DET Capability Assessment Guide – For Approved Providers and Teachers

What is the Capability Assessment Guide?

This resource was authored by Catharine Hydon (Director at Hydon Consulting) and produced by the Department of Education and Training (DET) in consultation with ELAA, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) and the Australian Education Union (AEU).

What is in the Capability Assessment Guide?

The Capability Assessment Guide (Guide) provides a resource and framework to support teachers and Approved Providers to undertake the Capability Assessment in the Victorian Early Childhood Teachers and Educators Agreement 2020 (VECTEA) and the Early Education Employees Agreement 2020 (EEEA).

While these early childhood agreements do not prescribe a specific process for completing the Capability Assessment, this Guide proposes a straightforward five-step procedure that ensures both teachers and Approved Providers can have confidence in the process,

Note: This Guide is also applicable for VECTEA Mirror Agreement signatories, the Victorian Early Childhood Agreement 2021 (VECA) and the Victorian Early Education Agreement 2021 (VEEA).

What supporting tools are available?

The Guide provides 13 supporting ‘tools’, accompanying documents and templates to assist Approved Providers. ELAA recommends that Approved Providers download both the Guide and the tool attachments.

Please note: We are aware that the Department of Education and Training (DET) is now known as the Department of Education (DE). Currently, there is no scheduled review for the Capability Assessment Guide for Approved Providers and Teachers as the bargaining process for the new Victorian Early Childhood Teachers and Educators Agreement (VECTEA) has commenced.

This guide remains a valuable resource and framework, supporting teachers and Approved Providers to undertake the Capability Assessment as outlined in the VECTEA 2020 and other associated agreements.

ELAA will inform stakeholders of any planned updates or changes to this resource. In the meantime, you are encouraged to download and utilise the guide and its accompanying tools to ensure confidence and clarity in the Capability Assessment process.