New website accessibility tool released. A new website accessibility tool has been developed in Australia to improve learning for students and teachers with disabilities, particularly those who are blind or have low vision. The new program has been developed by national ICT agency education.au, the Department of Education, Science and Training and leading not-for-profit organisation Vision Australia. [Vocational Education & Training Headlines]
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Australian Early Development Index: Building better communities for children. The Australian Early Development Index is a community measure of young children's development, based on the scores from a teacher-completed checklist consisting of over 100 questions. The AEDI checklist measures five areas of child development: physical health and wellbeing; social competence; emotional maturity; language and cognitive skills, and communication skills and general knowledge. Teachers of children in their first year of formal schooling complete the checklist on each child after they have had a chance to observe their development. [edna recently added]
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Australian school-based apprenticeships survey. The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council wants to know how the current online resources are being used and how they can be improved to further increase the take-up of Australian School-Based Apprenticeships. [edna recently added]
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The Learning Federation and the Victorian Department of Education and Training trial of online curriculum content with Indigenous students: video clips. These video clips show three Koorie educators and some of the classroom teachers in the trial schools in the Gippsland region of Victoria talking about their use and experience of The Learning Federation digital online curriculum content with students. Features: Vera Harrold, Terry Marks and Zak Haddock. [edna recently added]
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Living standards of apprentices released. A new report has been issued by Group Training Australia entitled "Living Standards of Apprentices". It found the minimum pay rate for first year apprentices fell below the poverty line in a sample of six occupations. [Vocational Education & Training Headlines]
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