VCE INFORMATION EVENING

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VCE INFORMATION EVENING Year 12
Mr Philip Hutton Senior Master (VCE Coordination)
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Where am I going?

• 2008 2010 (2011, 2012, 2013)
• January 2008
• December 2007
• September 2007
• February 2007

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TEAM WORK
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My Role

• To administer the regulations of the VCAA with
  regard to enrolment, assessment and reporting,
  and of VTAC with regard to equity and access.
• To assist staff in ensuring that all students
  achieve their VCE.
• To support all students in achieving the VCE to
  the best of their ability.
• To familiarise parents with process

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Your Houses Role

• Your Tutor regularly monitors your progress.
  Record books
• Communication between school and home.
• A point of contact for parents with the school.
• Provides opportunities to show leadership.

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• TIME MANAGEMENT
• RULES
• ASSESSMENT
• SPECIAL PROVISIONS
• STUDY SCORES
• ENTER

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Time Management

• Organisation
• Plan Ahead use a study planner
• Set your priorities
• Establish good routines use private study and
  home leave effectively.
• Regular home study, in addition to homework.
  3.5hrs per week night.
• Involve yourself in co-curricular
  activities/total school program.

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VCE Rules

• ALL unacknowledged work submitted is genuinely
  your own.
• You must acknowledge ALL resources
• You must not receive undue assistance
• You may not submit the same piece of work for
  assessment more than once.
• You must not knowingly assist others to breach
  the rules
• DONT jeopardise your VCE by breaching

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ASSESSMENT

• ASSESSMENT

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Satisfactory Completion

• This is based on the achievement of ALL learning
  outcomes in a unit.
• An outcome can be made up of a number of
  assessment tasks.
• It requires that
• Work is of a reasonable standard.
• Work can be authenticated.
• School deadlines have been met.
• No breach of attendance rules (school policy is
  for attendance at all classes.)
• Student manual page 10
• Penalties apply.

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Redemption of Unsatisfactory Completion

• Students will be given an opportunity to redeem
  an N result.
• A satisfactory redemption will alter an N result
  to an S result.
• It will not alter the original score or grade for
  the assessment task
• Penalties may be imposed for a breach of the
  rules.
• An appeal on the penalty is available.
• Student manual page 10

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Reporting of School Assessments

• In the student diary
• Term 1
• Term 2
• Term 3
• Mid Year written report
• Parent Teacher Interviews
• Term 1
• Term 3
• Trial Examinations in October
• School Testimonial - November

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School Assessed Coursework (SAC)

• These are completed at school during terms 1 3.
• Each subject has a number of assessment tasks to
  determine the mark attained by the student.
• They are used to rank students in a subject.

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Examinations

• All subjects have examinations
• These are externally written and marked by the
  VCAA.
• They are held at Camberwell Grammar School
  (unless you are studying a subject outside the
  school).
• Some subjects have a mid-year examination (June)
• All subjects have an end of year examination
  (November)
• See student manual pages 23 and 24 for
  examination weighting.

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General Achievement Test

• Held in June for ALL students
• A test of knowledge and skills in writing,
  mathematics, science and technology, humanities
  and social sciences and the arts.
• Used by the VCAA for
• Statistical moderation of School assessed
  coursework.
• Quality assurance check on the marking of
  external examinations.
• Checking of school assessed tasks marking
  standards.
• To assist in determining a Derived Exam Score
• PREPARATION ESSENTIAL

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• A Level Playing Field
• SPECIAL PROVISION
• School
• VCAA
• VTAC

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School Consideration for Disadvantage

• Applies in instances of illness, disabilities,
  and environment factors.
• Time extensions or special arrangements may
  apply.
• Need to apply in writing to the VCE Coordinator.
  (prior to event)
• Evidence is required to support all applications.

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Time Extensions

• A formal application must be made to the VCE
  Coordinator for
• School
• Coursework extensions. ESL students may seek time
  extensions for coursework.
• VCAA
• Examinations (applications must be made by end of
  February for ALL external examinations.)
• EVIDENCE is required for all applications.

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VCAADerived Examination Score

• Available for illness or environment factors that
  occur within two weeks of an external
  examination.
• A formal application to the VCAA is required.
• Evidence from an external third party is required
  .

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VTAC Equity and Access

• A VTAC process to assess the needs of students
  experiencing specific personal circumstances
  which affects their performance in external
  examinations.
• Long term learning disabilities or illness.
• Special Yr 12 Circumstances
• These students must be ineligible to receive a
  Derived Examination Score

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Study Score

• The Study Score is a ranking given for a Unit 3
  4 subject by the VCAA.
• It is in the range 0 to 50
• It is made up of two elements
• School Assessed Coursework (SAC)
• External Examination(s).
• It is NOT a mark

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Quality of Performance

• Study Scores
• Scaling
• ENTER

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Calculating the Study Score

• The mark range for the School Coursework is
  adjusted to conform with the mark range for the
  examination.
• The adjusted School Coursework mark is then added
  to the examination mark(s) to give an aggregate
  score.

