Aaron Quilty's The Job Finder: Workplace Ready and Futures Orientated Capabilities

Introduction

This is a blog on an Assessment Instrument in regards to a subject called 'Professional Skills'. It is an individual response where I will be analysing my Professional Skills by using a range of different literatures that I have learnt throughout the years of my study at Central Queensland University. This assessment piece will also come in handy for when I commence full time work as a Learning Manager (Teacher) in the near future.

This assessment will include the development of complex work to identify and evidence the Professional Skills that I have developed in regards to contemporary literature.

In this case, the scenario that has been assigned to me by my lecturer is:

You are just about to complete your CQUniversity studies and you are Seeking Employment.

Here are some of the capabilities that I have obtained throughout university and will be commencing in the years to come.

Typical Workplace Ready Capabilities

Typical Futures Orientated Capabilities

· Curriculum Planning for an age related cohort (Prep to year 10 circumstances)

· Standardised policies and procedures to follow.

· Teaching objectives to guide teacher actions

· Teacher delivering content

· Lessons structured in the context of a school

· Pencil/paper/text books/black-boards

· Compliance, routines, traditions, standardisation

· ‘Cradle to grave’ learning.

· Learning design strategies based on individual learner profiles.

· Learning outcomes that articulate learner readiness for transition.

· Learning experiences commensurate to the profile of learner need and circumstance

· ICTs as part-and-parcel of learning strategies: Word processing, email, SMS, Internet, e-boards, Information Banks.

· Planned risk taking, situational analysis, courage, intuition, customisations.