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PD - Your Way

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PD Your Way gives you the flexibility to select from a suite of existing topics that can be delivered live,
on a day that suits you and our presenter.
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We have a diverse range of topics.
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ADMINISTRATION & CERTIFICATION

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Duration

Overview

Certificates, Logos and Compliance Mastery
1.5 hoursThis session explores key insights and important considerations when checking marketing materials and certification for compliance and appropriate use of the NRT logo.
Paving the Path to Successful Enrolment
1.5 hoursThis webinar looks at the critical pre-enrolment information that must be provided to prospective students and how to check it is compliant (including identifying learner support needs).
Piecing Together the Enrolment Puzzle
1.5 hoursThis session identifies the information needed to be collected at enrolment, the evidence of progression that needs to be kept and provides a strategy for conducting learner file reviews.
Pre-enrolment information - how to review your marketing
1.5 hoursIf you play a part in the marketing processes at your RTO, session will guide you through how to review your marketing material to ensure it is factual, clear, and compliant.
Reviewing Enrolment, Complaints and Appeals
1.5 hoursThis session will provide valuable awareness of what and how to review enrolment and complaints/appeals records to ensure that your RTO’s systems and processes are being followed.
Reviewing Qualifications and Record Keeping Practices
1.5 hoursThis webinar guides you through what to look for to check that your qualifications, issuance processes and recordkeeping practices are compliant.
Trainers and Assessors: The Compliance Essentials
1.5 hoursExplore the minimum requirements for trainers and assessors, including the essential documents that need to be reviewed to ensure adherence to the standards and how to conduct a thorough trainer file review.

ASSESSMENT

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Duration

Overview

A Guide to Marking Guides!
1.5 hoursWhat do we need to record in a Marking Guide and Why? This 90-minute session provides quality content that will unpack the importance of marking guides and the critical components they need to include
Assessment: The big picture
1 hourSometimes we get so caught up in the detail we forget about the “big picture”. This webinar will look at a number of assessment issues and explore key assessment questions.
Breaking Down Assessing Competence
1 hourThe act of conducting assessment doesn’t just happen – it takes careful planning and preparation. This professional development directly aligns with the unit of competency TAEASS402
Conducting Best Practice Assessment
1.5 hoursThis webinar will explore some of the common issues assessors face when conducting assessment and will provide guidance on how to reduce the challenges.
Designing and Developing Assessment Tools for Competence - Part 11 hourThis webinar (part 1 of 2) will unpack the essential design requirements of the unit of competency TAEASS502. It will look at the most common design misconceptions.
Designing and Developing Assessment Tools for Competence - Part 21 hourThis webinar (part 2 of 2) will focus on the final two elements of the unit of competency TAEASS502. This session will cover the development of assessment tools.
Fearless RPL for Assessors
1.5 hoursThis PD has been designed specifically for RPL Assessors - to further develop an understanding of how RPL can be undertaken confidently and how to have faith in the evidence collected.
Fearless RPL for Developers
2x 60 minsThis comprehensive 2-part series is designed for those who are responsible for the development of RPL assessment tools and materials. It walks you through what ‘good’ looks like and how to navigate the challenges.
Implementing the Rules of Evidence: Issues and how to avoid them1 hourWith Clause 1.8 (assessment) being one of the most problematic compliance issues at audit, this session will help bring us back to the fundamentals and remember how important the Rules of Evidence are.
Integrating Reflective Activities to Provide Focus for your Learners and Enhance their Well Being1 hourThis webinar will guide you on how to integrate reflective activities into your teaching practices, supporting your learners with their focus and stress management.
Leading Assessment Practice
1 hourThis session focusses on the mechanisms required to lead effective assessment processes, with groups of assessors within an RTO, as a part of a continuous improvement strategy.
Planning Assessment Activities & Process1 hourThis webinar will explore the unit TAEASS401 Plan assessment activities and processes, and applies these requirements to the assessment planning work you do in your industry area.
Practical Strategies to Improve Online Assessment Engagement and Completions1.5 hoursBased on research of online learners to investigate their online assessment perceptions and behaviours, this session provides practical evidence-backed strategies to strengthen your online assessment practice, improve completion rates, and enhance how learners receive your assessment feedback.
Real-World Ready: Flexible and contextualised workplace practical assessments
1 hourObservation of workplace performance is probably the most authentic way to assess a learner’s competence, but it can be tricky! Explore innovative strategies for creating observation assessment instruments that accommodate diverse contexts and environments.
Reasonable Adjustment: What is Reasonable, What is Not?
1.5 hourThis 1.5 hour webinar aims to provide RTOs and assessors with clarity around what types of adjustments are reasonable, and what types are not.
RPL - What IS the Professional Conversation?1 hourA Professional Conversation, when used appropriately in RPL, has the opportunity to gather ‘direct evidence’ through oral questioning. But what does it actually look like? This webinar will explore just that!
Self Assuring Your Assessment
1.5 hoursThis session will highlight best practice approaches across the development of assessment tools and conducting of assessment, enabling you self-assure your systems and practices.
Simulate to Innovate: Crafting effective simulated assessments
1 hourSimulations are a great way to assess performance, but they require resources, planning and clear instructions. This webinar will explore examples that will help ensure you know what to look out for.
Some Observations on Observation
1 hourThis session explores observation as an evidence-gathering technique, it’s different forms, strengths and weaknesses and associated compliance issues.
Understanding the Principles of Assessment and the Rules of Evidence
1.5 hoursA fantastic session designed to unpack what it means in practice to implement an assessment system that is conducted in accordance with the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence.
Workplace Based Assessment/On the Job Assessment
1.5 hoursIn this session, we’re taking a journey into the workplace to explore the tactics used by assessors who gather evidence of real workplace performance on the job, along with the challenges they face and how to overcome them.

