Principal's Report

Last Tuesday, Professor Sandra Milligan from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne lectured to Victorian independent school principals on ‘assessment in the digital era’.  As dry as the topic initially sounded, I was fascinated to discover the corporate world has moved towards ‘micro-credentialing’; as employers attempt to source how graduates learn, not what they learn.  Professor Milligan suspects that increasingly the ATAR will diminish in influence as the modern workforce seeks to more clearly assess a student’s skills and capabilities.  ‘Collaborative learners’ will become the vogue as new demands require a transformation from self-regulatory learners towards young people who are independent minded and seek practical wisdom in their domain, risk takers who produce, write and seek others perspectives.  

Dr Andrew Hirst