Course Selection for 2021
• Welcome – Greg Kelly – Principal • Hazel Snell – Introduction • Julie O’Malley – Parents role in career education • Alana Carson– WACE and WASSA, Year10 reporting, parent night • Hazel Snell – Programs available • Central Regional TAFE
All students who are in their 11th or 12th year of schooling must be involved in either: school OR other training (TAFE), traineeship or apprenticeship) OR worthwhile full time employment.
• Career Tools program – link from GSHS home page –Careers icon • Senior Secondary Pathways booklet • Helpful sites for parents and students • Jobs Outlook www.joboutlook.gov.au Career quiz • Job Jumpstart www.jobjumpstart.gov.au • Support tool • Top 10 ideas to help parents to talk careers with their teens – career coaching • https://cciwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0220-10-Tips-for-Parents-Booklet- Updated.pdf • Chamber of Commerce • Employability Skills • Personality Career Quiz • Talking Skills
Presenter :Alana Carson –Deputy Principal
All students receive a Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement (WASSA) when they complete Year 12. The WASSA: • formally records a student’s achievement in every course, qualification and program that the student has completed in senior secondary schooling • provides evidence of achievement.
• The Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) is awarded to students who have successfully completed senior secondary schooling in WACE studies and have met the WACE requirements.
Students must: • complete one of three course combination options complete at least four Year 12 ATAR courses OR complete at least five Year 12 General courses and/or ATAR courses or equivalent OR complete a Certificate II (or higher) VET qualification in combination with ATAR, General or Foundation courses • demonstrate the literacy and numeracy standards • meet the requirements for breadth and depth of study • meet the achievement standard.
Students must demonstrate minimum standards of literacy and numeracy by either: • pre-qualifying for a particular component by achieving Band 8 or higher in reading, writing and numeracy in their Year 9 NAPLAN and being exempted from that component in the OLNA; or • demonstrating the standard through the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA)
Students must complete a minimum of 20 units or the equivalent, including: • a minimum of ten Year 12 units or the equivalent • four units from an English learning area course, post-Year 10, including at least one pair of Year 12 units from an English learning area course • one pair of Year 12 units from List A • one pair of Year 12 units from List B.
List A List B (Arts/Languages/Social Science) (Mathematics/Science/Technology) • Children, Family and the • Applied Information • Marine and Community Technology Maritime • Dance • Automotive Engineering • Materials Design • Drama and Technology and Technology: • English • Building and Wood and/or Metal • Mathematics : • Economics Construction • Geography • Chemistry Foundations/Essential/ Applications/Methods/ • Modern History • Design - Photography / Specialist • Music Graphics • Outdoor Education • Visual Arts • Food Science and • Physical Education Technology • Physics • Human Biology
Students must achieve 14 C grades or higher (or equivalents) in Year 11 and Year 12 units, including at least six C grades (or equivalents) in Year 12 units. Eg Certificate II would give 4 equivalents and reduce the requirement to 10 C grades overall
• Expectations of Year 11 Students • Academic standards • Attendance standards • Changes due to Covid 19 • Teacher Parent Night 28 th July
Foundation General ATAR Students who have not passed No examinations Have compulsory examinations OLNA English and Mathematics External Set Task in Year 12 Contribute to ATAR Rank Externally Set Task in Year 12 TAFE or Employment pathway University Entrance pathway Mathematics can be used in TAFE or Employment pathway other pathways Preliminary courses learning difficulty and/or an intellectual disability, and recognised disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 . Preliminary courses do not contribute to the WACE, but a student doing Preliminary courses may also undertake studies that do contribute to the WACE.
• You have the opportunity to study a nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) qualification while still at school. • VET programs can: • develop your employability skills (for example; communication and problem solving skills); • give you industry specific skills and an understanding of the world of work; and • help you to explore and plan your career options. • If you do a VET qualification while you are a full time secondary student, this will also count towards your Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).
• Level of Certificates • Certificate II • Certificate III • Certificate IV • Competency based • completion gives equivalent of C grades • contribute towards the breadth and depth requirement and the achievement standard requirement of the WACE • The list of endorsed programs is available on the SCSA Authority website. Examples can include Elite Sports Performance, Cadet training, Music examinations, Surf Life Saving, Open Water Diving, Workplace Learning, Leeuwin Voyages. • Provide evidence to school if not done as part of school program
TAFE/Employment pathways University Senior General Vocational ATAR Engagement Education • 6 General • 5 + ATAR courses or • Internal VET or • STEP • Certificate • 5 General + ATAR General • Warlugurra • Internal on math apps Walgamanyulu timetable • Gigaman Gawala • External 1 Day • External 2 days
Gigaman Gawala Warlugurra Walgamanyulu STEP Certificate II Sport & Recreation Certificate II Skills for Work VET Certificate English as a Language or Dialect English as a Language or Dialect Work placement Foundation Mathematics Foundation Mathematics Health Physical and Outdoor Health Physical Education Education General English General Mathematics Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies General Building and Construction General course Visual Arts
General Course General course General course General course General course General course General Marine and Automotive Phys Ed Materials - Math-Essentials English Maritime Engineering Studies Wood List List A B More able Math ability General ATAR Math- General course General course General course General course English Applications General General Reserve 1 Reserve 2
Certificate General course General course General course General course General course Certificate II Math- Economics Food Science English Dance Business Essentials List List Certificate II A B Skills for Work Certificate II Engineering Certificate II Sport & Recreation Certificate II General General Information & Reserve 1 Reserve 2 Digital Media
Choice Fixed Career and PAiS/TafeLink English course Math course General course General course Enterprise PAiS Math Career and Building & English course Outdoor Ed Automotive Essentials Enterprise Construction Career and Applied PAiS ATAR Math- English course Food Science Electrotechnology Applications Enterprise Information List List A B General General Reserve 1 Reserve 2
TAFE Link General course General course General course General course General course Certificate II Math Design - English General Human Biology Outdoor Ed Animal Studies Essentials Photography English ATAR Math- Foundations Applications Mathematics List Foundations A List B General General Reserve 1 Reserve 2
6 ATAR ATAR ATAR ATAR ATAR Mathematics Mathematics ATAR English ATAR Physics Chemistry Geography Methods Specialist 5 ATAR + General ATAR ATAR Human ATAR Physical ATAR Modern General Mathematics ATAR English Biology Education History Outdoor Ed Applications 5 ATAR + Internal Certificate ATAR ATAR ATAR ATAR Applied Mathematics Certificate II Sport ATAR English Chemistry & Recreation Geography Information Applications Internal List List VET A B
• Achieve the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) and: WACE • achieve competence in English as prescribed by the individual universities, and English • obtain a sufficiently high Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) for entry to a particular univesity and/or course and ATAR • satisfy any prerequisites or special requirements for entry to particular courses. http://www.tisc.edu.au/static-fixed/guide/slar-2023.pdf Prerequisites
• A percentile rank • TISC ranks students because there are more applicants than places • Students are numbered from 99.95 down • An ATAR of 96 = top 4% or better than 96% of the Year 12 school leaver age population • 96 ATAR = scaled average of approx 75 Minimum ATAR of WA uni entry • =70 (Murdoch, Curtin, ECU) Regional bonuses exist (ATAR 60-69) with condition • = 75 for UWA (Broadway scheme)
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