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NewQueenslandCertificateofEducation(QCE)andtertiaryentrancesystems
&
Year10SubjectSelection
PRAYERMs.MarieSamuels–
CurriculumLeaderJuniorSchool
Onourjourneytogetherasparents,staffandstudentsALL:MayyourfootstepsguideusAsourYear9studentstransitionintoSeniorSchoolALL:MayyourfootstepsguideusInourtravellingtowardsthenewpathsofSeniorAssessmentALL:MayyourfootstepsguideusInthelivingofourfaithALL:MayyourfootstepsguideusALL:Amen
• Introductions
vMr.PeterHurley– PrincipalvMrs.JoCarroll– AssistantPrincipalJuniorSchool
vMrs.HelenChamberlain– AssistantPrincipalSeniorSchoolvMarieSamuels– HeadofJuniorSchool
vMrs.LynneMurdoch- CurriculumLeaderforVocationalEducationvMrs.KymAllardyce – CurriculumLeaderLearningandTeaching
SchoolingJourney
Prep2008Year72015
Year920017
• Generalinformation• Pathways• Eligibility• Intersubjectscaling• Trials• ThedirectionofAquinasCollegeintheSenior
Schoolfrom2018• Subjectchoices– Impactfrom2018• MYPATH– thenewQTACtoolwhichassists
studentsandschoolsinstudyplanning.
ImportantWebsites• QCAA=QueenslandCurriculumandAssessmentAuthority
Ø https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au• QTAC=QueenslandTertiaryAdmissionsCentre
Ø http://www.qtac.edu.au
GeneralInformation
• QCAA&QTACarenowinamuchcloserpartnership
• QCAA– SyllabusandcorrelationoftheData• QTAC– inter-scaling,calculationofATAR(2020)&placementoffers
GeneralInformation• StudentswhocompleteYr12willreceiveaSeniorStatement• EligiblestudentswillalsoreceiveaQCE(QLDCertificateof
Education)• Anoverallnumericalscoreandlevelofachievement(A-E)for
each‘General’subjectwillbeprovided• Appliedsubjects– levelofachievementsonly• AnATARwillreplaceanOP– scorebetween0.00– 99.95(0.05)• NOQCSTest– final2019• NOSelectionRankOptions
Pathways
QTAC willcalculate ATARs basedoneither:
Bestfive QCAA Generalsubjects Bestfour QCAA Generalsubjects+
Thebestresultina:QCAA Applied(currentlyAuthority-registeredsubjectorSubjectAreaSyllabussubject)
orCertificateIII
orCertificateIV
orDiploma
orAdvanceddiploma
Ifastudentiseligibleforan ATAR inbothcategories,QTACwillusetheirhighest ATAR.
Eligibility
Englishasarequirementfor ATAR eligibility• Eligibilityforan ATAR =satisfactorycompletionofaQCAAEnglishsubject.• Satisfactorycompletion(SoundLevelofAchievement)inoneoffivesubjects
Ø English,EssentialEnglish,Literature(newsubject),EnglishandLiteratureExtension(renamed),orEnglishasanAdditionalLanguage.
• Whilestudentsmustmeetthisstandardtobeeligibletoreceivean ATAR, itwon’tbemandatoryforastudent’sEnglishresulttobeincludedinthecalculationoftheir ATAR .
Intersubjectscaling• Rawscoresforagivensubjectareadjustedsotheresultsforthatsubjectcanbe
comparedfairlywiththeresultsofanyothersubject.• IfastudentofagivenabilitystudiesalesschallengingMathssubjecttheymight
geta90/100.ButifthesamestudentstudiedamorechallengingMathssubjecttheymightonlygeta70/100.However,throughscaling,theyshouldendupwiththesamescaledscoreforinclusionintheirATARcalculation.
• Ifsubjectswerenotscaled,studentscouldmaximizetheirATARbystudyingwhattheybelievearetheeasiestpossiblesubjects.
Intersubjectscaling
Trials
• 2016AquinasparticipatedintheMathematicsBTrial• 2017AquinasparticipatedinthePhysicalEducation&VisualArtTrials
Ø ReallifesimulationsoftheexternalexamsØ FeedbackforteachersonhowtheexaminationsalignwithteachingandlearningØ Studentfeedback– levelofdifficultyØ SimilartoprocessesalreadywiththeQCSTest
• Security• Times• Allowances
GeneralInformationv Unit1&2FoundationLearningbasedonlocaldecisions–
Ø Schoolbasedassessment
&
v Unit3&4Summativev willhavetheISMG(InstrumentSpecificMarkingGuide)usedtomarkstudentassessment
Ø 3 xSchoolBased+ExternalAssessmentØ 75%schoolbased(mostsubjects)+25%external
Ø 50%inScience/Mathsforexternal• Noworkprograms– directionfromtheSyllabus
ExternalAssessment
• 11,500uniquecombinations• 20th Nov2020
• Weeks4,5,6(Term4)• Teaching/RevisioninWeek1,2,3(Term4)
• 12monthassessmentschedulewillbepublishedinJanuaryofthatyear
Considerations:
Directions
GUIDINGSTUDENTS=
• Subjectstheyenjoy• Achievewellatpersonalsubjects
• Prerequisites(Uni)
v discussiontoconsiderØ changesinthenewsystemwillbeminimal,ifatallpossible
Ø directionforstudentsinthenewsystemwillbecomeparamountØ SubjectPrerequisites
SubjectSelection:• InthesubjectselectionhandbookthereisapagecalledSubjectPrerequisites.
• ThesearePrerequisitesforthenewATARsubjectsin2019.
• Studentswillhavetomeettheseprerequisitestoenterthesesubjects.
MYPATH– NewQTACTool
QUESTIONS
Timeline• CollectSubjectHandbookthisevening– 13th September
• Itwillcontainthestudentlogindetailsandparentvalidationcode
• EnterSSOontheCollegewebsitefromMonday18th September– Thursday5thOctober.
• PleasereturntheselectionreporttothefrontofficebyFriday6th October.• [email protected]
OtherBusiness:
• SeniorUniform• Blazers