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.• AnyissueswithSSOpleasecontactPaulaR@aquinas.qld.edu.au

OtherBusiness:

• SeniorUniform• Blazers