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Lead the development of adult literacy skills

Lead the development of adult literacy skills

Unit of competency
National Code
TAELLN511
State Code
OEK27
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
08/12/2022
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
06/04/2023
Field of Education
070109 - Teacher Education: Vocational Education And Training
Original Release Date
06/04/2023
Nominal Hours
60
Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide literacy advice to vocational education and training (VET) teachers, trainers and assessors; and assist them to identify and support learners and candidates in vocational training and assessment with support needs in relation to their digital literacy, learning, reading, writing, and oral communication skills.This unit includes analysing the literacy skill demands of nationally recognised training products, and workplace, learning and assessment context tasks and texts, and using current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks.This unit applies to experienced VET teachers, trainers and assessors who use a range of technical and training competencies to lead other VET teachers, trainers and assessors and support the development of literacy skills in vocational training and assessment.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Advise on literacy demands
  • 1.1 Access nationally recognised training products and analyse their literacy demands using current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks
  • 1.2 Analyse literacy demands essential to the workplace context and workplace performance using current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks
  • 1.3 Analyse literacy demands of the learning and assessment context using current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks
  • 1.4 Share information and provide advice on literacy demands
2. Advise on literacy skill support needs of learners
  • 2.1 Collect and analyse information about individual learner and candidate backgrounds to identify strengths and limitations relevant to literacy skill development
  • 2.2 Plan and conduct literacy assessment using validated assessment tasks
  • 2.3 Analyse literacy assessment results using current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks to determine literacy skill levels
  • 2.4 Analyse and compare literacy demands and learner literacy skill levels to determine the literacy skill support needs
  • 2.5 Share information and provide advice on literacy skill assessment, levels and support needs
3. Advise on literacy skill development
  • 3.1 Use current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks to review and tailor training strategies to support the development of literacy skills
  • 3.2 Use current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks to review and tailor assessment strategies to support assessment while maintaining the rigour of the assessment process
  • 3.3 Research, access, review and modify learning resources to support the development of learners with literacy skill support needs
  • 3.4 Research, access, review and modify assessment resources to support the assessment of candidates with literacy skill support needs while maintaining the rigour of the assessment process
  • 3.5 Mentor and provide literacy skill advice to colleagues to support the development of their training and assessment practices
4. Participate in professional development activities
  • 4.1 Review own adult literacy professional practice and identify opportunities for improving practice
  • 4.2 Access and interpret current adult literacy research and incorporate findings into own practice
  • 4.3 Interact with professional adult literacy networks to share practice and maintain currency of practice
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
AWY60 TAELLN501 Support the development of adult language, literacy and numeracy skills Unit of competency
State Code National Code Title Type
BIL3 TAE50122 Diploma of Vocational Education and Training Qualification