Transcript ACER as a Higher Education Institution

Graduate study with ACER
ACER is a registered higher education
provider*
• Courses are designed to:
– share specific ACER skills and knowledge
– meet the needs of teachers, education leaders
and data professionals for knowledge and
credentials
– encourage application in your own settings
*by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority
We offer
• Graduate Certificate of Education (Assessment
of Student Learning) now
• Future courses are likely in Teaching
Mathematics, Teaching Reading and Writing
and Educational Measurement
You have
• a Bachelor's degree (or higher) and access to
an educational setting for project work
• English language (IELTS average 7)
GCE (ASL) learning outcomes
• Understand the theories and research evidence underpinning the
purposes and principles of assessment and feedback in the teaching
and learning cycle.
• Understand the uses of moderation and triangulation of data sources
to inform judgements.
• Critically evaluate assessment in relation to defined frameworks.
• Critically evaluate a range of assessment methods, and use
appropriate criteria to select and judge evidence.
• Build students' capacity for self assessment and peer assessment.
• Use appropriate criteria to make unbiased judgements of student
achievement based on evidence.
• Use assessment evidence to inform and improve current practice,
identify next steps for students and identify professional
development needs.
Units
• Unit 1 (must be taken first)
Assessment to promote learning
• Unit 2
Assessment methods
• Unit 3
Estimating student progress
• Unit 4
Using assessment evidence to inform teaching and
learning
Time commitment
• You are expected to spend 110 hours over 11
weeks on your studies
• This is achieved through
– reading
– reflecting on your own work
– analysing your current data
– trying new approaches in small projects
– sharing with others online, and
– completing the assessment tasks.
Blended teaching model
• Fully online
• Asynchronous and synchronous online events
• Online plus face to face
• Resources include tailored video recordings of
experts
• Essential to check firewalls, bandwidth etc
Assessment tasks
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Written report
Critical review of literature
Presentation to peers and colleagues
Peer feedback
Portfolio artefacts
Who are our students?
Teachers, principals, coaches, cluster leaders,
policy officers in several countries
Feedback
• The blend of face-to-face days,
online peer collaboration as well as
opportunities for Q&A sessions
with some of Australia’s leading
educational authorities via webconferencing enabled me to
develop much deeper
understandings of all facets of
student assessment.
Mark Windsor
Instructional Leader – North Coast Region, Queensland
Feedback
• At the time, I was writing school
curriculum and pedagogical
frameworks, and this program was
completely relevant to the work I was
doing. The current, high-quality
readings, course work, collegiate
sharing and practical projects
supported examination of evidencebased pedagogies, effective feedback
and data collection practices.
Jo McCulloch – Principal Education Advisor, Central
Queensland
Posted online in Teacher
• I am currently completing the ACER Graduate Certificate in Education Assessment of Student Learning - and after 20 years of teaching, I can
confidently say that I totally agree with Dylan Wiliam’s statement
regarding teachers learning to be even better!!
• I thought I was on track with my teaching and learning and really enjoyed
the learning environment created every year in my learning community.
However, through this course, I have a new vision, a new mindset, a new
attitude towards teaching and a new approach!! By using research and
evidence-based practices, MY practices have changed to be more
meaningful, more personal, more student-driven and more rewarding both for me and for my students. I am actually using what I am reading,
hearing, discussing and viewing every day in the classroom.
• The benefits are already evident - my students are recognising their areas
of growth and I feel as though we are ALL learning and teaching every
day!!
Michele Hicks www.teachermagazine.com.au/
Library Services for your Study
• Online catalogue.
• Remote access, via a personal student login, to selected databases
including A+Education for Australian research, Education Research
Complete for international research and OECDiLibrary for OECD’s
education literature.
• A student portal with selected links to open access resources such
as ERIC, an online collection of educational research, and
ACEReSearch, ACER’s research repository.
• Remote access to a selection of electronic books and electronic
journals.
• Provision of Unit readings online where possible.
• Daily Australian education news service.
• Customised alerting services.
• Experienced information professionals.
Readings
RPL & Credit transfer potential
• Depends on matching the intended learning
outcomes, level of qualification and other factors
at the discretion of individual institutions
• RPL into ACER courses
• Credit transfer to other institutions
• See policy at
http://courses.acer.edu.au/files/Academic_Credit
_and_RPL_Policy.pdf
Course dates
GCE (ASL)
GCE (ASL) Mid-year intake
• Unit 1
16 February - 24 April 2015
• Unit 2
18 May - 31 July
• Unit 3
31 Aug - 15 November
• Unit 4
8 Feb – 15 April 2016
• Unit 1
18 May - 31 July 2015
• Unit 3
31 Aug - 15 November
• Unit 4
8 Feb – 15 April 2016
• Unit 2
May – Jul 2016 dates TBC
Fees and funding
• Price per unit (2015) $AUD1750.00
• Discount for paying 4 units up front: 10% (=
$6300)
• There is no HECS or FEE-HELP for post
graduate courses with private providers
• Some participants gain system-level or school
funding
What next?
• Send further questions to
[email protected]
• Explore the website
http://courses.acer.edu.au/
• Enrol using the form on the website