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Phase 1 – Engagement, Acknowledgement, Introduction

MENTOR
ESO
ASSESSOR
Mentor (teacher) including but not limited to:

  • Checking product
  • Familiarise with webmix content
  • Contextualise webmix
- Links – all live
- Blogs – current information
- Forums – new groups, links live
- Social media – personalise learning group
- Plan to tweet
  • Support educational team
  • Ensure compliance by all 3 roles
  • Adobe sessions (VOOCs) ready
- Adobe Links in Moodle
- Layouts
- Testing
- VOOC schedule dates
  • Welcome contact email (optional)
  • Meet with team to discuss cohort
  • Thorough understanding of UOC
  • Assist learners to choose their initial pathway ie attendance pattern, whether to participate VOOCs, Facebook, Forum, Blog, Twitter
  • Ensure students have viewed ‘harassment free institute’ video etc – signed off – see CAG Blog
  • Auditing requirements – latest versions, validation, educational team qualifications.
  • CLAMS roll book/SALM
- Ensure that single assessment event records in CLAMS ie e-portfolio
  • Provide support based on results from diagnostic testing
  • Head teacher liaison
  • iTAFE project manager liaison

Lead team to participate weekly in the iTAFE community of practice
Education Support Officer (ESO). The role of the ESO involves a range of activities which directly and indirectly support learning and enhance the educative process. The activities are performed under the supervision or guidance of a Head Teacher or Mentor. In itafe.net these include but are not limited to:

  • Introduce yourself to Deployment Trial Help Desk Support (Adele Rowlison) and other ESOs
  • First point of contact
- Confirm iTAFE enrolment
- Share CAG webmix (*see process below)
- Ensure learner review of CAG Blog and sign-off harassment free institute (in support of mentor)
  • Identify learner support
- Diagnostic tool
- Develop learner pathway in liaison with learner and mentor
- Tech support – Access and ability, to determine learner requirements
- Establish relationship with learner for follow-up
- Work placement arrangements (team if required)
- Introduce support services
  • Assist with web 2.0 connection
- Learner account creation and guidance to CAG assistance videos
- If using mobile devices requirement for following apps: Blogger, Skype, Adobe Connect, Prezzi, Proboards, Symbaloo, Twitter, FB
  • Connecting learners – sense of community
  • Troubleshooting in general
  • Define roles of whom to contact for what
  • Logins – TAFE
  • Assist learners to access additional resources/equipment eg Libraries, Hubs
  • Maintain up to date knowledge of the following:
- Web 2.0 tools
- Webmix and iTAFE navigation
- Adobe connect/Vantage Point
- Mahara
  • Meet with mentor and assessor and contribute as a team member.
  • Participate in the iTAFE community of practice weekly.


This role does not teach or prepare lessons or resources and does not deliver training nor undertake assessment.
Assessor. The role of the Assessor involves a range of activities which directly and indirectly support learning and enhance the educative process. An assessor may:
  • Review/supervise taster assessment results
- Follow up learners for enrolment
  • Participate in planning meeting with all three roles
  • Ensure the Learner and Assessor have a clear understanding of assessment requirements ie Rubric, webmix, RPL – explanation and assisting to gather evidence process
  • Plan to consult learner analytics
  • Develop tracking sheet to monitor learner progress (optional)
  • Completion schedule based on HI and learner requirements
  • Familiarise yourself with e-portfolio tools, Mahara, Webmix options
  • Suggest evidence ideas to learners
  • Review TAS

