1. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning TAFE NSW RPL Colloquium 2007: More possibilities, better results Thursday 7 June 2007 Swissotel Sydney In association with TAFE NSW – COAG RPL Professional Development Project

2. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning Strategic Conversation on key questions Progress Board Session 2 - Afternoon

3. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning Question 4: Facilitators: Cliff Trood – Blue group and Jill Albrecht – Yellow group “How can we reconcile a teacher’s role as an educator as opposed to that of an RPL assessor – how do you take the learning out of assessment?”

4. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning “ How can we reconcile a teacher ’ s role as an educator as opposed to that of an RPL assessor – how do you take the learning out of assessment? ” Teachers –as teacher –Assessor –Facilitator 1 process Separate processes Assess process as final result? Assessment can include educational decisions Automation of process Personal contact Explain process Assessment lends to learning Difficult Pedagogical tools for RPL Perceptions of process

5. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning Question 5: Facilitators: Lynne Stallard – Pink group and Charlie Higgs – Purple group “What are the responsibilities for the teacher’s role in the RPL process as opposed to those of the student?”

6. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning “ What are the responsibilities for the teacher ’ s role in the RPL process as opposed to those of the student? ” Explain portfolio Explain process Encourage Support Only as effective as the teacher facilitating the process Assessing current competency Its all about the questions / explaining the meaning / experience Educating staff in the training packages Should there be a recognition in expert assessors or everyone does it? How robust does evidence need to be?

7. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning Question 6: Facilitators: Greg Madden – Red group and Bernadette Ioannou – Green group “How do we reconcile the tension between the implicit/intuitive/tacit nature of professional judgements and meet our audit requirements for explicit, valid and accountable data?”

8. TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning “ How do we reconcile the tension between the implicit/intuitive/tacit nature of professional judgements and meet our audit requirements for explicit, valid and accountable data? ” Comfort Consistent Holistically Subjective Accountability Literacy / numeracy Trust Let teacher’s sign off and they are qualified Assessor and local delegate