TASC holds forums for Principals and TASC Liaison Officers (TLOs). The forums are a great opportunity for school leaders and TASC Liaison Officers to gain information from TASC about current initiatives, upcoming actions and ongoing requirements.

TASC Principal and TASC Liaison Officer (TLO) Forums

2024 forum material will be published following sessions. Check the latest issue of the TASC Update for information about upcoming events.

Principal and TLO Forum (Term 1) – 7 March 

Principal and TLO Forum (Term 2) – 9 May 

Principal and TLO Forums (Term 3) – 1 August and 29 August

Principal and TLO Forum (Term 4) – 17 October

Principal and TLO Forum (Term 1) – 8 March 2023 

Principal and TLO Forum (Term 2) – 11 May 2023 

Principal and TLO Forum (Term 3) – 31 August 2023 

Principal and TLO Forum (Term 4) – 25 October 2023 

New TCEA Descriptive Text Process –  TLO Session (Term 3) – 23 August 2023

TASC ran an online TLO session for those schools with approved TCEA applications. During this session we provided information about the new (optional) TCEA Descriptive Text submission process available in TRACS in 2023.

Nationally and Interstate Assessed Languages (NIAL) Professional Learning Session

Resources from the NIAL professional learning session held on 23 February 2023:

New TASC Liaison Officer – Information Session 2023

This session covered high level information about the responsibilities of TASC Liaison Officers (TLOs) for those new to the role.

23 November 2022 – state-wide forum

Presentation material – Wednesday 23 November 2022

19 October 2022 – state-wide forum

Presentation material – Wednesday 19 October 2022

15 September 2022 – state-wide forum

Presentation material – Thursday 15 September 2022

23 August 2022 – state-wide forum

Presentation material – Wednesday 10 August

16 June 2022 – state-wide forum

Presentation material – Thursday 16 June 2022

25 May 2022 – state-wide forum

Presentation material – Wednesday 25 May 2022

31 March 2022 – state-wide forum

This session focused on Reasonable Adjustments, Course Accreditation and external assessment specifications.
Presentation material – Thursday 31 March 2022

16 February 2022 – state-wide forum

This session covered start of year requirements and processes for 2022.
Presentation material – Wednesday 16 February 2022

New TASC Liaison Officer – Information Session 2022

This session covered high level information about the role and responsibilities of TASC Liaison Officers.
Presentation material – Thursday 10 February 2022

Teachers new to Senior Secondary Education 2022

On Tuesday 15 March 2022 TASC held online sessions for teachers new to senior secondary education and to teaching a TASC course. Each session ran for approximately 45 minutes. The sessions are sequential, building on each other across the three requirements for planning course delivery, planning for assessment and final assessment records and reporting.

  • Planning and delivering TASC courses
    The focus of this session was the characteristics required in the planning documentation teachers delivering a TASC course. The required characteristics of a Scope and Sequence was discussed and we made connections between TASC planning requirements and quality teaching.
    Presentation material
    Meeting recording
  • Assessment and record keeping
    The focus of this session was planning for assessment and the characteristics of assessment matrices. We also touched on criterion based assessment and unpacked criteria, criterion elements and standards.
    Presentation material
    Meeting recording
  • Final assessment records and reporting
    In this session we focused on the final assessment record for an individual student and the reporting requirements for final internal ratings. Reaching a final informed position on student achievement was also discussed.
    Presentation material
    Meeting recording

28 October statewide forum

This session focused on the 2021 Written Exam Period and the 2021 Marking Team Program.
Thursday 28 October 2021 – presentation material

13 October statewide forum

This forum focused on the final internal ratings process including the verification reports and COVID-19 safe exams.
Wednesday 13 October 2021 – presentation material

September statewide forum

A focused session on the Everyday Adult Standards – Use of Computers and the Internet was held in September. This forum provided information about the additional ways that students can achieve this TCE Standard.

Thursday 16 September 2021 – presentation material

August forum – special focus TCEA

A focused session on the Tasmanian Certificate of Educational Achievement (TCEA) was held in August to support schools with the submission of the descriptive text element of the TCEA application process.
Tuesday 24 August 2021 – presentation material

July statewide forum

The July forum focused on the new student declaration process, the new Levels of Complexity guidelines and some operational matters.
Thursday 29 July 2021 – presentation material

June statewide forum

The June forum focused on recent TASC policy documentation and operational. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentation material.
Wednesday 16 June 2021 – presentation material

April statewide forum

The April forum focused on September Quality Assurance meetings. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentation material.
Thursday 29 April 2021 – presentation material

March statewide forum

The March forum has a focus on Reasonable Adjustments. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentation material.
Wednesday 17 March 2021 – presentation material

February statewide forum

The February forum was run via Microsoft Teams. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentation material.
Wednesday 17 February 2021 – presentation material

March statewide forums

The March forum agenda was amended due to current circumstances. Following requests from schools, we have published the presentation.
Please access via this link.

August statewide forums

The August forum agenda was run via Microsoft Teams. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentation.
Please access via this link.

September statewide forums

The September forum agenda was run via Microsoft Teams. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentation.
Please access via this link.

October statewide forums

The October forums were run via Microsoft Teams. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentations.
Wednesday 21 October – please access via this link.
Wednesday 28 October – please access via this link.

November statewide forums

The November forums were run via Microsoft Teams. Following requests from schools, we have published the forum presentations.
Wednesday 4 November – please access via this link.
Wednesday 11 November – please access via this link.