Solutions for Education
Ten Ways Every Student Can Benefit by Getting Qualified
- Students can add globally recognised industry qualifications to their resume
- Certified students have increased levels of competence and confidence
- Students can differentiate themselves in a highly competitive job market
- Certification compliments Nationally Recognised Training courses.
- Students have the opportunity to assess their skill sets against globally benchmarked standards.
- Certification acknowledges accomplishment and provides a tangible evidence of achievement and excellence.
- Certification provides a meaningful way to provide recognition and reward to staff and students.
- Students can reference there transcripts anytime anywhere via the internet and provide positive proof to prospective employers that they can do the job.
- Certification provides a meaningful validation of learning outcomes.
- Certification adds credibility and recognition to the school, staff and students.
In an increasingly demanding, challenging and complex classroom environment today's teachers face a dual dilemma. Firstly, what can I do to help my students remain engaged and motivated when there are so many distractions, and seemingly reduced attention spans? Secondly, how, when and where can I enhance my own professional development to keep up with advances in teaching technology, stay ahead of a classroom full of "digital natives" and have some opportunity to receive recognition and reward for my efforts?
How do you address these issues in a way that carries multiple "upside" benefits for you, your academic institution, and the students?
In response to these issues educators are increasingly harnessing the power of technology to engage and motivate students, validate skills, empower teachers, and enhance curriculum delivery.
Using pedagogies that integrate ICT into classroom curriculum, teachers are finding willing and eager students as they create engaging learning environments and provide real world experience and qualifications. By leveraging internationally designed, validated and recognized qualifications from Adobe, Certiport and Microsoft, teachers have been able to achieve outstanding results for themselves, their students and their schools - regardless of the subjects they are teaching.
How can the inclusion of Globally Recognised Industry Qualifications help you?
Consider the following key benefits the inclusion of international certifications will offer you, your students, and your school, TAFE or University. Certification:-
Structures Learning
Certification offers educators the opportunity to follow a structured curriculum with clear objectives and well defined learning paths. Additionally, educators can access a myriad of teaching resources including teacher's guides, student workbooks, lesson plans, teaching timetables, assessment exercises, projects, assignments, e-learning resources, exam preparation software and a host of like materials that have been developed by a broad cross section of leading content developers. What this means is that teachers can stay ahead of the "curve" and quickly develop the skills and knowledge they need to enhance their teaching while enjoying the benefits of their own professional development. Teachers don't have to waste valuable time and money creating new resources. Rather, they can concentrate on helping each student reach their full potential as students discover and harness the creative power of digital technologies, learn how to use ICT toolsets effectively and efficiently to develop and demonstrate higher levels of thinking and achievement.
Each global qualification provides a carefully mapped and clearly established set of objectives, competencies, performance criteria and expected outcomes. The certifications compliment, map and enhance existing VET or AQF qualifications giving educators the chance to offer students all the power and benefits of having a dual qualification. Educators can construct courses quickly, cost effectively and with a minimum of fuss. For information please click here.
Provides Quantifiable Outcomes
Using global certifications will provide your students with an additional qualification to strengthen their resumes. Every successful candidate receives a certificate bearing the brand and globally recognized name as proof of their achievement. With each success students are encouraged, confident and optimistic about following a strategically designed development pathway offering further learning and articulation to higher qualifications. Certification exams provide for performance-based evaluations that are objective, quantifiable, and a consistently benchmarked evaluation of students performance capabilities.
There are measurable outcomes for students, educators, and educational institutions. All exams are consistent and psychometrically valid. No need to spend hours creating alternative tests or assessments leaving educators more time to concentrate on teaching. For additional information please click here.
Recognises Competency
How do you get recognition and reward for skills and abilities that you have learned and practiced over time? Too often there are unsung hero's who know what they know, but have no meaningful way of communicating that competency to others. Who doesn't say on a resume "I can use a computer"? Yet what does that really mean? How do you prove it? Where is the evidence? When you and your students become an Adobe, Microsoft, or IC3 certified your qualification is globally recognised proof that you have the confidence, competence and capacity to successfully navigate this digital world we live in.
When you and your students get certified you can know that your skills have been measured against an internationally established standard! Your achievement has been recorded and your skills rewarded. More and more companies, governments, and academic institutions around the world are demanding certification as proof of competence. Get certified, get recognized and get rewarded. Certified individuals earn an average 12% more than their non certified counterparts.* Get certified today! For additional information please click here.
*IDC Report 2007
Benchmarks Ability
Without a reliable way to verify skills it can be a challenge to make an informed assessment of ability. What is "intermediate" to one may be considered "beginning" to another and familiarity with a particular piece of software does not necessarily equate to effectiveness.
Because the skill sets in industry recognized certifications are globally consistent, educators can be assured that they are comparing "like with like" and that the knowledge and skills required to successfully pass the exam are consistently measured and equitably applied. Certification exams use the actual applications being tested - they are not simulations thus ensuring that one candidate is not penalized for doing something "differently" than another candidate. Rather, they are benchmarked against "best practice" and rewarded accordingly thus creating a genuine benchmark of ability.
Educators can be assured that a standard of achievement can be applied and consistently met without fear or favour. Employers can have a clear expectation of ability and students can achieve measurable milestones as they move forward. For additional information please click here.
Validates Skill Sets
Certification provides teachers with a reliable and validated measurement tool to understand the digital literacy skills of their students. It is also a standard that generates consistent results from school to school, geography to geography.
Certification increases credibility with current and potential employers and co-workers. Many people have found that the process of certification encourages them to learn more of the features in the applications they use, and in a greater depth, enabling them to work more effectively.
Employers look at certification as proof of competence and efficiency when considering hiring or promoting staff. Teachers can be recognised for their own professional development, commit to a development pathway, increase their own credibility, plus use the qualification as a stepping stone to additional career opportunities. For a complete list of exam objectives and performance criteria or for any additional information please click here.
Delivers Real World Credentials
There are few if any jobs these days that don't interface at some point in time with computers. Regardless of the selected vocation today's job candidates must be digitally literate and they should be able to prove they are.
Unique, performance-based certification exams ensure students have the essential workplace skills employers are expecting. The student's ability to prove their skills by receiving industry recognition for their learning can be a key advantage in a competitive job market.
Online Digital Transcripts permit students to showcase their certification skills wherever the opportunity presents itself, be it locally, nationally, or internationally. Automated exam scoring and processes significantly reduce administrative time and costs while providing valuable skills assessments. Exams are delivered in a proctored environment and Digital Transcripts are fraud-proof and easy to share. Make this opportunity available to your students today! For additional information please click here.
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