Advanced Diploma in Technical and Vocational Teaching

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Discuss, debate, critically assess, and reflect on the principles of the philosophy of TVET.
• Engage critically with discourses, concepts, and theories relevant to TVET in a post-school context.
• Apply sociological and psychological principles and practice in the TVET context.
• Critically interact with and analyze various theoretical positions in respect of history, politics, and economics as it relates to TVET.
• Engage critically with education and training and economic policies, procedures, and systems impacting institutions and classrooms, and on education and training and the economy.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Engage with prevailing practices and methods of teaching.
• Select and apply a variety of teaching practices in diverse settings.
• Utilize blended learning approaches by integrating technology in teaching and learning as appropriate.
• Use the characteristic language, terminology, and concepts of subject/s or learning fields appropriately.
• Apply concepts, methods, rules, and practices in relevant fields of knowledge, which underpin the subject/learning fields of specialization.
• Plan lessons and other learning experiences, including preparing learners for workplace learning, by selecting appropriate teaching and learning strategies.
• Adjust teaching and learning strategies to accommodate cultural, gender, ethnic, language, and other differences among learners in a range of contexts.
• Utilize blended learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Use the characteristic language, terminology, and concepts of subject/s or learning fields appropriately.
• Apply concepts, methods, rules, and practices in relevant fields of knowledge, which underpin the subject/learning fields of specialization.
• Plan lessons and other learning experiences, including preparing learners for workplace learning, by selecting appropriate teaching and learning strategies.
• Adjust teaching and learning strategies to accommodate cultural, gender, ethnic, language, and other differences among learners in a range of contexts.
• Utilize blended learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Analyze current teaching and learning practices of specialized subject fields in workplaces.
• Identify organizational and cultural aspects as they relate to workplaces, including employer expectations of employees in the field.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Adjust teaching and learning practices to the context of technical and vocational education and training learners.
• Interpret and enact curricular knowledge and practice in terms of a broader understanding of relevant fields of knowledge.
• Plan lessons and other learning experiences, including preparing learners for workplace learning, by selecting appropriate teaching and learning strategies.
• Design and apply appropriate assessment strategies.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Apply health and safety measures appropriate to classrooms, workshops, laboratories, and simulated workplaces.
• Promote healthy life choices and lifestyles in respect of for example: " HIV/AIDS " First aid and the safety of others " Health and Safety Act.
• Promote active citizenship and responsible participation in the broader society.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Analyze and compare the curriculum with prevailing practices in the workplace to understand the implications for teaching and learning.
• Incorporate such practices in teaching and learning.
• Transmit explicit and implicit knowledge (tacit knowledge) through social engagement with work and work practices.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:

• Report on lessons learned and their applicability to teaching the subject.
• Apply work-based learning experiences in the preparation and teaching of lessons.
• Apply appropriate research strategies to enhance teaching, learning, and professional practice.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9:

• Act in ways that enhance the status of professional educators and ensure an accountable culture of teaching and learning.
• Analyze and address issues related to sustainable development, the environment, and the green economy.
• Practice and promote a sense of respect and responsibility towards others by cultivating a critical, committed, and ethical attitude.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 10:

• Work in teams, groups, and organizations to the benefit of the TVET profession and professionals.
• Enhance communities of practice in occupations, vocations, and professions.
• Develop the profession and professional identities.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 11:

• Use the main language of instruction to explain, describe, discuss, and relate key concepts in the area of specialization.
• Convey the content of own fields of specialization in written, graphic, and other forms appropriate to the developmental level/s and language ability of learners.
• Interpret written and graphic materials relating to own fields of specialization.
• Apply numerical and elementary statistical knowledge to educational issues, cross-curricular activities, and own learning.
• Select, adapt, and/or design assessment tasks and strategies appropriate to the specialization and a range of learning contexts.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 12:

• Analyze and apply inclusive education strategies and student support to overcome barriers to learning.
• Evaluate and apply teaching strategies to match the profile of the learners.
• Create and maintain learning environments that are safe and conducive to learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 13:

• Engage with the world of work as related to a field of learning in relation to how learners learn in, for, and through work.
• Incorporate relevant workplace knowledge and skills into teaching and learning.
• Utilize blended learning approaches by integrating technology in teaching and learning as appropriate.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 14:

• Equip learners for entry into workplace learning and participation in the world of work.
• Apply appropriate management and administration procedures in respect of classrooms, workshops, laboratories, and simulated work environments.
• Demonstrate appropriate discipline and control of learning spaces.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 15:

• Demonstrate the ability to work in teams, organizations, and groups.
• Model working in teams to the benefit of all participants.
• Prepare learners to engage with members of teams, organizations, or groups.