Skills First Training Providers

Virtual Workshop: Learners & How they Learn

This workshop will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

Blended Learning Program: Assessing Learners Effectively

Assessing Learners Effectively has been designed as a two-part highly interactive Blended Learning Program. These virtual sessions will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

Blended Learning Program: Assessing Learners Effectively Program 3

Assessing Learners Effectively has been designed and adapted into highly interactive Blended Learning Programs for 25 participants. These virtual sessions will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

In-Person Workshop: Evaluating the Impact of Teaching to Improve Learning Outcomes

This VET Teaching Practice workshop will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build, evaluate and improve advanced training and assessment skills. Contributing to the development and modification of assessment tools to suit student needs and context while employing a range of methods to ensure validity and reliability in assessment decisions.

In Person Workshop: Delivery & Assessment in VET

This session will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills by applying assessment principles and strategies, and familiarisation with the elements of VET content.

Virtual Workshop: Sustainable Development Goals in Learning

An exploration of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how to apply them in learning programs, personal practice and in context of your training organisation. Design your own lesson plan and action plan for creating change in your classroom or organisation.

Virtual Workshop: Developing Competency Based Assessment Tools

This virtual workshop is a powerful tool to elevate your competency in assessment design, transforming your approach to create learner-centric, engaging, and compliant assessments.

In-Person Workshop: Managing Yourself & Others

In this workshop, we will explore various techniques and frameworks to enhance our ability to manage ourselves and others effectively.

NEW: How to use AI in Teaching Practice

This session explains what GenAI is, how it works, and what has changed since the release of ChatGPT. On Wednesday 8 October, this session will be held in Bendigo as a regional In-Person Workshop. The final session for 2025, will be held online as a Virtual Workshop on Monday 13 October.

VDC Community of Practice: Use of Technology in the Classroom

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

Blended Learning Program: Quality Assessment Practices

This Skills First program is a highly interactive three-part program and provides opportunities to build your network of contracted training providers and work collaboratively to extend your understanding of quality assessment practice and tools. Attendance is required at all three-parts of this program.

Effective Training & Assessment Strategies

This topic will be centred around the knowledge and skills needed to develop comprehensive Training and Assessment Strategies that meet the 2024 -2025 VET Funding Contract.

Planning Suitable & Appropriate Training

This topic unpacks the contractual obligations with an emphasis on Pre-Training Reviews (PTRs) and how this directly influences the training plan to support quality delivery.

In-person Workshop: Creating a Supportive Learning Environment

Creating a Supportive Learning Environment is part of the 'VET Teaching Series: Practice' which has been designed as an interactive in-person workshop. This session will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

In-person Workshop: Creating Effective Learning Experiences

This session is part of the ‘VET Teaching Series: Practice’ which has been designed as an interactive hybrid workshop to draw on educational theory and VET policy to: promote reflective practice, build advanced training and assessment skills, understand learning design and, apply teaching and learning strategies to challenge and motivate individual learners.

Blended Learning Program: Assessing Learners Effectively

Assessing Learners Effectively has been designed as a two-part highly interactive Blended Learning Program. These virtual sessions will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

Blended Learning Program: Assessing Learners Effectively Program 3

Assessing Learners Effectively has been designed and adapted into highly interactive Blended Learning Programs for 25 participants. These virtual sessions will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

Planning Suitable & Appropriate Training

This topic unpacks the contractual obligations with an emphasis on Pre-Training Reviews (PTRs) and how this directly influences the training plan to support quality delivery.

VDC Community of Practice 2022

Informal Community of Practice sessions that are topic based including matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

In-Person Workshop: Evaluating the Impact of Teaching to Improve Learning Outcomes

This VET Teaching Practice workshop will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build, evaluate and improve advanced training and assessment skills. Contributing to the development and modification of assessment tools to suit student needs and context while employing a range of methods to ensure validity and reliability in assessment decisions.

In-Person Workshop: Getting the Most Out of Your Professional Development

VET tailored session, enabling participants to identify their own learning needs in a facilitated learning environment to obtain support for professional development and planning self-paced PD to improve teaching, learning and assessment.

In Person Workshop: Delivery & Assessment in VET

This session will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills by applying assessment principles and strategies, and familiarisation with the elements of VET content.

Virtual Workshop: Sustainable Development Goals in Learning

An exploration of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how to apply them in learning programs, personal practice and in context of your training organisation. Design your own lesson plan and action plan for creating change in your classroom or organisation.

Virtual Workshop: Developing Competency Based Assessment Tools

This virtual workshop is a powerful tool to elevate your competency in assessment design, transforming your approach to create learner-centric, engaging, and compliant assessments.

Good Practice Language, Literacy, Numeracy & Digital Skills Assessment

This workshop will cover obligations to assess and support language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills, the framework/s used for assessment and support, LLND assessment tools and tasks, and strategies to support learners to develop the LLND skills they need.

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

In-Person Family Violence Teachers Conference - Respond. Prevent. Train.

Online Family Violence Teachers Conference - Respond. Prevent. Train.

In-Person Workshop: Planning Suitable & Appropriate Training

This topic unpacks the contractual obligations with an emphasis on Pre-Training Reviews (PTRs) and how this directly influences the training plan to support quality delivery.

NEW: How to use AI in Teaching Practice

This session explains what GenAI is, how it works, and what has changed since the release of ChatGPT. On Wednesday 8 October, this session will be held in Bendigo as a regional In-Person Workshop. The final session for 2025, will be held online as a Virtual Workshop on Monday 13 October.

Bendigo: Good Practice Language, Literacy, Numeracy & Digital Skills Assessment

This workshop will cover obligations to assess and support language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills, the framework/s used for assessment and support, LLND assessment tools and tasks, and strategies to support learners to develop the LLND skills they need.

VDC Community of Practice: Learning Together

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Meeting the needs of our students

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: What Our Students Bring to the Classroom

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Differentiating the Curriculum

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Use of Technology in the Classroom

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Students Pathways – Where to Now?

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.