1. WELCOME Senior Schooling 2017

2. Tonight’s Presenters Grant Richards Justine McNaught-Conroy
Associate Principal Yr 9/10
Justine McNaught-Conroy
Associate Principal Yr 11/12
Leonie Francis
Vocational Education & Training Co-ordinator
Year
Year

3. Aims Governing Rules and Bodies Types of Courses What Woodvale offers
Identifying an Appropriate Pathway
The process from here

4. Student Participation Requirement
Young people must remain in education, training or approved employment until the end of the year in which they turn 17 ½ .
The options are:
Full-time school
TAFE
Other Registered Training Organisations
Apprenticeship/Traineeship
Approved Employment

5. Glossary
SCSA – The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is the WA governing body for K-12 Curriculum.
WACE – 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.
WASSA – The WA Statement of Student Achievement is provided to students who complete Yr12.
WACE Subjects – include ATAR and General courses.
ATAR – Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank – required for direct entry to public universities.
VET – Vocational Education and Training encompasses qualifications linked to certificates.
Certificates – equivalent to a qualification achieved through a TAFE. Managed by Training Organisations appointed by the government.
OLNA – Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment.

6. WACE Requirements 2017-2018 Students must:
complete at least four Year 12 ATAR courses or
achieve a Certificate II (or higher) in a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification
AND
meet literacy and numeracy standards - NAPLAN/OLNA
meet requirements for breadth and depth of study

7. WACE Requirements 2017-2018 Breadth and Depth
Students must complete a minimum of 20 units or the equivalent, including:
a minimum of ten Year 12 units or the equivalent
two completed Year 11 units from an English course and one pair of completed Year 12 units from an English course (English, Literature, English as an Additional Language or Dialect)
one pair of Year 12 units from List A and one pair of Year 12 units from List B

8. WACE Requirements 2017-2018 Achievement standard
Students must achieve 14 C grades (or equivalents) in Year 11 and Year 12 units, including at least six C grades in Year 12 units (or equivalents)

9. WACE Subject Types Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) courses
Designed for students aiming to enrol in university directly from school. ATAR courses will be examined by the Authority and contribute to the achievement of an ATAR.
General courses
Designed for students aiming to enter further training or the workforce directly from school. These courses are not examined externally by the Authority. However, they each have an externally set task (EST) in Year 12 which is set by the Authority.

10. Vocational Education and Training
VET is nationally recognised and enables students to gain qualifications based on certificates for all types of employment, and specific skills to help them in the workplace or in further training. eg. Certificate II in Hospitality Kitchen Operations

11. Study Choices
Students are offered three study options which they can mix and match:
WACE courses – ATAR or General
Vocational Education and Training - Certificates
Endorsed programs incl. Workplace Learning etc.
All students will be working towards achieving their WACE
Not all students will be working towards achieving an ATAR
Students can be ATAR students and VET students

12. ATAR Pathway Select six courses (+ three reserve choices)
At least four ATAR Courses – typically five at this level + a certificate
Need to have met the prerequisites for a range of courses
Students can study ATAR courses without necessarily working towards achieving an ATAR – must have achieved prerequisites

13. What is ATAR? A percentile rank
TISC (Tertiary Institutions Service Centre) ranks students because there are more applicants than places
Students are numbered from down
An ATAR of 96 = top 4% or better than 96% of the Year 12 school leaver population
96 ATAR = scaled average of approx. 77.6%
Can be used across Australia

14. Public University Requirements 2019
Achieve a WACE
An ATAR high enough to get into a course of your choice
Competence in English – different to literacy standard for WACE
Meet any university prerequisites >50% course mark
LOTE 10% of the individual scaled score
Maths Methods & Spec 10% of the individual scaled score

15. The ATAR ATAR Ranking School score 65 average = 80 ish ATAR
ATAR Cut offs:
ECU 70
UWA 80
Curtin 70
Murdoch 70
Notre Dame 70 + Interview and application

16. University Open Days
17 July – ECU Joondalup 24 July – Murdoch 31 July – Curtin University 14 August – UWA and ECU Mount Lawley 21 August – Notre Dame (private uni)

17. VET Pathway
As part of the minimum WACE requirements a student who chooses not to complete four ATAR courses must complete a minimum of a Certificate II or higher. Studying VET certificates can provide up to eight units toward the number of course units students need to complete to achieve their WACE. Students will typically enrol in ATAR/General courses along with Cert II + to meet the WACE requirement.

