Completions – Ideas for Success

Presented by Ranell Hobson

Background to our section and students

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The Sport & Fitness section has 150 new students every semester training to be Gym instructors, Personal Trainers and Coaches the

majority of students are aged between 16 & 25 with a few being mature aged ie: 40 – 60yrs. Over 80% of our students are male.

Key area of concern • Students who are good sport

persons at school encouraged to enroll in Fitness, they may not always have the academic level required for success.

• Lack of understanding of the degree of science involved in the course

• Students struggle when literacy and numeracy issues are carried over from their school life.

• Issues with spelling, grammar, critical thinking and problem solving.

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Completions project

• Fitness traditionally has a low completions rate across the state.

• Involved as a case study in the institutes Completions project.

• LLN a contributing factor to low completion rates

• Computer and technology skills lower than average

• Students are on a majority practical hands on learners

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Ideas implemented to increase completions • Restructured large exams into smaller quizzes throughout the course.

• Students can choose how they present evidence of knowledge and skills

• Joint venture with ABE (High risk of non-completion due to literacy and numeracy issues)

• High risk students case worker – Jenny Matthews (Related duties hours)

• Students sent formal letters to resit exams or to resubmit assessments in the first week of classes contact their unit teacher for detailed feedback

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Fitness & ABE Joint Initiative

• Liz Agars HT of ABE and Jenny Matthews teacher of Fitness work together on Monday mornings in a class known as Professional practice.

• They have created specific activities to identify writing and comprehension levels of students. An example is a Journal.

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• Students are also encouraged to discuss their likes and dislikes of the previous weeks classes and activities. To assess language and vocabulary.

• Students are encouraged to attend a

tutorial session which is held in the library every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Completion Data – Fitness

 2010 module completion rate was 76.40% - this was much lower than the State average

for Cert III and Cert IV Fitness.

Amazing 12.8 % improvement in 1 Semester

2010 MCR High Est. MCR

76.40%

89.60%

Module Completion Rate improvement