Transcript MYP Curriculum Frameworks

SENIOR PATHWAYS
INFORMATION EVENING
Tuesday 24 July 2012
AGENDA
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Welcome
Prayer
Principal’s Address
Possible Pathways
The VCE
VCAL
VET
Pathways
Where to from here?
Department Forum
Therese Wilson
Deborah Barker
Therese Wilson
Marianne Love
Leanne Richards
Vernon Curtis
Jane Freeman
Therese Wilson
WELCOME
Ms Therese Wilson
Deputy Principal – Learning and
Teaching
Prayer
Elina De Oliveira
Georgia Ramacciotti
College Principal
Mrs Deborah Barker
Archbishop Polding
An educated
woman means
there is an
educated society.
Holistic Education Offers…
Dignity
Inquiry
Awe & Wonder
Commitment
Connection
Social justice
Discernment
This is the moment…
Dare to do as much as you
are able…
Deputy Principal – Learning
and Teaching
Ms Therese Wilson
PATHWAYS - Then
PATHWAYS - Now
Why the need for a choice in
pathways?
• Students have different talents and
strengths
• Students learn in different ways
• Education needs to be relevant to the
student & how they interact with and
understand the world they live in
• Success can be achieved by following
many different pathways and can be
shown in many different ways
Your story is yet to be written
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Will it involve…..
VCE – Victorian Certificate of Education
VET – Vocational Education & Training
VCAL – Victorian Certificate of Applied
Learning
SBAT – School Based Apprenticeship &
Traineeship
Student Voice ~ VCE
Tsambika Zafiropopoulos
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Suehalia Yamouni
Questions to consider
• What led you to choose VCE over other
pathways?
• How has VCE been different to Year 10?
What was good/ what was a challenge?
• You are both studying a Unit 3 and 4
sequence. How have you found it? Does
it influence how you manage your time?
• What advice would you offer students
embarking on VCE?
VCE AS A PATHWAY
Ms. Marianne Love
VCE Leader
The VCE as a Pathway
As a student, what do I need to do to
achieve my VCE?
•Complete 16 units satisfactorily.
•This must include at least 3 units from
the English group & three sequences at
a 3 & 4 level from studies other than
English.
•This can include VET units.
Year 11 Studies
•This can consist of all units at a Unit 1 & 2 level,
or include a VET course or a Unit 3 & 4
sequence
NB: Approval from the College is required for students
considering a 3 & 4 sequence in Year 11
•Students study 6 units each semester in Year 11. A
unit from the English group and 5 elective Units
•One unit of RE (either unit 1 or 2) is studied over
the year, unless RE is chosen as a 3 & 4 sequence
Ask Yourself
What are my strengths as a student? What areas of
study am I good at and have interest in?
What career path may I wish to follow? Are there any
prerequisite studies that I will need for a future
pathway?
Have I spoken to others – friends who have
completed units I am interested in, teachers, family,
Careers advisors?
Satisfactory Completion
• Learning Outcomes must be met for
Satisfactory Completion of a unit (S)
– Meets criteria
– Submitted on time
– Student’s own work
• To receive VCE must have gained S in at
least 16 units
Assessment – Units 1 and 2
• Assessment is ongoing
• Unit 1 and 2 School Graded Tasks
– School based
– Do not contribute to ATAR (the old ENTER)
– Feedback
Year 12 Studies
•Students study five Unit 3 and 4 sequences
which can include a VET subject
•Students must satisfactorily complete 4
sequences including English.
Assessment – Units 3 and 4
• Also ongoing and in class
• Two components
– School Assessed Coursework (SAC’s) or
School Assessed Tasks (SAT’s)
– External Examinations
• Weighting varies from subject to subject
• General Achievement Test (GAT) in June
Year 12 studies
VCAA – the Victorian Curriculum & Assessment
Authority
- responsible for running the VCE and VCAL. They
issue study scores (out of 50) for all VCE units at Year
12 level.