AUDITING & QUALITY ASSURANCE

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Empowering Self-Assurance: Obligations and Beyond
1.5 hoursIn this session, delve into the core questions: What are your obligations? How do you conduct self-assurance activities? And most importantly, how can you create a robust plan tailored to your RTO?
Growth Through Feedback, Complaints, Appeals and Refunds
1.5 hoursUnlock the true value of feedback, complaints, appeals, and refunds as indispensable tools for growth and continuous improvement within your RTO in this 90-min session.
Checking Trainer and Assessor Records
1.5 hoursIt is important for an RTO to ensure it has appropriate records of Trainer and Assessor competence and currency, but knowing what an auditor looks for in those files is crucial. Find out in this webinar.
Training and Assessment Material Review
1.5 hoursThis session will explore the timing, subject, and recordkeeping intricacies of a successful training and assessment material review, ensuring your RTO remains compliant.
Expanding Horizons: Scoping Success and Auditing Aptitude
1.5 hoursBy the end of this session, you'll understand when and how regulator audits happen, and be equipped to plan and conduct a comprehensive review of training products on scope, confidently.
Understanding and Scheduling Continuous Improvement Activities
1.5 hoursThis session will explore the importance of Continuous Improvement, the ‘how-to’ of determining the focus and frequency of reviews and look at a structured, calendared approach to CI.

GENERAL

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Ad-Hoc Learning Design: Lessons from 12 years in instructional design
1.5 hoursLearn how to enhance the training courses, presentations, or e-learning programs you are asked to create to be outcome-focused, engaging, and based on sound, evidence-based instructional design principles.
ChatEQ - Emotional Intelligence + Effective communication1 hourThis webinar focuses on improving Emotional and Social Intelligence, participants will gain insights to navigate cultural interactions, enhance communication skills, and build stronger, respectful relationships.
EduAide Deep Dive: Create Ice breakers, Activities, Scenarios and More! (Webinar Series)2-part, 90minThis is a 2 part deep-dive series to discover how EduAide can streamline your preparation time and boost student engagement effortlessly.
Party Time! Third Party Arrangements1.5 hoursThis 90-minute webinar will look at Third Party arrangements if you are considering entering one, or wanting to know the requirements of the agreements that need to be in place, this session is designed for you.
Preparing Your RTO for the AI Revolution!4-part, 60 minThis 4-part, 60-minute webinar series, we cut through the hype to provide Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) with an essential guide on generative AI - moving beyond the plagiarism panic into understanding implications and opportunities.
VET - Why do some private providers fail while others succeed?1 hourIn this webinar find out why some private VET training providers have failed in the past while others have succeeded.

MANAGEMENT

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Changes in the VET Sector and What They Mean to me as a Manager
1 hourThis webinar has been designed to help you stay up to date with everything that is happening in Vocational Education and Training.
Financial Mastery for RTOs: Elevating Educational Excellence1 hourThis webinar delves into the symbiotic relationship between stringent financial management practices and the attainment of exceptional education standards regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
Leadership Metamorphosis – Transforming Yourself for Success1.5 hoursThis 90 minute webinar is a powerful session, designed for managers of all kinds, was rated 4.8 stars out of five at the #2023NVC! One of our favourite presenters, Jason Blinman will take you on a journey of leadership metamorphosis.
Pursuing Management Excellence: Integrating coaching conversations1 hourDrawing on the 70-20-10 model for learning and development, this session will guide you on how to integrate coaching conversations to complement, bolster, and embed training, learning, and growth.
The Impact of Non-Compliant Practice1 hourThis webinar will explore what the impacts of non-compliance are to your RTO’s business operations, staff and most importantly, your students.
Unleashing Leadership: Navigating the challenges of people performance1.5 hoursOne of the most challenging aspects of our roles as Leaders is quite simply - managing our people. Go on a journey to help you get comfortable with the uncomfortable moments in this webinar.

