facilitator: sheila douglas. envision training [email protected] 0414 310 941
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WHY do we moderate/validate?
Scary stuff……..
ASQA website – www.asqa.gov.au
ASQA website – www.asqa.gov.au
Because ASQA and VRQA say you have
to!!
VRQA GUIDELINES.
2. Quality Assurance, Review and Evaluation ProcessesThese measures have been designed to ensure that students are receiving appropriate & continuously improving education &training
2.1 The provider must demonstrate that it is able to monitor course quality, externally moderate student performance and drivecontinuous improvement in course delivery.
Required evidence for registration of all RTOs
Details of
• mechanisms to ensure that moderation/validation of student performance is undertaken with parties external to the operation of the RTO
• moderation/validation parties including schedule/plan of moderation/validation activities.
VRQA GUIDELINES:
5.1 The provider must demonstrate that they have the capacity to deliver and assess ALL the courses requested/on the scope of registration.
Required evidence for registration of all RTOs
Assessment material must include but is not limited to:
• a documented assessment validation approach
ASQA STANDARDS:
15.5 Assessment including Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
d) is systematically validated
√ •Training and assessment strategies don’t reflect actual practice
? •Assessors don’t have industry currency/competency at the unit level
√ •Assessments don’t adequately cover the unit of competency
•Assessment not being validated
•Lack of industry validation
Most common issues found at audit:
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åAssessments are not appropriate for the AQF level
åThird party evidence is put forward as primary evidence
åNot enough evidence has been provided to make competency judgements
•Assessment not being validated
√ • Lack of clear instructions to assessors and students,
Most common issues found at audit:
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Principles of Assessment
Consider past history of vocational training……
“Tafe turns out people who are perfectly equipped for a world
that no longer exists.”
What should be the main aim of all trainers/assessors?
Ensure students are WORK READY when they complete your course
Work ready at entry level
How do you know that your assessment tools adequately ensure students are competent?
Validation
ConfidenceCompliance
Moderation
Validation
Moderation
(ASQA)
What is the difference?
Agreeing that the tools do what they are supposed to
Agreeing with other tutors call of competent or NYC
Validation is a quality review process. It involves checking that the assessment tool2produced valid, reliable, sufficient, current and authentic evidence to enable reasonable judgements to be made as to whether the requirements of the relevant aspects of the Training Package or accredited course had been met.
It includes reviewing and making recommendations for future improvements to the assessment tools, processes and/or outcomes
http://www.nssc.natese.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/51024/Validation_and_Moderation_-_Implementation_Guide.pdf
Moderation is the process of bringing assessment judgements and standards into alignment. It is a process that ensures the same standards are applied to all assessment results within the same Unit(s) of Competency.
It is an active process in the sense that adjustments to assessor judgements are made to overcome differences in the difficulty of the tool and/or the severity of judgements.
http://www.nssc.natese.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/51024/Validation_and_Moderation_-_Implementation_Guide.pdf
WHAT do we moderate/validate?
Model answers
Assignments
Third Party Reports
Workplace observation tools
Work Placement Verbal Questions
What do we validate?
RPL (ASQA)
HOW do we moderate/validate
In house validation
External validation
(VRQA)
Industry validation
What do your assessment tools need to address?
Any “musts” in range statement
PC’s
Essential Skills
Essential Knowledge
Critical Aspects of evidence
Any “musts” in range statement
What do your assessment tools need to address?
Employability skills
Are all these covered in your assessment mapping docs?
WHEN do you moderate/validate
Prior to using a new tool
Risk assessment
Organisational Policy and Procedure
Validation needs to be SYSTEMIC. How would you chose which units to validate?
Ones that have high student numbers
Risk assessment (someone might get hurt)
Ones that have had high student complaints
Ones that link to industry licencing requirements
Ones that have assessment requirements that are difficult to
adhere to
Validation needs to be SYSTEMIC. How would you chose which units to validate?
Ones that have high student numbers
Risk assessment (someone might get hurt)
Ones that have had high student complaints
Ones that link to industry licencing requirements
Ones that have assessment requirements that are difficult to adhere to
Ones where a new assessor is involved.
Moderation needs to be SYSTEMIC. How would you chose which units to Moderate?
WHAT paperwork to you need?
?Validation/moderation schedule (future based)
Industry Validation tool
Record of attendance
Do you currently have all these documents?
?Validation/moderation policy and procedure
Validation/moderation tools
CI log
Do you currently have all these documents?
Instead of “scary stuff” – HAPPY STUFF!!
Instead of “scary stuff” – HAPPY STUFF!! (it’s really not that hard)
Validation/moderation schedule
Policy/procedure outlining the who, how when of validation/moderation
Three types of validation
Two types of moderation
Validation/moderation paperwork
Inclusion of outcomes in organisation’s CI process
Organising, inviting and attending the sessions
Sources, Further reading or useful links:
VELG offer a suit of validation support material. This is free to members, or $66.00 to non members. http://www.velgtraining.com/product-details?id=13 Kerrie-Anne Sommerfeld from Rubric Training Solutions (www.rubric.com.au) has developed Information and support for validation. Her site may be of interest to you. University of Ballarat (http://policy.ballarat.edu.au/learning_and_teaching/assessment/assessment/ch02.php) have an example of validation policy and procedure that you may wish to view to gain some ideas for creating your own Policy and Procedure, along with validation/assessment templates. A link to a recent presentation may be of interest to you: http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/ASQA_Presentation_to_Skills_Tasmania_September_2013.pdf
ASQA Website: ASQA website – www.asqa.gov.au All images used in this presentation are from Microsoft Clip-Art.