Transcript Lesmurdie Senior High School

Senior School
Parent Information Evening
Term 1, 2013
The Senior School Environment
Introductions
Parents, family
& community
Deputy Principal
Teaching &
Learning
Senior School
Manager
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Deputy Principal
Student Services
Student
Senior School
Coordinator
Overview
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Graduation requirements
Good Standing Policy
Assessment and the Assessment Policy
Supporting students in senior school
Intermission
• Preparing for exams
• Managing the workload
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Senior School
• Graduate from Lesmurdie SHS
• Achieve Western Australian Certificate
of Education (WACE)
- WACE Tracking
- Good Standing
• Prepared for transition to work, training
or further education
- Appropriate senior school courses
- Vocational programs
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Appropriate Pathways
Course Changes
• Student initiated changes
• Teacher initiated changes
- Conversations with student, parents
and Learning Area Manager
- Student best interests
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Graduation
Achievement of a Western Australian
Certificate of Education (WACE) is
controlled by the School Curriculum
and Standards Authority (SCSA) who:
• Set graduation standards;
• Determine the final graduation status of all
students in Western Australia; and
• Award the WACE to each eligible
student.
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WACE Requirements
Four components to the requirements
• WACE Course and VET completion
• Achievement standard
• English language competency
• Examination
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WACE Course Structure
Each course is made up three stages
Eligible for University
Entrance with Bonus
Points
Stage Three
Eligible for
University
Entrance
Stage Two
Stage One
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WACE Courses
Stage One Courses
• Can be studied in either Year 11 or 12
• Not externally assessed in WACE
Examinations
• Cannot be used for ‘front door’
University entrance
• Grades contribute to TAFE/ private
training provider entry
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WACE Courses
Stage Two Courses
• Typically studied in Year 11
• Externally assessed in WACE
Examinations
• Can be used for ‘front door’ University
entrance as part of an ATAR
• Grades contribute to TAFE/ private
training provider entry
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WACE Courses
Stage Three Courses
• Typically studied in Year 12
• Externally assessed in WACE
Examinations
• Recommended for University entrance
as part of an ATAR
• Grades contribute to TAFE/ private
training provider entry
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VET Structure
Nationally recognised qualifications
• Delivered at school
- Certificate I in Furnishing
- Certificate II in Visual Arts
- Certificate II in Business
- Certificate III in Business
- Certificate II in IT
• Delivery by external providers
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VET Structure
Nationally recognised qualifications
• Department of Education focus on
Attainment
• Proportion of students leaving year 12
with an ATAR >55 or a completed
Certificate II
• Nationally, by 2020, an increase to
Certificate III
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WACE Requirements
10 courses across senior secondary years
• Two English courses
• One List A course (arts, languages, social
sciences) completed in Year 12
• One List B course (maths, science,
technology) completed in Year 12
• Up to five course equivalents can come
from VET completion
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VET Completion
• Delivered at school
- Certificate I in Furnishing
- Certificate II in Visual Arts
- Certificate II in Business
- Certificate III in Business
- Certificate II in IT
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2 course equiv
2 ½ course equiv
2 ½ course equiv
4 course equiv
4 course equiv
WACE Requirements
Average of C grade
• Across best 8 courses; 4 from Year 12
• VET can reduce this on a sliding scale
(Minimum of 5 courses; 2 from year 12)
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Course Equiv
Courses
Yr 12
(Cert I in Furnishing)
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(Cert II and III in Business)
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WACE Requirements
Achieve English Language Competence
• Achieve a ‘C’ Grade or better in an
English course
• School will compare a selection of
student work with work samples
provided by SCSA (If a ‘C’ grade is not
achieved)
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WACE Requirements
WACE Examinations
• Stage 2 and 3 courses in the final year
of schooling
• Sit and genuinely attempt the WACE
examinations unless exempt (VET
students)
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Senior School Standards
The Good Standing policy
• C average in each semester
• 90% or better attendance in each
scheduled course/activity
• Good conduct
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Why a Good Standing Policy?
• On track to achieve a WACE
• Encourage consistent performance
• Recognise the efforts of students who
are both consistently performing and
excelling
• Support students who have not yet met
the required standard
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Good Standing
• Maintain performance at or above the
Senior School Standards
• All the normal privileges of Senior
School apply
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Advanced Standing
• Achieve outstanding performance in
relation to the performance standard
(between 25 and 30 graduation points
within a semester)
• Meet all of the other Senior School
Standards
• Advanced Standing pin and certificate
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Conditional Standing
• Perform below a C average, and/or
• Attend less than 90% of all scheduled
classes/activities, and/or
• Consistently breaching the good
conduct standard
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Conditional Standing
Providing support
• Monitoring by Senior School Manager
and Coordinator
• Early intervention/notification process for
teachers of conditional students
• Homework/Study Log
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Assessment
• All students at are provided with:
– A course outline
– SCSA Syllabus
– Assessment Schedule, including:
• Assessment type and area of the course
• Timing of all assessments (week)
• Weighting of each assessment
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School Assessment Policy
• Students are required to complete the
assessment and educational program for
any course studied:
– Assessments must be submitted on time
– Penalties apply for late submission
– Students are required to submit an
assessment even if they will be awarded a
zero mark
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School Assessment Policy
• Provides a framework for the fair and
equitable assessment of all students in
all courses across Senior School
• Provides for special circumstances
• Extensions to deadlines
– process for seeking extensions on
assessments
– legitimate circumstances
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Parent Support
In discussions with you son/daughter
• Refer to Assessment schedules about
their assessment programs and the
timing of various assessments
• Refer to the Good Standing policy
• Refer to the Assessment policy
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Parent Support
Promote
• Organisation
• Ongoing discussions between your child
and each of their teachers
• Discussions between your son/daughter
and the Senior School Manager or
Senior School Coordinator as needed
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Parent Support
Contact
• Teachers – regarding your
son/daughter’s progress
• Senior School Manager – assistance
with education or post-school
destinations
• Senior School Coordinator – assistance
with concerns at home, with peers,
coping at school
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Parent Information Evening
Term 2
• ATAR calculation
– Scaling
– Moderation
– Standardisation
• University and TAFE application
processes
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Intermission
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