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WA Certificate of Education

WA Certificate of Education. Students starting Year 11 in 2011. 2010/13029. Better futures. Developing skills and opportunities for life after school Extra time to build skills and confidence for students who have struggled with literacy and numeracy

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WA Certificate of Education

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  1. WA Certificate of Education Students starting Year 11 in 2011 2010/13029

  2. Better futures • Developing skills and opportunities for life after school • Extra time to build skills and confidence for students who have struggled with literacy and numeracy • Solid foundation for further study or training All young people are encouraged to complete Year 12 and graduate with a WACE

  3. Better futures • Economic benefits through increased productivity • Social benefits through greater social cohesion • Individual benefits resulting in young people and adults having greater control of their own destiny This represents an investment in the future for individuals and the wider community

  4. We are doing well, but could do better • The Year 12 retention rate is 73.6 per cent* • School completion increases the likelihood of undertaking further study • After leaving school in 2007, two thirds of Year 12 completers continued on to full-time or part-time education in 2008* • Early school leavers who do not continue in education are also disadvantaged in the labour market* • 17 per cent of 15-19 year-olds are not in full-time education or full-time employment* *Source: The national report on the learning and work situation of young Australians

  5. Year 11 and Year 12 • Curriculum options for all students • 52 WACE courses • 12 VET industry specific courses • Stand alone vocational education and training (VET) • Endorsed programs

  6. To achieve a WACE in 2012 • 20 course units or acceptable alternatives • English language competence • complete four units of an English course • achieve the standard • Select at least one pair of course units from List A (arts/languages/social sciences) and List B (Mathematics/science/technology) in Year 12 • Average of C grade or better in 16 units, with at least half from Year 12 • Sit for Year 12 WACE examinations, unless exempt

  7. Courses • 52 general courses • 12 VET industry specific courses • Split into stages • Preliminary, Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3* • typically two units per stage • Complexity of content increases at each stage • Stages include pairs of units, which may be delivered as semester units or combined across the year • Each unit requires about 55 hours of class time *Workplace Learning – Stage 1 only *Mathematics: Specialist – Stage 3 only

  8. Vocational education and training • Demand for young people with well-developed vocational skills remains strong • Students can begin training at school • Options include VET that provides credit towards the WACE or studying an industry specific course • Also, students can undertake school-based apprenticeships and School Apprenticeship Link program

  9. Automotive Business Services Community Services Construction Creative Industries: Art Creative Industries: Media Creative Industries: Music Hospitality Information Technology Primary Industries Sport and Recreation Tourism VET industry specific courses

  10. Endorsed programs • Provide areas of learning not covered by courses • Can contribute up to 10 unit equivalents of a student’s WACE requirements • Examples • Cadets WA – Air Force, Army, Navy, Police Rangers, Emergency Services, Bush Rangers • Duke of Edinburgh’s Award • Keys for Life – Pre-driver Education Course • Outward Bound Australia – Navigator Program • Australian Institute of Classical Dance

  11. Community service • Helps students develop leadership skills, social responsibility and citizenship • The number of community service hours a student completes is recorded on their statement of results

  12. Assessment A strong assessment system • High standards for all • irrespective of the stage studied or program type • School-based and external at the end of Year 12 to strengthen public confidence in the WACE

  13. School-based assessment • In WACE courses, grades (A–E) are assigned by teachers at the end of each unit • in Year 12, a mark out of 100 is awarded for all Stage 2 and Stage 3 units completed • Students’ results in Preliminary Stage units are recorded as having ‘completed’ or ‘not completed’ the unit requirements • no grade is recorded • VET is competency based and relates to the requirements of industry training packages • Endorsed program assessment is based on the requirements of each program

  14. Year 12 WACE examinations • Examinations are compulsory for Year 12 students enrolled in at least one pair of Stage 2 or Stage 3 units • Separate examinations are held for Stage 2 and Stage 3 • No examinations for Preliminary or Stage 1 units • 18 courses have practical and performance examinations • Examinations assess syllabus content and skills taught • Students enrolled in Stage 1 units can sit Stage 2 or Stage 3 WACE examinations as a private candidate

  15. WACE examinations • Provide students and the wider community with confidence about the standards students achieve at the end of Year 12 • Make it possible to compare the achievement of students, regardless of the school attended • Assist in the selection of students for Curriculum Council exhibitions and awards • Inform the WACE course report which shows the WACE course score • this indicates how well the student achieved in the course against the course standards and relative to others in the pair of units studied

  16. Practical examinations • Courses with a significant practical or performance component • Strengthen and support skills developed in the course • Examples • Aviation – flight simulator • Physical Education Studies – practical skills • Media Production and Analysis – production submission • Dance – performance

  17. Examination exemptions 2012 Full-time Year 12 students can apply for an exemption if they are enrolled • to complete, in the current year, at least 220 nominal hours of VET (which must lead to the completion of at least one qualification or skill set that meets a licensing, regulatory or defined industry need) and are enrolled in three or fewer Stage 2 and/or Stage 3 pairs of units OR • in more than five pairs of Stage 2 and/or Stage 3 course units and who do not wish to sit the external examination in their sixth, or seventh, course

  18. Course report • School and examination marks • WACE course score • State-wide distribution of WACE course scores for the stage • The student’s WACE course score on the distribution • Skills typically demonstrated for grades in a unit

  19. WACE course scores • All final-year students receive a WACE course score for each pair of units studied at Stage 2 and/or Stage 3 • 50 per cent of the school result and 50 per cent of the examination mark are combined • Council uses students’ results in their examination for a course to adjust school marks so they are comparable • The WACE course score measures each student’s performance against the course standards for that pair of units

  20. University selection • Students’ combined scores for Stage 2 and Stage 3 are also scaled to reflect the differences in difficulty between the courses • Scaled scores are used by the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) to determine the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) for students www.tisc.wa.edu.au • WACE course scores provide employers and training organisations with meaningful and comparable data

  21. WACE statement of results • WACE requirements achieved • Units completed with the year, unit stage, unit code and grade awarded • Achievement of VET qualifications and units of competencies • Achievement of endorsed programs • WACE examination results • Exhibitions and awards

  22. Information for students and parents • Website • Brochures • School • TISC

  23. Website

  24. Further information Curriculum Council website www.curriculum.wa.edu.au

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