STUDENT INFORMATION & SUPPORT

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Blended Learners: Unpacking Essentials - Integrating Foundation Skills to Mixed Cohorts1.5 hoursDiscover practical ways to embed Foundational Skills within intergenerational classes of neuro-diverse learners and students with differing abilities.
Beyond Appearances: Invisible Disabilities and Learning1.5 hoursThis presentation will assist in gaining an understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with invisible disabilities in educational settings.
Embedding Literacy Development1 hourThis session introduces a range of practical ideas to assist learners with new  vocabulary and reiterate industry language and meta-language used in training so that learners can graduate with a higher level of literacy than when they commenced to help them thrive in the workplace.
Practical Ways to Build Foundation Skills1.5 hoursIn this interactive session, discover how a focus on foundation skills can improve training outcomes and equip your learners for today’s constantly evolving world of work.
Navigating Neurodiversity in VET: Where to Begin1.5 hoursGain insights into practical ways to create an inclusive learning environment for neurodiverse students and the broader benefits of integrating neurodiversity awareness and support into their RTO and programs.
Reasonable Adjustment: What is Reasonable, What is Not?1 hourThis 1 hour webinar aims to provide RTOs and assessors with clarity around what types of adjustments are reasonable, and what types are not.
Student Information, Support and Complaints & Appeals1 hourWhat are the RTO's obligations when it comes to student information, support and complaints & appeals?
The Student Support Spectrum1 hourThis one hour webinar will look at a practical and professional development session for classroom practitioners in identifying and providing support to students across the spectrum of learner needs.
Two Way Learning: Across cultures, and classroom practises to support Indigenous and CALD learners1.5 hoursThis session provides an opportunity to explore how to use student experience and knowledge to foster learning in others.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Support all Learners1 hourThis webinar explores modifications of training resources using UDL principles allowing trainers to meet the diverse cross-section of a learning environment in developing training goals, methods, materials, and assessments.
What is Normal Anyway? Neurodiversity – ADHD, Autism and the Whole Kit and Kaboodle!1.5 hoursLearn how to engage Neurodivergent Learners with high-impact and applied teaching strategies, accommodate and adjust for neurodiversity, and build a culture of inclusivity.

TRAINERS AND ASSESSORS

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Common Trainer Challenges and Solutions1.5 hoursThis 90-minute webinar targets several topics based on feedback from industry. This includes common challenges trainers face along with some ideas on how to address them.
Speed Training (Webinar Bundle): Competence & Currency Essentials4 x 45-minThis bundle is made up of 4 content-rich webinars which focuses specifically on assisting Trainers and Assessors AND RTO/Compliance Managers understand clearly the requirements set out in clauses 1.13 – 1.16.
What IS the Matrix? and What Should it Look Like?1 hourThis webinar will explore what to look for to ensure your Trainer Matrix tells the full story.

TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGY

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The Power of Training and Assessment Strategies1.5 hoursDiscover why TAS goes beyond being a mere compliance document. Uncover the true purpose and significance of a well-crafted TAS and how it can shape the quality of training and assessments.
The TAS Trilogy: Let your TAS tell the story (3-part series)3 x 1 hourIn this series, you’ll be guided through the key components of the TAS and provide real-world advice to help ensure they are meaningful, compliant and reflect actual practices. It will also highlight areas that are commonly non-compliant.
The Training and Assessment Strategy and Industry Consultation1.5 hoursThis webinar is focussed on the all-important TAS and the evidence that should be being reviewed by the RTO to ensure it is meeting its obligations when it comes to detail, accuracy and the informs of industry.
Why WAS my TAS compliant but now it's not?1 hourThis webinar unpacks why a TAS may have been considered compliant at Audit but now it’s not.

