future SACE Briefing

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future SACEBriefing
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• Investigations since the Report
• Principals forum
• Experts advisory forum
• Investigative projects
• Stakeholder consultation

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• Completion Requirements

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• Completion requirements
• One PLP Stage 1 10
• One ELI Stage 2 10
• Literacy 20
• Numeracy 10
• Subjects courses Stage 2 60
• Compulsory credit points 110

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• Meeting the requirements
• Literacy Numeracy
• Authority accredited English or ESL subjects and
  Mathematics subjects
• VET modules in vocational literacy numeracy
• Recognised adult literacy numeracy courses
• Accredited school-developed literacy and numeracy
  courses

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• Meeting the requirements
• Personal Learning Plan (PLP)
• Stage 1 standard
• will incorporate the Capabilities
• sound achievement (A C grade or equivalent)
• completed in Year 10 or Year 11
• students can choose a further PLP

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• Meeting the requirements
• Extended Learning Initiative (ELI)
• Stage 2 standard
• will incorporate the Capabilities
• sound achievement (A C grade or equivalent)
• students can choose a further ELI

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• Meeting the requirements
• Stage 2 60 credit points
• SACE authority Learning Unit Frameworks
• Accredited Vocational Education Training
• University subjects achieved at school
• IB learning course of study

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• Meeting the requirements
• Stage 2 60 credit points
• Recognised awards Certificates
• Accredited Workplace learning or community based
  learning
• Accredited school developed learning units
• Accredited e-learning, interstate or overseas
  programs

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• Success with rigour

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• Achievement Standards Rationale
• excellence and success based on rigour and
  achievement
• educational quality and integrity
• demonstrates competency in literacy and numeracy
• diversity of learning abilities and interests
• meets international standards
• provides flexible pathways

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• Achievement standards
• Students must achieve 110 points of compulsory
  study at a Sound Achievement level
• Literacy requirement (St 1) 20 credit points
• Numeracy requirement (St 1) 10 credit points
• Personal Learning Plan (St 1) 10 credit points
• Extended Learning Initiative (St 2) 10 credit
  points
• Further Stage 2 study 60 credit points

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• Success with rigour
• Performance standards
• A E grades at Stages 1 2
• Moderated school assessment Stage 2
• 30 external assessment Stage 2
• Statistical moderation supports quality assurance

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• External Assessment
• Additional methods of external assessment will
  ensure inclusivity. Possible methods include
• performance
• vivas
• project or artefact production
• physical skills tests
• presentation of a portfolio of work
• exams
• other

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• Success for all
• Flexibility in design of Learning Unit Frameworks
• Inclusion of accredited VET, community based
  learning, workplace learning, short courses and
  school developed curriculum in Stage 2 learning
  units
• An additional 90 points across Stage 1 or Stage 2

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Moving forward
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• Implementation strategies
• future SACE Office
• Principals SACE Implementation Group
• Engaging teachers
• Higher Education SACE Implementation Task Group
• SSABSA
• Other stakeholders

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• Implementation timeline
• Year 8 students will be the first future SACE
  cohort
• Year 9 students undertake common national
  literacy and numeracy assessment
• 2009 Year 10 students may commence PLP
• 2010 Year 11 students undertake Stage 1
• 2011 Year 12 students undertake Stage 2 and
  complete certificate

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• Engaging in process
• Communicating with staff
• Consider how your staff can be involved in
  shaping the future SACE
• Planning for the trial of Year 9 common national
  literacy and numeracy assessment
• Consider data management implications

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• Continuing engagement in 2007
• Year 9 common national literacy and numeracy
  assessment trial working with schools results
• Professional development workshops in use /
  interpretation of diagnostic assessments for
  literacy numeracy skill development
• pilot projects in schools
• Assist with school-developed learning units and
  accreditation

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• Continuing engagement in 2008
• Ongoing development will continue in a range of
  areas including pilot projects in a range of
  areas such as
• Personal Learning Plan
• Extended Learning Initiative
• Literacy Numeracy
• Capabilities
• Performance Standards
• Moderation

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• Key tasks for future SACE Office
• Develop overall implementation work plan
• Ensure coordination of activities
• Engage schools in ongoing development
• Plan for
• - Data management
• - Monitoring Tracking
• - Establishment of relevant committees

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more evolutionary than revolutionary Page
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• The future SACE will be
• flexible responsive needs of all
• credible rigour and standards
• inclusive
• connected past learning future pathways
• worthwhile student perceived benefits
• futures oriented capacities for a global
  world
• supportive quality learning and teaching.