably complex, but it isn't a muddle. This workshop offers a guided tour of the system - where it came from, how it's funded, how it's regulated. We navigate the system's major structures, like the VET Quality Framework and training packages. After the workshop you'll have a firmer grip on how the parts of the system work, and work together.

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20 Mar

VTA Webinar: Applied Research and Innovation in TAFE

Fri, 20 Mar 12:15PM–1:15PM

$0 (inc GST)

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24 Mar

quality, compliance & auditing

Workshop: Skills First Internal Audit against the 2020 Funding Contract

Tue, 24 Mar 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

This full day workshop is designed for RTO staff responsible for internal audit activity but who have limited experience in managing, conducting or supporting internal audits. Learn how to work accurately and productively with HESG's internal audit checklist, and get new tips, resources and supports for your internal audit processes.

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25 Mar

teaching & learning strategies

Webinar: Make Learning Engaging in Theory Units

Wed, 25 Mar 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

Throughout the session, you'll get practical strategies that can be implemented in your classrooms to build student engagement to develop attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion for student learning.

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26 Mar

mapping & validation

Webinar: Pre-Assessment Validation of Assessment Design

Thu, 26 Mar 12:30PM–1:30PM

$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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16 Apr

teaching & learning strategies

Webinar: Blending Online with Face to Face Training

Thu, 16 Apr 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

In this webinar, participants will learn more about the practices we deploy to ensure online and face-to-face delivery are well integrated, workable and effective. They'll investigate blended teaching practice and how to apply this to their own classes. We emphasise the value of careful planning, point to resources that support blended teaching and learning, and explore the benefits of team teaching in successfully meshing online and face-to-face learning environments.

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17 Apr

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Establish & Manage Practical Work Placements

Fri, 17 Apr 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar will examine a range of administrative, regulatory and educational requirements that are necessary to ensure a meaningful training experience for your students.

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21 Apr

quality, compliance & auditing

Workshop: Essentials for the Internal Auditor

Tue, 21 Apr 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

This workshop delivers a practical understanding of how to interpret and apply the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015, and how to plan and prepare for internal and external audits.

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22 Apr

leadership & management

Workshop: Managing Difficult Conversations

Wed, 22 Apr 9:00AM–12:00PM

$220 (inc GST)

This workshop journey is an opportunity to learn how to secure productive outcomes from conflict. 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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23 Apr

teaching & learning strategies

Workshop: The Impact of Trauma on Learning

Thu, 23 Apr 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

This workshop extends your understanding of how trauma affects learning and behaviour. Over the daylong workshop, enhance your ability to create safe learning environments, build self-regulatory skills and respond to conflict effectively.

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22 Apr

Webinar: Engaging international and culturally diverse students in course learning

Wed, 22 Apr 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

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24 Apr

quality, compliance & auditing

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

Fri, 24 Apr 12:30PM–1:30PM

$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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29 Apr

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: What are Auditors Looking for at Audit?

Wed, 29 Apr 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This session goes behind the mystery of the role of an Auditor, with a behind the scenes insight into what an Auditor does, how they work and why they do what they do.

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30 Apr

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Mapping Assessments Through a Compliance Lens

Thu, 30 Apr 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar helps you get the most from mapping. We draw effective links between assessment design and mapping, and offer tested methods for documenting mapping. You are encouraged to share your mapping dilemmas and identify paths through them.

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01 May

teaching & learning strategies

Webinar: EdTech to Enhance Student Learning Experiences

Fri, 01 May 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This session will unpack a whole stack of tried & tested, affordable and in some cases FREE ed-tech solutions that you can implement within your organisation to enhance the learning experience of the students within your organisation.

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05 May

teaching & learning strategies

Webinar: The Importance of Self-Care to Prevent Burnout

Tue, 05 May 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

In this unmissable session, you'll learn how to connect to what is important to you and how to build self-care into your routine to avoid burn out. Learning the secrets to not only fitting self-care into our days and weeks but finding the things that bring us joy can decrease stress, increase energy, and help keep us mentally and physically healthy.

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06 May

teaching & learning strategies

Webinar: Bring Learning Alive to Engage Students

Wed, 06 May 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar explores strategies that combine to produce consistent student engagement. We work through ideas about building and sustaining a learning climate among your students. The webinar builds your resources for establishing a growth mindset - a habit of mind leading students to believe that by engaging and working hard, they will succeed.

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07 May

mapping & validation

Webinar: Validating Online Assessments

Thu, 07 May 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar enlarges online assessment perspectives by considering what makes online assessment practice distinctive. You leave the webinar with a firmer sense of how to align principles assessment, assessment designs, and validation processes.