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Before adjusting
Examination mark range for CGS students
SAC mark range for CGS students
95
85
65
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After adjusting
SAC mark range adjusted to conform with
Examination mark range
Examination mark range for CGS students
95
95
65
65
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Allocating a Study Score
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Study Scores

• Student 1 Student 2
• English 30 40
• Physics 30 40
• Maths Methods 30 40
• Accounting 30 40
• Latin 30 40
• History 30 40

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How Study Scores are used

• Study scores are sent to VTAC.
• VTAC scale these scores to allow for the strength
  of competition in a subject. Some subjects
  scores increase, others decrease.
• These scaled scores are used to calculate the
  ENTER

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E.N.T.E.R.
E quivalent N ational T ertiary E ntrance
R anking

• Equivalent
• National
• Tertiary
• Entrance
• Rank

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Calculation of an ENTER

• The scaled study scores are aggregated for
• English (or Literature, Language, ESL)
• The next best three scores
• 10 of a 5th score
• 10 of a 6th score (may be a university
  enhancement study)
• CISCO unit 3 / 4 is scored by taking 10 of the
  average of the students best four subjects. It
  then acts as a 5th or 6th score.
• The aggregate score is then used to determine the
  ENTER

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ENTER Calculation

• Scaled Scores
• Student 1 Student 2
• English 28 40
• Latin 46 52
• Maths Methods 36 45
• Physics 33 43
• History 3.1 4.2
• Accounting 3.0 4.1
• Aggregate Score 139.1 188.3
• ENTER 78 98.5

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ENTER

• These aggregate scores are RANKED for all
  eligible students.
• The aggregate score equivalents are
• 99.95 213.9
• 95.00 175.9
• 90.00 162.6
• 80.00 144.8
• 50.00 108.3

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ENTER (ranking)

• Top 99.95 (about 30-35 students)
• 99.90 (about 30-35 students)
• 50.00
• 20.00
• An enter score is available for all students who
  successfully achieve their VCE

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Our school in 2006

• 19 students achieved 99.00 (10.4)
• 64 students achieved 95.00 (35.2)
• 91 students achieved 90.00 (50)
• 173 students achieved 60.00 (95.1)
• 179 students achieved 50.00 (98.4)

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Some Important Issues

• PRIVATE STUDY
• This is organised at school, supervised, and
  attendance is compulsory.
• Home Leave may only be taken from 2.05pm (end of
  p6) if no further school commitments in the day.

• COMPUTER USE
• Computer or Printer malfunction is not a basis
  for applications of disadvantage or extensions.
• BACK UP regularly and store the back up in a safe
  place.

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Careers in Year 12

• Kirsten Larn
• Careers Counsellor

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Looking back

• Class of 2006 182 students
• All applied for tertiary study all but two
  received an offer (they are working now).
• Close to 90 received an offer for their 3rd
  preference or higher working on this!
• Melbourne University still the most popular
  destination institution and Commerce most popular
  course at Melbourne 38 offers!
• 17 Deferred 1 accounting cadetship

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CAREER AND COURSE COUNSELLING WHY?

• NEXT STEP END OF YEAR 12.
• COMPLEX POST SECONDARY OPTIONS
• BETTER INFORMED BETTER DECISIONS
• SETTING GOALS
• RESEARCH REVIEW REFINE

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TAKING ACTION

• PROCESS STARTED IN YEAR 10
• WHAT NEXT AFTER YEAR 12 QUESTIONNAIRE
  IMMEDIATE
• FOLLOW-UP CAREERS/COURSE INTERVIEWS
  INDIVIDUAL/GROUP
• CAREER ASSESSMENT AND EXPLORATION USING
  TECHNOLOGY

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SUCCESS WILL FOLLOW

• BEING AWARE OF
• DEADLINES
• INFORMATION SOURCES
• EMAIL/WEBSITE COMMUNICATIONS
• CAREERS EVENTS IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL
• SEEKING ADVICE GUIDANCE USING ALLIES

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Availability Term 1

• Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
• Tuesday and Friday industry placement (but
  still contactable via email).
• Private study program study skills time
  management resume writing mock interview
  programme.
• Individual interview programme

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Contact details

• Mr Hutton
• plh_at_cgs.vic.edu.au
• 9835 1777 phone
• 0448 981 013 mobile
• Mrs Larn
• kel_at_cgs.vic.edu.au
• 9835 1777 phone
• 0419 329 201 mobile

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Some Issues

• Deadlines (priority)
• Attendance (ALL Classes)
• Resources (The Age, Websites)
• Study Skills (seminars)
• UMAT (July)
• Formal Dinner Dance (Leonda)
• Valedictory (Caulfield Racecourse)

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THANK YOU for attending

• Please place in the boxes at the rear exits your
  signed Personal Details form.
• Refreshments are available in the foyer.
• Questions are welcome. Special Provisions