February 2015 (cont.)

2015 Referral Process Explained

9 February attended by Jeff

Provider: CEOM

Venue: Catholic Leadership Centre

ABOUT?

The session was to begin to unpack the CECV intervention framework 2015

- Overview of the intervention process

- Competencies of supervising teachers

- Roles and responsibilities of learning support

officer

- Guidelines around PSGs

- Guidelines around designing personalised

Learning Plans (ILP)

Review of the Referral process for 2015

RESOURCES?

Referral process handbook 2015

Effective Practices Framework for Learning Support Officers

CECV Intervention Framework 2015

RECOMMENDED?

Highly recommended for staff in leadership and Domain leaders

VCE Music Teachers Conference

21 February attended by Allan Hessey

Provider: AMUSE

Venue: Trinity Grammar

ABOUT?

SESSION 1: MUSIC STYLE AND COMPOSITION

9.30am – 1.00pm

Helen Champion

SESSION 2: MUSIC INVESTIGATION

VCAA Update Helen Champion

Outcome 1 – Investigation report Lynne Morton

Outcome 3 – Performance exam report Rod Marshall

3.00PM TEACHING STRATEGIES WORKSHOPS

Teaching strategy workshop MI 1

Selecting repertoire for the end of year exam/linking with Focus Statement

Rod Marshall

4.00PM

Teaching strategy workshop MI 2

Using the new assessment guide numbers for School Assessed Coursework.

Lynne Morton

PRESENTERS?

Helen Champion VCAA Administrator, Rod Marshall Chef Assessor Music Investigation, Guest speaker Lynn Morton

Association of Music Educators (Vic) Inc.

150 Palmerston Street Carlton 3053

ABN 43 759 283 802

Phone (03) 9349 1048 Fax (03) 9349 1052 info@amuse.vic.edu.au

RESOURCES?

Networking with other schools, curriculum development, teaching resources

RECOMMENDED?

VCE Music Teachers

COMMENTS?

An outstanding professional development that I attend each year and very worth while and informative for all music VCE teachers.

VCE Biology Conference 2015

23 February attended by Sevi and Therese

Provider: STAV

Venue: Latrobe University Bundoora

ABOUT?

Keynote on Reprogramming research – epigenetics and iPS cells
Meet the Assessors – go over 2014 exam
Scientific posters – new assessment as part of the revised Study design
VCAA Study design update
Evolution – Where did we come from?
What do you mean – requires more depth?

PRESENTERS?

Ass Prof Jose Polo – Monash School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University

Hugh Latimer, Chief Assessor Biology

Maria James, VCAA

Peter Ball, Southern Biological

Chris Seletto, MLC

RESOURCES?

Handout related to new draft study design for Biology to be implemented in 2016 (Unit 1 and 2)and 2017 (Unit 3 and 4). These to be passed on to VCE Biology staff that could not attend.

RECOMMENDED?

Yes VCE Biology teachers

COMMENTS?

Proofs pages from new texts will become available as of middle of year