ANTA Toolboxes Help

Toolboxes

Louise Housden - Mon, 18 Aug 2003, 11:30

Thanks to the national Toolbox Champions and other clever critters out there using Toolboxes, I have been able to find a few good sites with information that should be helpful to anyone wanting to use a TB in their training.

Here are a couple you might like to check out:

Implementation help http://www.tafe.sa.edu.au/lsrsc/oes/tbcs/index.htm
South Australia’s Toolbox Champions team have put together this excellent website full of valuable information relating to Toolbox implementation, including practical suggestions on how Toolboxes can be used as well as some great models to support various implementation strategies, including fully online delivery.

Competency Units http://olvc.chisholm.vic.edu.au/toolbox/

Here you can search the Toolbox range for specific units of competence, whole qualifications and Training Packages that are covered to date. Handy if you’re trying to work out which Toolbox to purchase, or thinking about expanding your Toolbox collection.

Toolbox Reports http://flexiblelearning.net.au/toolbox/reports.htm

Here you can find some interesting reports on and evaluations of Toolbox usage nationally. One particularly useful document is the report on RTOs implementing selected Toolboxes from the Series 3 range. The evaluation looks at usage patterns, teacher and student acceptance, student learning, technical and organisational issues relating to Toolbox implementation.

Community Services Learning Community (CSLC) - this user group is for teachers in the Australian Community Service industry, accessed at: http://www.tafensw.edu.au/nsit/cslc/. Anyone can browse the web site. To go one step further and become a forum participant so you can talk with other RTOs using the Community Services Toolboxes, you need a password which is easily obtained from the site. The site showcases six Toolboxes:

Cybertots (Children's Services) , Alcohol and Other Drugs, Policy and Research, Case Management (Disability and Mental Health), Youth Work, Home and Community Care.