New for Old - Level 6 Sample Unit
VELS and Employability Skills
New for old provides opportunities to assess students against elements of Level 6 standards and facets of employability skills as detailed below.
For further information see the Employability skills section.
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Strand |
Domain |
Dimension |
Element of standard |
Related employability skill |
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Physical, Personal and Social Learning |
Interpersonal Development |
Working in teams |
… work collaboratively, negotiate roles and delegate tasks to complete complex tasks in teams. … clearly articulate or record their reflections on the effectiveness of learning in a team. |
Teamwork … adapts to and contributes to group processes. |
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Discipline-based learning |
English |
Writing |
(Students) write persuasive texts dealing with complex ideas and issues and control the linguistic structures and features that support the presentation of different perspectives … They select subject matter and begin to use a range of language techniques to try to position readers to accept particular views of … ideas and information. They compose a range of other texts, such as … workplace texts. |
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For further information see the Assessment section.



