Masterful mentoring newsletter

To view this month's Materful Mentoring newsletter, go to

http://www.3creek.com/resources/newsletters/Masterful_Mentoring_Sep08.html

To view the archive of past newsletters, go to

http://www.3creek.com/resources/newsletters.htm

A little bit about the site:

Triple Creek Associates is an organizational development firm that helps organizations build and foster mentoring cultures, while measurably impacting leadership development, talent management and diversity. They use an ASP hosted, web-based application that helps manage the mentoring relationship. Along with that, their organizational development consultants can partner with organizations to deliver best-in-class, leading-edge service and support.

A resource Sandy would like to share....

For some fantastic online resources on mentoring, please go to:

http://www.3creek.com/resources/newsletters.htm

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A Practicum opportunity and a great opportunity to share...

Alan's posting in this newsletter is a great way to share a resource you too may find of use. It also provides a great opportunity for him to reflect upon this process and use this for Sections C or D for his Practicum.

Do you have a resource you would like to share with others?

How might this benefit your professional practice and that of your colleagues?

If you would like to contribute to this newsletter, please email me at:

shalenew@gippstafe.vic.edu.au

A resource Alan would like to share...

Here is a bit on behaviourism, which is tied up to personality, and says that ones' environment causes ones' behaviour.

First of all, is self observation.
Not too deep, just have a look at yourself . If you find yourself meeting your standards and life is loaded with self praise and reward, you'll have high self- esteem. If, on the other hand, you find yourself failing to meet your standards and are punishing yourself, you will have low self- esteem.Simple eh?

A few recommendations from Allbert Bandura:

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/bandura.html

1. Self observation-know thyself! make sure you have a fairly accurate picture of your behaviour.

2.Standards-make sure your standards aren't set too high.Don't set yourself up for failure.
But, make sure your standards are also not too low as they become meaningless.

3.Self-response-use self rewards, not punishments and celebrate victories, don't dwell on your failures!

Hope it's not too deep, as it's part of Banduras' theories on social learning.I think all learning should be social and believe some sessions on the dip vet could be held in a pub over lunch and a few drinks! Wonder what the outcomes'd be?

Cheers,
Al

community@learningtimes.net

Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt recently spoke to LearningTimes Executive Producer Jonathan Finkelstein about assessing learners in online courses, and offered practical ideas for measuring learner progress and gauging understanding online. To access the podcast of their conversation and offer comments please visit:

http://www.onlineteachingandlearning.com/blog/

The podcast is based on the Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning guide book series, and is a pre-cursor to the 2nd annual OTL Conference -- which will take place online, October 7-8, 2008. A special pre-conference workshop, hosted by Fielding Graduate University, will be held on October 6, 2008.
Register now and get early-bird registration savings AND a special discount coupon just for LearningTimes members.

For more information visit: http://www.onlineteachingandlearning.com

A new direction for VET

Victorian Premier, John Brumby and Victorian Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation, Jacinta Allen recently released a statement outlining reforms to the Victorian Training system. To read this statement got to:

http://www.skills.vic.gov.au/corporate/directions/skillsreform/announcement

Some interesting new initiatives include:

Global Skills for Victoria:

http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/digitalAssets/1124_Global%20Skills%20for%20Victoria.pdf

Securing jobs for your future:

http://www.skills.vic.gov.au/corporate/directions/skillsreform

Skills for Life-the Victorian Training guarentee

Skills for Growth

The Victorian Skills Pledge

The Qualification Navigator

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIP VET NEWSLETTER?

If so, please email your ideas to:

shalenew@gippstafe.vic.edu.au

This activity could be used for sections C or D in your practicum.

PD Opportunities

There a some interesting PD opportunities on offer at the moment:

TAFE Development Centre:

"Best Practice showcase event"

Teaching Fellowships

"Strength to strength: contemporary VET Practice"

Voc Ed:

"Assessment Validation"

GippsTAFE:

Applied first aid

For more information go to:

GippsTAFE portal
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