The VLS currently offers tracking and certification for three of our Focused Topics. Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors, Sexual Development & Behavior in Children and Youth and Trauma-Informed Care in Child Care Settings. Focused Topics courses are either VLS Assessed, with an End of Course Assessment (EOCA) containing only multiple-choice questions that are automatically evaluated by the Virtual Lab School system, or TCS Assessed, with an EOCA containing a combination of multiple-choice and short answer questions that must be reviewed and certified by a direct care user’s Training & Curriculum Specialist or Program Manager. Within the currently enrollable Focused Topics courses, the EOCAs for Direct Care users are VLS Assessed, with the exception of the Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors course which is TCS Assessed. Training & Curriculum Specialists are required to review and approve the End of Course Assessment (EOCA) for the Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors course.
Other courses are automatically certified by the VLS systemif the Direct Care staff member demonstrates Mastery of the course content on the EOCA.. If the Direct Care staff member does not demonstrate Mastery after 3 attempts, the program’s Training & Curriculum Specialistwill have to unlock their EOCA for the Direct Care staff member to attemptthe EOCA again. Prior to unlocking the EOCA, the T&CS should offer coaching support to the staff member on key concepts from the enrolled Focused Topics course. See Unlocking Focused Topic EOCA for more information.
In order to approve the submitted Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors EOCA:
- Navigate to your staff member’s Progress page.
- 选择“进度”部分顶部的万博体育下载手机版聚焦主题选项卡。
- 通过选择“课程”+“切换以扩展和查看课程的课程,扩展有挑战性行为课程的支持子。
- Scroll down to the Assessments section. The status will show as “Submitted” once the Direct Care user has completed the EOCA.
- Expand the Assessments by selecting the “Details ‘+’” toggle.
- You will see a list of attempts, each with its corresponding date.
- 选择“查看响应”以查看此特定尝试的提交的答案。
- Review responses to the Multiple Choice section and Short Answer section and select Approve or Disapprove accordingly at the bottom of the page.
- The Multiple Choice section will display the direct care user’s selected answers and whether the user answer each question correctly or not.The correct answers will be provided to the T&CS to help trainers and coaches offer individualized coaching support to staff around these concepts.
- The Short Answer section will display the user’s response as well as the “suggested responses” from the VLS team. Trainers should evaluate staff member’s responses as compared to the suggested answers displayed. Approving the EOCA will immediately certify a course.
- 不赞成EOCA will give your staff member the chance to retake it at their own convenience.