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12 May

leadership & management

Workshop: Social Media & Marketing for RTOs

Tue, 12 May 9:00AM–12:00PM

$220 (inc GST)

This half day program challenges participants to consider their existing approach to recruiting and keeping students.

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12 May

assessment essentials

Webinar: RPL - The Devil's in the Detail

Tue, 12 May 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar uncovers the devilish (compliance) detail that needs to be considered when offering and processing RPL.

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20 May

assessment essentials

Workshop: Developing and Implementing an Assessment System for your Organisation

Wed, 20 May 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

This interactive session will explore the pitfalls and triumphs of implementing assessment systems in RTO's. You'll take away insights from an experienced auditor who has seen the best of the best and learnt from the challenges of those who have had to make significant changes to meet the standards.

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19 May

leadership & management

Webinar: Positive Behavioural Change

Tue, 19 May 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This interactive webinar 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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21 May

teaching & learning strategies

Workshop: Student Engagement for Effective Learning

Thu, 21 May 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

In this workshop, participants probe techniques for promoting sustained student engagement. Recognising that every learner is distinctive, we consider how to use differentiated teaching so all learners are engaged. Among many other techniques, we draw into view how routines and novelty both support engagement.

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21 May

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Compliance Requirements for Trainer Industry Currency

Thu, 21 May 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar can boost your confidence and capability in meeting industry currency expectations - what the Standards require, what strategies you can roll out to maintain industry currency, and what good evidence looks like to an auditor.

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22 May

assessment essentials

Webinar: Demystifying Assessment

Fri, 22 May 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar puts assessment myths to rest. How many assessment events are necessary, and can we weight them? Can we grade competence? The webinar works through a string of myths, separates fact from fiction, and enables you to more confidently design and conduct assessments.

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01 Jun

leadership & management

Workshop: Counselling Skills for Teachers & Managers

Mon, 01 Jun 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

In this insightful full day session, you'll learn how you can use counselling skills in your day to day work for even better relationships and interactions. This workshop will also help you gain insight into your own communication patterns and how you can use self-reflective practice as a counselling tool.

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03 Jun

teaching & learning strategies

Workshop: Addressing Dyslexia & other SLDs in the Classroom

Wed, 03 Jun 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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02 Jun

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Preparing for an Audit of Assessment

Tue, 02 Jun 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar examines clauses 1.8 - 1.12 of the Standards - the assessment clauses. We unpack the meanings and expectations wrapped up in them. You will take away an understanding of how to document assessment practice so your RTO's guarantee is good and you are always audit ready.

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11 Jun

teaching & learning strategies

Webinar: Conflict Resolution in the Classroom

Thu, 11 Jun 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This engaging and practical webinar will give you the tools and strategies to manage classroom conflict with ease, including using positive communication, active listening and problem-solving skills.

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12 Jun

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Copyright for the VET Educator

Fri, 12 Jun 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar covers copyright for VET educators. Participants will be able to have specific questions answered, gain an understanding of what copyright is, how to work with it, what the risks are, and how to manage them.

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17 Jun

leadership & management

Workshop: Managing Difficult Conversations

Wed, 17 Jun 9:00AM–4:00PM

$380 (inc GST)

This workshop journey is an opportunity to learn how to secure productive outcomes from conflict. 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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19 Jun

teaching & learning strategies

Workshop: Engaging Students with Low Level English Skills

Fri, 19 Jun 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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18 Jun

assessment essentials

Webinar: Assessment Questions for AQF Levels

Thu, 18 Jun 3:30PM–4:30PM

$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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23 Jun

assessment essentials

Webinar: Third Party Reports & Assessment

Tue, 23 Jun 12:30PM–1:30PM

$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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24 Jun

quality, compliance & auditing

Webinar: Applying Reasonable Adjustment

Wed, 24 Jun 12:30PM–1:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

Join us in putting together the pieces of the fairness puzzle. We consider fairness from learner, assessor and regulator perspectives and arrive at an integrated understanding. We work through expectations about reasonable adjustment, preserving assessment integrity and record keeping.

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25 Jun

assessment essentials

Webinar: The Nuts & Bolts of Assessment

Thu, 25 Jun 3:30PM–4:30PM

$55 (inc GST)

This webinar looks at the basics from understanding the unit of competence to finishing a complete assessment tool. After this session, participants will be able to identify the necessary and negotiable components of a unit of competency, create an effective mapping document, identify three different types of evidence and their assessment instruments, which apply to a specific unit and undertake pre-assessment validation.

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