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Yr. 11 Information Evening
2020
PROGRAM
• Deputy Principal’s welcome
• Head of Year
• Yr. 11 overview
• Queensland Certificate of Education
• Assessment processes
THE GAP STATE HIGH SCHOOL
We Value
We Value
Thinking Big Curiosity, Love of Learning, Creativity
Stepping UpHonesty, Self-Regulation, Perseverance
Paying It Forward Gratitude, Hope, Social Intelligence
Being KindHumility, Fairness, Forgiveness
Key PersonnelRichard James [Deputy Principal]
Rob Lucas [Head of Senior Schooling]
Michael Clarke [Head of Year]
Lucia Arrioti [Guidance]
Year 11 Overview
• Changed landscape in Senior Schooling
• Response to the New QCE
• Successful senior outcomes
Agenda
• Ensure every student is succeeding
• 100% QCE/ QCIA attainment
• 20% with ATAR 90.00+, cohort mean of ATAR 60.00+
• 70% receive B or higher on external exams
• Maintain position as a high performing school
What is the QCE?
• Senior school certificate
• Indicate schooling completed in a set pattern, set amount
of learning at a set standard with minimum literacy and
numeracy standards
• Nominal value of 20 QCE Credits
www.qcaa.qld.edu.au
QCE attainment
• Students must be passing at a C standard or
better across ALL units of work.
General and Applied
subjects
Set Standard QCE Credits
Unit 1 Satisfactory (C Standard) 1
Unit 2 Satisfactory (C Standard) 1
Units 3 & 4 Grade of C or better 2
Maximum credit available 4
QCE attainment
• VET (Certificate courses) are competency
based and awarded QCE credits based upon
completion or partial completion
AQF Level QCE Credits
Certificate I 2 (3)
Certificate II 4
Certificate III/ IV/ Diploma Max. 8
Differences
• Focus on Cognitive Verbs (Thinking Actions)
• Highly prescriptive syllabuses and assessment
• Mastery of Learning (Memory and recall of content)
• Use of Instrument Specific Marking Guides (ISMG)
Unit 1 & 2 – ‘completed end of Term 3’
• Contributes to QCE credits – does not directly
count towards exit results (ATAR).
• Prepares students for Unit 3 & 4, familiarity with
assessment types, foundation content,
understanding cognitive verbs and marking guides.
Unit 3 & 4 - ‘commencing beginning of Term 4’
• Contributes to QCE credits and does contribute towards exit results (ATAR)
• General subjects will three (3) internal assessment items and an external exam.
• Essential subjects will have three (3) internal assessment tasks and a common internal task.
• Applied subjects will have 8 items (over two years)
Assessment Processes
• Centralised assessment processes
• Aligned assessment calendar
• Align with requirements of QCAA (QCE
Handbook)
Assessment Processes
• ALL students receive the task at the same
time (available in three places)
• ALL students required to submit by 3.30pm
on the due date (draft & final)
• Submit in a central location (Lower Q Block)
Assessment Processes
• Notification of receipt forwarded to student
• Failed submission notice forwarded to
parents
• Student upload into plagiarism detection
software
Late Submissions
• In accordance with QCAA requirements;
Late submission (final) will NOT be awarded an
achievement level
• Access Arrangements & Reasonable
Adjustment (AARA) – “Special Provisions”
Examinations• Exam schedule released each term.
• Students may miss some of their classes due to exams. Reduced the impact as much as possible.
• Exam block at End of Term 3.
• Not permitted to sit exams early. Will be required to sit an alternative exam paper.
Off Campus Program
• Students will miss timetabled lessons
• Q12 provided for independent study time
• Must use the time effectively to ensure
maintenance of satisfactory academic
progress
Subject Changes
• Should be a last resort, the impact on senior
outcomes is too great.
• Flexibility for students moving from an ATAR
pathway, moving through the Maths or English
streams or from General to applied or certificate
course
• Closed until end of Term 3
Academic Coaching
• Student will meet with an academic coach 2-3
occasions throughout the course of the year.
• A check in to discuss progress, difficulties and
develop strategies for academic improvement.
Tutorial Schedule
Student Leadership
• Term 2 leadership processes commence
• New school leaders in place for Semester 2.
• Mentored by the outgoing school leaders in term 3.
Key Events
• Parent Information Evening (Wk. 4, Term 1)
• Leadership Processes (Term 2)
• Year 11 Camp (Wk. 10, Term 2)
• Leaders’ Induction (Wk. 2 Term 3)
• Exam Block (Wk. 9 & 10, Term 3)
• Commence Unit 3 (Term 4)
Key PersonnelRichard James [Deputy Principal]
Rob Lucas [Head of Senior Schooling]
Michael Clarke [Head of Year]
Lucia Arrioti [Guidance]