TRAINING

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Are your Slides Inadvertently Causing Brain Strain?1 hourThis webinar is designed to share insights from new online research and provide 5 practical things you can do with PowerPoint to immediately improve the learning experience for your student.
Body + Language: Tips for both face-to-face and online1 hourThis popular webinar investigates tips for presenting while using your hands, face, posture, attire and movement to rock both webinars and face-to-face presentations.
Building Blocks for Effective Educators1 hourThis webinar webinar will focus on the building blocks for effective educators. You will  investigate the skill of giving clear instructions that don’t end in disaster, leading smart discussions, using PowerPoint  for good and keeping the focus of your learners. We will also investigate some Reflective Practice tools you can immediately use with your learners.
Click-worthy Learning Content1.5 hoursDr Deniese Cox will share practical strategies that have been proven to result in more students engaging with more content more often.
Delve into Tech Tools for Training (Webinar Series)3 x 90 minsThis three-part webinar series,  is made up of 90-minute sessions that drill down and focus on the most popular tools available: Canva (including video creation), Kahoot, Slido and Glide.
Empowering Adults for Powerful Learning: Andragogy in Action1 hourThis brand-new webinar invites you to explore the concept of Andragogy, the art and science of adult learning and its historical journey.
Going Beyond the Baseline: Raising the bar with your Facilitation Skills1.5 hoursThis webinar explores ways to raise the bar with your facilitation skills, with a focus on influencing learner engagement, retention and behaviour during training.
Guidelines for Creating Video Content That Students Will Watch!1 hr 15minsThis webinar is designed to help you deliver fantastic content online. Join Dr Deniese Cox who will share strategies for creating videos that do actually get watched!
HITS! High-Impact Teaching Strategies1.5 hoursThis webinar invites you to explore evidence-based and research-based teaching strategies to progress student learning and achievement.
How to Destroy Training1 hourThis webinar will bring forward the key pains of learners and in a tongue in cheek way demonstrate the ways that educators subconsciously or through our own biases bring these into the classroom (both physical and virtual).
Leveraging Cognitive Biases to Enhance Learner Engagement and Satisfaction1 hourThis webinar will explore how we can leverage cognitive biases to enhance our students' motivation & engagement.
Positive Learning Behaviours Creating Remarkable Learning Communities1.5 hoursThis 90-minute webinar will look at creating communities where students and educators are safe is the first step to learning. Effectively managing challenging behaviour is tricky: in fact, it is a challenge we have all experienced! Join this session to combine our wisdom and trial some effective new approaches.
Practical Ways to Build Foundation Skills and Improve Learner Results1.5 hoursAs a vocational trainer or training manager, you play a crucial role in the lives of the people you train. This webinar explores how a focus on Foundation Skills can improve training outcomes
Proactively Managing Student Behaviour using the TERA Model1 hourThis webinar will assist you in gaining valuable insights into how to use neuroscience to prevent unproductive behaviour in students.
The Art of Teaching - Cert IV TAE and beyond!1.5 hoursThis webinar will show attendees how to move from ‘teaching’ to developing a responsive approach to learning, that builds engagement and a positive learning community.
Thinking About Metacognition: Promoting enhanced learning1.5 hoursExpand your Metacognitive teaching and learning strategies that will develop smart learning in this 90-minute session.
Thriving Live Online1 hr 45minsThis webinar is designed to help get your online delivery as engaging as possible and learn about proven techniques so that you too can thrive live online.
Transform Your Online Learner Messages and Nudges from White Noise Into Effective Action-triggers1.5 hoursThis 90-minute webinar, you’ll learn practical strategies that have been shown to significantly increase learner engagement with online content. It is designed for any trainer or team with any part of their content online, or who have learners who are missing milestones.
Visual and Vocal Image for Online (or Face to face) Delivery: Skills to Enhance Learner Engagement and Comprehension3 hourThis 2-part, deep-dive series,  will delve into the small changes you can make to your online presentation style that will make a BIG difference and move you from a good trainer to a GREAT one.
What Can and Can’t be Delivered Online?1 hourIn this 1 hour webinar you will a learn simple framework for breaking content down into 'can/cannot' online.

VALIDATION

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A Guide to Conducting Assessment Validations1.5 hoursThis session takes you on a deep dive that provides some truly practical approaches to conducting assessment validation.
Conducting Effective Validation Activities1.5 hoursThis webinar will provide specific examples and advice for creating an industry-focused validation strategy aimed at developing better systems and outcomes.
The Art of Assessment Validation1.5 hoursIn this session, uncover the true purpose and requirements of assessment validation, painting a clear picture of its importance. Discover who should be involved and explore the administrative responsibilities that shape this process.
Validating Your Online Assessment Tools and Processes1 hourThis webinar has been designed to assist with how to approach the validation of your online assessment tools and processes.
Validation activities and processes1.5 hoursHow do you manage validation processes? What should you be checking to ensure the process is producing the right outcomes and records? Find out in this webinar.

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