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EDUCATION

SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE REFORM

Victoria is transforming the delivery of senior secondary education with the introduction of a single senior secondary certificate that will offer greater access to quality vocational and applied learning pathways for all students. The senior secondary education reforms aim to provide access to education and training that is relevant, engaging and that delivers in-demand skills for the future world of work, ensuring that students can access education that leads to employment.

 

Next year students will still be able to enrol in either the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) or the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). The following year, in 2023, VCAL students will be enrolled in the new VCE Vocational Specialisation or the new Foundation Pathways Certificate which will be introduced to replace Foundation VCAL.

The VCE Vocational Specialisation will be recognised internationally, be valued by employers and will build on the strengths of VCAL including providing:

  • flexible timetables that allow students to study at school, TAFE and work
  • opportunities to experience real-life workplaces
  • subjects that will build students skills and prepare them for life after school
  • greater access to high quality VET learning, either in school, a neighboring school or a local TAFE

The new certificates are part of a suite of 38 reforms recommended in the Review into Vocational and Applied Learning Pathways in Senior Secondary Schooling (the Firth Review) to lift the quality and perception of vocational education and help more students access high-quality applied learning programs.

 

Course selection in 2022

We are supporting all students in their course selections for 2022 and are providing the following advice and information to students considering a VCAL pathway.

If students are studying VCAL in 2022 they will transfer into the VCE Vocational Specialisation with credit for completed VCAL subjects in 2023. In 2023, students will continue to study Senior VCAL subjects in the new certificate as part of the implementation process.  At the end of 2023, these students will be awarded the VCE Vocational Specialisation if they meet the requirements.

 

Students who are studying Foundation VCAL over multiple years, including in 2022, will transfer into a new foundation pathways certificate in 2023 with credit for completed subjects. These students will study the new foundation subjects and graduate with the Foundation Pathways Certificate.

 

This approach provides assurance and clarity to current Year 10 students some of whom will be among the first cohort to receive a VCE Vocational Specialisation Certificate in 2023.

 

If you would like to talk further about these changes please contact, Luci Reuben (Luci.Reuben@education.vic.gov.au). To learn more about Victoria’s senior secondary certificate reform, you can visit this website.

Tech Support

As the school moves into a new semester we have a students engaging in new subjects and a number of new parents added to the our learning platforms, Compass and Canvas, in this this post I’ve put together a short simple video to assist with the navigation of Canvas from a parents/observer's perspective, it covers the following.

  • Dashboard
  • Types of Notifications
  • Course Pages
  • Marks

You will also find links to support information for a range of topics below as well.

 

The video can be found at this link - https://bit.ly/3b9nahL 

The page where all posts will be stored is - https://bit.ly/3jzBzXz 

To access Canvas visit - http://www.surfcoastsecondarycollege.vic.edu.au/canvas.html

You can find more information on the observer role at - https://bit.ly/2YNYRAS 

 

Shaun Miller.

Digital Learning Specialist.

GAT - Interested in being an 2021 Assistant Supervisor?

We are looking for Expressions of Interest for 2021 Assistant Supervisors.

The VCAA General Achievement Test (GAT) was rescheduled and will take place on Thursday 29 July from 10am-1:15pm.  If you are interested in carrying out such a role and meet the criteria below please contact Andrea Loving at: andrea.loving@education.vic.gov.au

 

As an Assistant Supervisor, I am not:

(i) Related to, or associated with, any student undertaking a VCE Unit 3 or 4 study in 2021 at the school where I am employed.

(ii) Teaching any student in a VCE Unit 3 or 4 study in 2021.

(iii) Tutoring a student in a VCE Unit 3 or 4 study in 2021 at the school where I am employed.

(iv) Related to or associated with any person engaged in teaching, tutoring or coaching any students undertaking a VCE Unit 3 or 4 study in 2021, or any school personnel engaged in organising or checking VCE external assessment* materials at the school where I am employed.

(v) Employed by the school as a teacher (excluding CRT) or member of the administration staff.

Examples of related to or associated with students or any person include: children, via relatives/relationships by marriage or de facto or by other living arrangements, friends, neighbours, business or community associates, tutoring or teaching relationships.

Examples of related to or associated with schools (or educational organisations) means a school or educational organisation at which you teach or have taught, tutored, or attended immediately before your employment, or with which a spouse or other person with whom you have a relationship or association with as defined above, is involved with VCE Unit 3 or 4 in 2021 or you are a member of the administration or teaching staff. Note: You cannot be employed as a supervisor at a school where you have taught units 1-2 and/or 3-4 in the last two years.

 2021 After School Tutoring Program

It is great to see that students are taking up the opportunity for after school tutoring.

 

The program is designed to benefit students by clarifying understanding, gaining more literacy and numeracy skill, seeking assistance in foil subjects, staying up to date on tasks, and giving more time to achieve set outcomes.

 

All students are invited to attend either Tuesday and Thursday (Maths and Creative) or Wednesday  (Maths and English)  from 3pm until 4pm.