Queensland Certificate of Education

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Queensland Certificate of Education

• An overview of Queenslands new senior schooling
  qualification for parents and students
• 3rd March 2008

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In this presentation

• Part 1 Overview
• Leah Richards
• Part 2 Learning Projects
• Jenni Scott
• Part 3 Remaining QCE Eligible
• Sue Rosenfeld
• Part 4 Student Profiles
• Bronwyn Mawn

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• OVERVIEW
• Leah Richards

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A new law for young Queenslanders

• Students stay at school until they finish Year 10
  or turn 16, whichever comes first
• After that, if not working at least 25 hours per
  week, young people need to
• stay in education or training for 2 more years,
  or
• get a QCE, or
• get a Certificate III vocational qualification
  or higher, or
• turn 17, whichever comes first
• There is an exception for young people working
  at least 25 hours per week
• C. All young people must be registered with the
  QSA in Year 10 or in the year before turning 16

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What is a Queensland Certificate of Education?

• A Queensland Certificate of Education will be
  awarded to young people only if their course of
  study satisfies some specific requirements
• a significant amount of learning
• a set standard of achievement
• in a set pattern
• meet the literacy and numeracy requirement.

Refer to The Pathways Document
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The Pathways Document
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Set Standards for Courses of Study
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Meeting Literacy Requirements
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Meeting Numeracy Requirements
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Types of learning

• Core
• Preparatory
• Enrichment
• Advanced

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Core Courses of Study
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Core Courses of Study Continued
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Preparatory Courses of Study
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Enrichment Courses of Study
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Advanced Courses of Study
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Time available to achieve the QCE

• The first banking period for a person is 9 years
  from the start date.
• Start date is the opening of the learning
  account.
• A second banking period of 9 years can be applied
  for but the first 9 years of credit are removed.

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Eligible for the QCE on early school exit

• A person is eligible for the issue of a QCE if .
  At least 1of the credits is for core studies
  completed or partially completed by the person
  while enrolled at a school or registered for
  home education.

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• LEARNING PROJECTS
• Jenni Scott

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What are Learning Projects?

• Learning Projects are
• one-off, unique and independent programs of
  learning
• designed, negotiated and implemented by
  learners
• separate from any school, education or training
  program

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What is it worth?

• On successful completion of a learning project,
  one credit is banked towards the Enrichment
  category of your QCE.

How long does it last?

• 60 to 80 hours duration
• planning (min. 20 hrs)
• implementation collating evidence (min. 40 hrs)
• completed within 18 months of approval
• evidence of learning submitted by end term 3 in
  the year you exit school

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What are the learning contexts?
Community Learning Projects Occur in the
community where the learner is a member or
volunteer
Workplace Learning Projects Occur at the
learners place of employment
Self directed Learning Projects Independent
study/investigation of an area of interest
under auspices of main learning provider
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Steps in a Learning Project

• Learner becomes familiar with guidelines
• Learner gets a bright idea
• Learner decides context of project workplace,
  community or
• self directed
• Learner gets support of sponsor
• Learner identifies a project mentor, contacts
  them, discusses ideas for the project, obtains
  their cooperation and advice
• Learner prepares the proposal

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• 7. Learner submits hard copy of the proposal
  to sponsor who submits it to the QSA
• 8. QSA allocates proposal to delegate who
  appraises the proposal
• Decision made to approve or not approve proposal.
  Sponsor advised who advises the learner
• Learner starts project
• Learner completes project
• Learner submits project documentation
• Delegate validates evidence
• Learner is notified
• Achievement is banked

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• REMAINING QCE ELIGIBLE
• Sue Rosenfeld

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Factors to Consider

• Choice of Senior program
• Changing subjects
• Partial completion of courses
• Conceded semesters
• Monitoring students progress

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Choice of Senior Program

• Senior program should align with individual
  strengths, interests and SET Plan goals.
• More options available
• ? School subjects
• ? VET Qualifications
• ? School based Apprenticeships Traineeships
• ? Learning projects
• ? University subjects
• Do you also need to consider OP eligibility?

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Subject Changes

• Factors to consider
• - reason/s for results
• - SET Plan goals
• - maintaining QCE and OP eligibility
• - options available
• Process
• - new form
• - important to follow sequence of steps
• - closing date for changes

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Partial Completion of Courses

• Authority subjects and Authority-registered
  subjects based on semesters studied before
  exiting with a Sound Level of Achievement or
  higher standard.
• VET Certificate qualifications based on 25, 50
  or 75 of the competencies attained. (NB no
  credit for partial completion of Certificate I
  qualifications).

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Semesters conceded to the awarding of a QCE

• Up to 2 semesters of incomplete Authority and
  Authority-registered subjects at Limited Level of
  Achievement can be conceded towards the award of
  a QCE, if needed, providing the student has
  exited the subject(s) after the first or second
  semester of each course.

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Monitoring Students Progress

• Registration
• - all year 10, 11 12 students are registered
  for banking credits
• Learning Accounts
• - go to www.cis.qsa.qld.edu.au
• - use LUI and password to log in
• Interim reports Parent Interviews
• - check progress (early warning signs)
• - action plan to maintain or improve results
• End Semester reports Parent Interviews
• - critical time
• - review and take action

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Support Available

• In School
• - lifeskills lessons
• - interviews with at risk students (interim
  end semester)
• - tutorials
• - guidance appointment
• - flexible pathways
• - subject change process
• Out of School
• - QSA Website www.qsa.qld.edu.au
• - CIS Website www.cis.qsa.qld.edu.au
• - external Tutor

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• SAMPLE PROFILES
• Bronwyn Mawn

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A possible course of study
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A possible course of study
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A student drops a subject
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Undertaking a SBT
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The drifting student
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A student re-assesses
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Numeracy Issue
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• Questions ?