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The SACE What does it mean for your child?
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What is the SACE? • SACE is short for South Australian Certificate of Education • A certificate a student receives when they successfully complete the requirements of the SACE. Usually taken over 2 years. • Internationally recognised • Helps lead to work, training, or further study 2
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Features of the SACE Students earn credits for completed subjects: • One semester or six months’ study in a subject is worth 10 credits • Students must complete subjects and courses adding up to 200 credits, mostly over two years • Students will need to gain a C grade or better for compulsory subjects to gain the SACE 3
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Compulsory subjects At Stage 1: Students must successfully complete compulsory subjects: – Personal Learning Plan (10 credits) – Literacy (at least 20 credits from range of English subjects or courses) – Numeracy (at least 10 credits from range of mathematics subjects or courses) 4
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Compulsory subjects At Stage 2 : students must complete these subjects with a C grade or higher: •Research Project (10 credits) •Other Stage 2 subjects and courses (60 more credits) Most students will complete subjects and 5 Stage 2 courses worth more than 70 credits at
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200 credits • • • • • •
PLP = 10 (Yr 10) Literacy = 20 (Stage 1 ) Numeracy= 10 (Stage 1 ) Research project = 10 (Stage 2 ) Stage 2 subjects = 60 Stage 1 & Stage 2 subjects = 90 6
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Personal Learning Plan • • • • •
Compulsory subject First step in gaining the SACE Undertaken in Year 10 Worth 10 credits C grade or better needed- Can be resulted up to time of student leaving school. 7
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Literacy • Compulsory subject • Stage 1 • At least 20 credits from a range of English, literacy or equivalent subjects and courses • C grade or better needed • Moderation will occur between schools 8
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Numeracy • Compulsory subject • Stage 1 • At least 10 credits from a range of mathematics, numeracy or equivalent subjects and courses • C grade or better needed • Moderation will occur between schools 9
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Research Project • New compulsory subject in 2011 • Stage 2 level • Designed to give students time to do a rigorous and detailed study in an area of interest • Worth 10 credits • C- grade or better needed • Can be included in the ATAR but will require 30% external component 10
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Subjects • As well as the more traditional subjects there will be recognition for learning inside and outside of school • Examples: – vocational education and training (VET) – TAFE and university courses – community learning such as CFS training or Duke of Edinburgh Award 12
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Assessment- Stage 1 • A - E grades in every subject • Performance standards make clear what students need to achieve for a particular grade in each subject • Students need to achieve A, B or C grade in all compulsory subjects
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Assessment • Stage 1 - subjects marked by teachers • Stage 2 -30% of every subject marked by others outside of the school – through exams, practical projects, presentations etc • School assessed component of Stage 2 subjects are externally moderated 14
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Performance standards • Provide a detailed outline of what evidence students need to present under each assessment design criteria for each grade band. • There will be performance standards for each subject in the SACE • Students will be given a copy of these standards 15
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University entrance (ATAR) Students wishing to apply for university entry from 2012 must: • Complete the SACE • Complete 80 Stage 2 credits including at least three 20 credit Stage 2 subjects approved by universities (TAS) • Complete prerequisite requirements 16 for some courses
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University entrance How will the ATAR be calculated from 2012 onwards? • Using results from three full-year tertiary entry subjects Plus • Results from a fourth full-year tertiary entry subject or other studies recognised as equivalent by the SACE Board and universities or research project plus another 10 credit stage 2 subject or half of a 20 credit subject 17
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University entrance • Full details on university and TAFE entry requirements for 2012 onwards will be provided in the Tertiary Entrance Booklet 2012, 2013, 2014 • Booklet published by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) and distributed to schools in July 2011 • Subjects which are accepted for Uni entry are called called Tertiary Admission Subjects (TAS) 18
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Applying for TAFE • TAFE will continue to recognise the SACE as entry requirement for most courses • TAFE also recognises range of other qualifications in the entry and selection process
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2012 - What does this all mean for students are currently in yr 9 or 807? • They will undertake the Personal Leaning Plan in the 1st semester. This is compulsory and worth 10 credits. The students must achieve a C or better. • This subject can be resulted at any time before the students leaves school so there are opportunities for students to improve their work if they don’t reach a C standard in the 1st semester. 20
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All yr 10 students do the following subjects • English • Maths • Science • PLP/SOSE • 6 choice subjects- 3 each semester • SS07 Indonesian–one semester, 5 choice subjects 21
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• Choice subjects offered for one or 2 semesters. • Gives students a taste across a range of subject areas. • Can choose enrichment courses in English, SOSE, Maths and Science.
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Subject Selection Process • Full day – appointments with student and parents for pathway planning. Monday 29th August 2011 • 807-Yr 10 English, Maths, Science, SOSE(PLP) and LOTE compulsory for at least one semester, 2 choice subjects semester one and 3 semester 2 • YR 9- Yr 10 English, Maths, Science, SOSE(PLP) compulsory, 3 choice subjects per semester 23
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• QUESTIONS?
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