Nadia Casarotto / Cheryl Bartolo18 September 2014

THE Certificates in General Education for Adults

BACKGROUND

• CGEA accredited for 5 years from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2018

• Curriculum available :• Under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0

Australia License • From the Training Support Network website at

http://trainingsupport.skills.vic.gov.au

PURPOSE

Provide skill development in:• Reading• Writing• Numeracy

to • meet personal needs and facilitate community

participation, or workplace and further education and training options

22234VIC Course in General Education for Adults

ACSF Level 1Provides learners who have low literacy and numeracy skills the opportunity to:• build confidence• re-engage with learning • pathway into AQF qualifications

22235VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults (Introductory)

ACSF Level 2Develops:• literacy skills to create and interpret simple, personally

relevant texts• mathematical knowledge to apply numeracy skills in

everyday familiar activities

22236VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults

ACSF Level 3Develops:• literacy skills to read, interpret, evaluate and create a

range of texts• application of knowledge of familiar and less familiar

informal and formal numeracy in a range of contexts

22237VIC Certificate II in General Education for Adults

ACSF Level 4Develops:• literacy skills to read, interpret, evaluate and create a range

of texts• knowledge of everyday and formal numeracy in a range of

contexts to extract and evaluate mathematical information

22238VIC Certificate IIII in General Education for Adults

ACSF Level 5Develops:• literacy skills to read, interpret, critically analyse and create

complex texts • numeracy skills to perform a range of complex

mathematical tasks

USING THE CGEA

• Integrating delivery and assessment• Contextualising delivery and assessment to reflect

the interests and needs of learners• Incorporating digital literacy

RESOURCESCGEA Implementation Guide:www.education.vic.gov.au/training/providers/Pages/teachingresources.aspx

CGEA Sample Assessment Tools (for previous iteration):www.education.vic.gov.au/training/providers/Pages/teachingresources.aspx

Australian Core Skills Framework: www.innovation.gov.au/skills/LiteracyAndNumeracy/AustralianCoreSkillsFramework/Pages/Downloads.aspx

Adult Learning Australia (ALA) video introducing the reaccredited CGEA:www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4kxljodELg

CGEA PD Wiki: http://cgea-pd.wikispaces.com/

CGEA Champions Network: contact CMM for network details sicmm@generalstudies.vu.edu.au

Nadia Casarotto: 9919 5300 nadia.casarotto@vu.edu.au

Cheryl Bartolo: 9919 5302cheryl.bartolo@vu.edu.au

CMM CONTACT DETAILS