This role does not teach or deliver training


Phase 2 – Orientation and Learning

MENTOR
ESO
ASSESSOR
  • Share UOC webmix with learner (*see process below)
  • Maintain Scoop It
    • VOOC is polished ready to go with detailed session plan (ASQA)
    • Upload schedule of delivery to all Web 2.0 tools
  • VET Open Online Courses (VOOCs)
- Plan to Tweet
  • Mentor learning process:
- Authentic and activity based learning
- Facebook – in closed group sessions
- Twitter – tweet important points
- Blog – provide feedback
- Forum – moderate discussion
- ePortfolio – provide feedback
- In the field
- Web 2.0 tools as selected in itafe.net
  • Monitor behavior/tone in forums, blog and VOOCS
  • Challenge
  • Stimulate
  • Engage
  • Ensure meeting ASQA requirements
  • Evaluate and continuously improve sessions and evaluate diagnostic tool and learner feedback and record for ASQA
  • Identify shortcomings
  • Ensure learner is fully orientated and at ease with TAFE and its resources
  • Keep currency both technical and industry
  • Continuous improvement via constant researching
  • Manage/facilitate learning resources through UOC webmixes
  • Maintain CLAMS rolls
    • Promote a friendly can-do attitude
    • Work in team for delivery
    • Access Webmix with team
    • Making sure links work? Mentor
    • ID gaps
    • Tech troubleshooting with VOOC
    • Encourage learners to collaborate, interact and engage
    • Share diagnostic report outcomes
    • Follow up learner difficulties
    • Social media troubleshooting
    • Tutoring support and feedback
    • Social media engagement – encourage
    • Monitoring student engagement in forums, blogs, VOOCs etc (participation/attendance)
    • Assisting mentor in VOOC
    • Check sign-offs for compliance
    • Access and utilise learner analytics reports
- Distribute results to team
- Work with team to analyse and put interventions in place
  • Support Mentor and Assessor if needed
  • Support team to meet ASQA requirements
  • Ensure the learner and assessor have a full understanding of the assessment process
  • Motivate and encourage learners to collaborate, interact and engage in their chosen learning activities
  • Conduct audit of learner sign-off for SAGs and follow up missing responses
  • Provide advice to learners regarding ways in which evidence can be gathered
  • Discuss with individuals how the evidence can be presented and assist them to identify how it links to the UOC.
  • Analyse and respond to diagnostic testing reports.
  • Be present in VOOC sessions to suggest formative evidence.
  • Support Mentor/ESO.
  • Assist learners in VOOC with suggestions/advice for assessment evidence
  • Address RPL applications.
  • Record CLAMS results and learner notes.
  • Identify gaps in content and rubric and collate for continual improvement process
  • Interact and monitor learner participation in web 2.0 tools
  • Meets ASQA requirements regarding assessment

Phase 3 – Assessment

MENTOR
ESO
ASSESSOR
  • Check assessor is up to date with marking
  • Collaborate and feedback within team:
- Webmix
- VOOCs e.g. attendance, number of sessions (too long or short?)
- What was successful? (review and evaluate with team and learners)
- What wasn’t successful? (review and evaluate with team and learners)
- Any improvements?
- Web Tools?
- Rubric (what worked? What didn’t work? Common problems)
  • Ensure validation is up to date
  • Set up for next phase – quality improvement process
- Initial improvements to resources and tools
  • Pass on ‘how things were done’ to next Mentor
  • Organise moderation of assessments
  • Check all marks entered on CLAMS
  • Follow-up the Learner Analytical Report as appropriate
  • Calling and recording meetings with team
  • Liaise with assessor to identify and respond to learning gaps
  • Maintain records for ASQA audit
  • Technical support with submission of e-Portfolio
  • Continuous follow-up with learners
  • Ensure workplace completion
  • Team meetings
  • Collate course evaluations and direct learners to evaluations
  • Reminder of deadlines
  • Listen to, support and advise learner throughout the assessment process
  • Liaise with Mentor and Assessor for successful completion
  • Completion data - feedback to Head Teacher
  • Liaise with Mentor and Assessor for late/resubmission
  • Feedback on learner capabilities in regard to VOOC sessions, web tools etc. Share above feedback with Mentor/Assessor
  • Where, were the main areas, needing support throughout the course?
  • Feedback on how many hours were spent supporting leaners (keep a log)
    • Assess learner evidence e-portfolios
    • Provide learner with feedback regarding assessments and negotiate pathways if Not Yet Competent
    • Individual discussion with learner re rubric/assessment requirements
    • Negotiate assessment dates/time for assessment in workplace/Skype
    • Time management of assessment
    • Feedback/response to learner in a timely manner
    • Determine that the assessment requirements and evidence presented meet AQF guidelines
    • Ensure documentation of evidence and results is comprehensive enough
    • Hold/retain assessment evidence for audit purposes
    • Identify gaps within assessment submission
    • Document or keep a log of problems or what things worked well - then report back to the team as part of feedback
    • Identify different needs of learners with initial consultation, discussion of rubric and VOOCs
    • Quality Assurance – if there is a change required – team ensures moderation of Rubric
    • Post Assessment Validation – (Assessor, Mentor, Industry Expert)
    • Review assessment only pathway record electronically on cont. register per ASQA and adjust TAS as required
    • Assessment validation and moderation