Parent Information Evening

1st May, 2018

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community.

Session learning goal

� To develop awareness around the new QCE

� Discuss Year 10 preparations and learning pathway options.

Presentation Overview� Senior Phase – Key Support Personnel

� Snapshot: Year 10 Events / Dates

� The New QCE Summary

� OP v. ATAR

� 21st Century Skills

� QTAC (My Path)

� SET Plans

� ATAR learning paths and assessment (IA, EA)

� TGSHS Subject Offerings (2019-2020)

Senior Phase – Key Support

PersonnelRole Name Contact

Year Level Coordinator Amanda Sherman asher15@eq.edu.au

Growth HOD (Transition) Melissa Handley mhand47@eq.edu.au

Director of Positive Education Amanda Ross aross61@eq.edu.au

Head of Special Education Services

Michelle Mortimer mmort13@eq.edu.au

Senior Schooling HOD Ross Muir rmuir16@eq.edu.au

Guidance Officers Kym BarrettSteve Gilmore

kbarr20@eq.edu.ausgilm8@eq.edu.au

A/Senior Schooling DP Rob Lucas rluca12@eq.edu.au

Year 10 Milestones Ahead

Term, Date Event

Term 2, Week 4 (Friday, 11th May) Careers and Transitions Day

Term 2, Week 10 (Friday, 22nd June) SET Plan interviews

Term 3, Week 2 (Wednesday, 18th July) Senior Subject Selection Evening

Term 3, Week 6 (TBA) Senior Subject Selection Entry

Term 4, Week 4 (15th-18th October) Year 10 Camp / Work Placement

The New QCE

� 2019 - Year 11 students in all sectors of education across Queensland engaged in new senior system.

� Most significant change in the senior phase of education since the 1970s.

� Key changes:� the introduction of common external assessment

� a strengthening of both quality and comparability in school-based assessment

� movement from the Overall Position (OP) to the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)

Underpinning factors behind

change� A 2014 Australian Council for Education Research

(ACER) report recommended:

� changes to achieve greater rigour, new taxonomy and greater opportunities for students to succeed in study and work life beyond schooling

� moving away 100% school based assessment to a model that will include three(3) endorsed school based assessments (IA) and one(1) external assessment (EA).

� alignment with other states across nation in the issuing of a reliable ATAR score for tertiary entrance

The OP and ATAR: A

Comparative Snapshot

ATAR Non-ATAR

� Students aiming to:

� achieve QCE

� engage with breadth of rich, purposeful learning through subject choices

� transition to tertiary (university) or technical pathways (college, TAFE)

� Students aiming to:

� achieve QCE

� engage with breadth of rich, purposeful learning through subject choices

� gain VET expertise

� transition to apprenticeship, traineeship or work pathways

Core Goals: • pursuing learning that will best prepare

students (e.g. literacy, numeracy, 21st

Century Skills) to achieve lifelong success• purposeful, sustained outcomes

Curriculum Current QCE System New QCE system 2019

These subjects count towards the QCE:- Authority subjects- Authority-registered subjects- Vocational Education and

Training (VET)- Short Courses- Recognised studies

Students undertaking the equivalent of six subjects

These subjects count towards the QCE:• General subjects• Applied subjects• Vocational Education and

Training (VET)• Short Courses• Recognised studies

Students undertaking the equivalent of six subjects

Underpinning 21st Century

skills

Employment Trends 2016-20

Preparing our Year 10s

� External Exam Trials 2016-17 (e.g. English, Maths B)

� Extensive teacher training 2017-18 across new syllabuses

� Australian Curriculum (Yrs. P-10) is a vital platform for students to succeed in the new senior system

� Career education (GOALS, Careers Day, SET Plans)

� Subject Selection processes (HOD talks, parent information evenings)

� Gradual integration of assessment, 21st century skills, cognitive development in Year 10 core and certain elective subjects

How is the ATAR calculated?

Students must select a

Mathematics subject

Students must pass an English

to attain an ATAR (General

or Applied)

ATAR calculation is the responsibility of QTAC (Queensland Tertiary

Admissions Centre)

Internal Assessment (IA)

� General subjects in Unit 3 and 4 contain three(3) IA Items

� For Mathematics and Science subjects the culminated score for the IA = 50% of the total ATAR contribution

� For all other syllabus subjects, the culminated score for the IA = 75% of the total ATAR contribution

External Assessment� Occurs in Term 4, 2020 (commencing week 4)

� Duration – approximately 17 days

� Contributes between 25-50% of the students overall ATAR

Subject Offerings** 2019-2020Subjects Offered - General, Applied (A), Vocational Education and Training (V)

English EnglishEnglish Literature Essential English (A)

Mathematics General MathematicsMathematical MethodsSpecialist MathematicsEssential Mathematics (A)

Science BiologyChemistryPhysics

Humanities Ancient HistoryEconomicsGeographyLegal StudiesModern History

The Arts DramaFilm and Television and New MediaMusicMusic ExtensionVisual ArtVisual Art in Practice (A)

Business AccountingBusinessCert III Business (V)

Languages Chinese Technology Digital SolutionsEngineeringIndustrial Technology Skills (A)Certificate I Construction* (V)Certificate II Hospitality* (V)

Health Education Physical EducationCert III Fitness/Cert II Sport Rec* (V)

GOALS Psychology

* Qualification attracts VETis funding – students permitted access to subsidy only once** Subject Offerings list is anticipatory and may be subject to change.

Term 2 – Laying the Foundation

� GOALS careers education program (My Path)

� Senior Education and Training Plan (SET Plan)

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Establishing a Plan: QTAC: My

Path

� .

Free, online pathway exploring

tool

Capabilities to Subject Options to Tertiary/TAFE

Complements GOALS (10 week career unit, SET

Plan development)

Documenting the Plan (SET

Plan)� Compulsory process for students prior to entering Year 11.

� It assists students to:� structure their learning in Years 11 and 12 around abilities,

interests and ambitions

� consider their education, training and career options after Year 12

� set and achieve learning goals in Year 11 and 12 and beyond

� include flexible and coordinated pathway options in their course of senior study (e.g. Vocational Education and Training, Foundation University subjects)

� communicate with their parents/carers in conjunction with teachers/career counsellors about post-school options

More information� Department of Education and Training

www.det.qld.gov.au

� Senior assessment: www.qcaa.qld.edu.au

� Tertiary entrance: www.qtac.edu.au

Questions?

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