VTAC – the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
– responsible for the ATAR score (0-99.95) and for
organising University and TAFE offers.
VCAL AS A PATHWAY
Ms. Leanne Richards
VCAL Leader
VCAL – The Hands on Option
• VCAL is a senior secondary qualification
• Aim: To provide skills, knowledge and
attitudes to enable students to make
informed choices regarding pathways
to work, training and/or further
education.
VCAL – Why do it?!
• Research has shown that students who
complete a successful VCAL program are
more likely to experience success than
those who do poorly in a VCE program.
• Studying VCAL doesn’t prevent you from
going to university.
VCAL – Why do it?!
• Completing VCAL and VET studies
successfully, means students can leave
school with a senior qualification, as well
as a Certificate in their chosen VET area.
VCAL – School Life
VCAL students:
• Follow VCE regulations for attendance and the
submission of work and attend homeroom on
days that they are at school.
• Are expected to attend all compulsory school
related activities and to follow all school rules
and regulations.
• Are able to be part of all extra curricular activities
that the school offers.
VCAL – Work Placement
Students will complete one day per week as a
work placement. This usually commences during
Term 1.
•The placement must be connected to the VET
course a student is undertaking.
•Students are responsible for finding their own
placement. Support is provided by the school.
VET
VET Leader
Mr Vernon Curtis
ACCREDITATION
• Students receive credit towards
satisfactory completion of their VCE and
VET
• Students complete all or part of a
nationally recognized VET qualification
Why undertake VET?
VET offers students the opportunity to
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combine general and vocational studies
expand career options and pathways
undertake learning in the workplace
develop skills that will equip them for the
workforce
LEARNING PATHWAYS
Year 12: Panagiota Houliaris & Tayla Robinson
Year 10: Madeleine Griffiths
VET Subject Choices
• Santa Maria College is part of the Northern
Melbourne VET Cluster(NMVC)
• The cluster arrangement gives students
more VET subject choices
• There are 25 VCE VET programs
• These programs provide students with a
Certificate II outcome
SCORED ASSESSMENT FOR
VCE VET PROGRAMS
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Business*
Community Services
Dance
Electro technology
Engineering Studies
Equine Industry
Financial Services
Furnishing
• Hospitality*
• Information
Technology
• Interactive Digital
Media
• Laboratory Skills
• Music Industry
• Sport & Recreation
Additional Non-Assessed
VET Programs
• Certificate II in Animal Studies
• Certificate II in Hairdressing
• Certificate II in Make-up Services
PATHWAYS
Mrs. Jane Freeman
Careers Leader
PATHWAYS
•DEGREE
•DIPLOMA
•CERTIFICATE IV
•CERTIFICATE III
•CERTIFICATE II
YOUR FUTURE CAREER
• To be flexible is to be EMPLOYABLE
• Jobs keep EVOLVING
WHICH INSTITUTION?
WHICH COURSE?
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Open Days
Career Guides
Tertiary Institution Websites
Portal-Student/Parent
Information sessions at school
Newsletter
CAREER PLANNER
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Resources
Work Experience June/July
Job Guide
Santa Maria College Careers Expo June
Career Builder
Taster Sessions
Talk to parents, teachers, relatives, friends and
the Careers Coordinator
SUMMARY
• Get to know yourself
• Start researching career and course
options
• Plan for VCE
• Shorten your list
• Relax and have fun
WHERE TO FROM HERE?
• July 31 – August 3: Subject Selection Family
Interviews
• August 14: Final date for the submission of
Senior Pathways VCE/VET/VCAL Application
Forms
• September/ October: Timetable Constructed
• October: Programs confirmed in writing
• Nov 26 – 30: Year 10 -11 Transition Days
• Nov 26: Presentation Evening @ Dallas Brooks
Hall
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST YOU
CAN BE!
ASK QUESTIONS
DO YOUR RESEARCH
SET YOUR GOALS
IMAGINE YOUR FUTURE
&
THEN IMAGINE SOMETHING BETTER
AGAIN!
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