18. TAFE Entrance Requirements
Two stage application process
Competitive courses – Academic, Qualifications and work history.
Skills calculator
Most competitive : Electrical, Plumbing, Vet nursing, nursing.

19. Subjects WSC Offers Tertiary Stream
TAFE (formerly TAFE)/Apprenticeship/Employment Stream
Accounting and Finance AEACF
Certificate II - Animal Studies
Biology AEBLY
Certificate II – Sport Coaching (Basketball)
Chemistry AECHE
Certificate II – Business
Chinese (Second Language) AECSL/
Certificate I – Engineering
Cert III Applied Language
Certificate I – Construction
English AEENG
Certificate II – Hospitality (Kitchen Operations)
Geography AEGEO
Certificate II – Music Industry Foundation
Human Biology AEHBY
Certificate III – Music Western Art
Japanese (Second Language) AEJSL
Certificate II - Outdoor Recreation
Certificate II – Sport & Recreation (Soccer Boys)
Literature AELIT
Certificate II – Sport & Recreation (Soccer Girls)
Mathematics Applications AEMAA
Certificate II – Visual Arts – (Technical Graphics)
Mathematics Methods AEMAM
Career & Enterprise GECAE - INSTEP
Mathematics Specialist AEMAS
Children, Family & The Community (Childcare) GECFC
Media Production & Analysis AEMPA
Drama GEDRA
Modern History AEHIM
English GEENG
Physical Education Studies AEPES
Health Studies GEHEA
Physics AEPHY
Politics and Law AEPAL
Integrated Science GEISC – Certificate II in Sampling and Measurement
Psychology AEPSY
Materials Design & Technology – Jewellery GEMDTM
Visual Arts AEVAR
Materials Design & Technology – Wood GEMDTW
Mathematics Essentials GEMAE
Media Production & Analysis GEMPA
Physical Education Studies GEPES
Visual Arts GEVAR
Psychology GEPSY

20. Programs WSC Offers INSTEP: Non ATAR students Workplace experience
Must choose English, Career and Enterprise and a Certificate course. Interview process
Animal Studies: Interview process. ATAR and non ATAR
VET for Schools: through TAFE (Profile) one day a week at TAFE Non ATAR

21. Choosing the Best Pathway
Look at School Results –realistic options
Subject Type – ATAR, General, VET
Subject Prerequisites met
Areas of strength and interest
Listen to teachers
Research alternative entry options

22. University/ATAR
Choose five ATAR courses( preferred) – must have achieved subject prerequisite for direct entry
Must choose at least one List A and one list B
Highly recommend the addition of a VET Certificate course

23. TAFE/Employment Up to five (5) Courses include List A and B
Up to two (2) Certificates/qualifications Three Certificates could be negotiated with a Course Counsellor, but not considered the norm.
Consider INSTEP

24. The Selection and Counselling Process
Career exploration – Health
Planning Your Future workbook/Career Voyage – English
Semester 1 school report, exam results - Wed. 29th June
Yr 11 Course Handbook (Moodle & College website)
Draft Selection Sheet (Year 11 course prerequisite information) – End of Term to English tchr
Parent/Teacher Interview Afternoon – Wed. 27th July – Bookings will be ed on Wed. 29th June.
On-line Course Selection – Closes 6pm Friday 5 August

25. Online Course Selections

26. Important Points USI Prerequisite override (requires counselling int)
High cost courses
Checklist at the end e.g. List A/B, No. of courses
Print out available
Parent counselling interview available
Indicating preferred courses only – no guarantee

27. The Selection and Counselling Process
Selection Counselling Interviews - 2 & 3 August Course Counsellor names will appear on your child’s draft paper-based selection sheet.
INSTEP & Animal Studies Interviews – Week 4&5 Term 3 (students only)
Timetabling occurs – students may be required to reselect

28. Questions Mr Richards - Associate Principal Year 9/10
Ms McNaught-Conroy - Associate Principal Year 11/12
Ms Francis - Vocational Education and Training Coordinator