1. Year 12 Parent Information Evening

2. Deputy Principal – Curriculum & Technology
Linda Carstensen
Deputy Principal – Curriculum & Technology

3. Student Education Profile (SEP).
SEP  Student Education Profile
QLD Certificate of Education
Senior Statement
Subject Results
QLD Core Skills Test
At the completion of Year 12,
students will receive a
Student Education Profile (SEP).
The SEP consists of
4 components
reported on
3 documents. }
Overall Position
Field Positions }
Tertiary Entrance Statement

4. QCE 20 credits/semesters at a pass or better
Credits are calculated at time of exit from subject.
Passes in any English and Maths subject
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e.g. Students who exit a subject at the end of Year 11 with a SA in the subject will be eligible for 2 credit points. If they don’t exit with an SA they don’t get any QCE points.

5. Pathway Options after Year 12
Non-OP Pathway
QCE
Tertiary Study- Full-time or part-time
Work- Full-time or part- time
OP Pathway OP
QCE
Tertiary Study- Full-time or part-time
Work- Full-time or part- time

6. Factors Leading to an OP Score
Level of Achievement 5 best Authority (OP) subjects or equivalent
Position in Level of Achievement Band (VHA-VLA) 10 – 1
SAI Order - Subject Achievement Indicator 400 – 200
Group Performance on QCS Test A-E Range

7. Factors Leading to a Selection Rank Score
Level of Achievement
4 or less best Authority (OP) subjects plus SAS subjects and/or completed Certificate units
Level of Achievement Band (VHA-VLA)
QCS Grade (If students sit QCS)

8. Queensland Core Skills Test
A common statewide test for Queensland Year 12 students
Grounded in the Queensland senior curriculum (Common Curriculum Elements)
Accessible to all Year 12 students regardless of individual differences in subject choices
The QCS test is developed by Queensland educators for Queensland students

9. QCS Program
Students intending to sit for the QCS test will have QCS preparation lessons every week.
Tailored program – Senior experienced teachers
Feedback from external markers
Two full QCS tests- end of Term 1 and end of Semester 1
Vital aspect of Year 12
The program has been designed to address both strength and weaknesses identified by QCS trails conducted last year.
Students should not schedule appointments during this time.

10. Student Interviews
All Year 12 students will be interviewed in the next two weeks regarding their academic attainment at end of Year 11.
They are for all students in Year 12.
Students on OP pathway will receive an OP ‘guestimate’. NB these are not an OP prediction
The interviews are conducted by College Leadership members, Academic Mentor, Pathways Coordinator and Student Data and Analyst.
Interviews are to discuss student performance at the end of Year 11- to identify areas for attention. This may be results study habits, work or co- curricular involvement. Parents need to contact me as soon as possible if they have any concerns that they feel needs to be raised at this time. The OP guestimate is just that. It is based on the information that we have form the students performance in their subjects at the end of Year 11 and that may change in Year 12. It uses historical data from the QCS performance of Loreto cohorts in the subject groups applicable to the students subject selection, over the past five years,

11. Bubble graphs will be sent home with the letter indicating the OP guesstimate range

12. Special Provision
The responsibility for making decisions about special provisions lies directly with the schools. (QCAA)

13. Important Points
• Special provisions is a positive act of making reasonable adjustment to assessment requirements and conditions to ensure that assessment is equitable for all students.
• Reasonable adjustments for students with specific educational needs must be planned and negotiated as early as possible so that students can be provided with appropriate support in order to commence, participate and complete course of study requirements.

14. Important Points (continued...)
Special provisions involve the application of relevant syllabus criteria and standards against which achievement is judged. Assessment criteria and standards are not modified to suit particular students.
Assessment criteria and standards are not modified to suit particular students. The school is required to maintain the intent and rigour of the syllabus or study area specification and any other requirements or components that are inherent or essential to the course of study.
Special provisions do not involve compensating for what the student does not know or cannot do.

15. Procedures for Special Provision
If a student needs to access Special Provision for any reason they, or if they are unable to so, parents should contact:
Mrs Linda Carstensen
Deputy Principal- Curriculum and Technology
Students will need documentation in the form of a medical certificate or other document from another appropriate person.
Adjustments to assessment will be made in consultation with the Curriculum Leader to ensure that the mandated aspects of the syllabus is covered.

16. Things to Remember for Successful Study
Use your diary/calendar, wall or desk planner to put in dates, drafts
Planning
Make notes; Fill in a weekly schedule- LMS
Organisation
Same time /same place
Time and Place
Do the work that is due tomorrow first, Maths every day etc.
Routine/Habit
Urgent, Important, Unimportant
Priorities
I won’t dwell on this but because it so important I think it is worth a recap!

17. High School and Mindsets
You have to manage a number of outside activities, manage an number of different expectations
Assessment marking becomes more regulated and demanding
The work becomes more challenging
Sometimes results start to decline as a result of all the challenges but more so in students who have a fixed mindset.

18. Problem Solving
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PROBLEM? Make sure you know what it is!  
WHAT END RESULT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE? Decide on what “success” means to you.  
COLLECT INFORMATION What are the facts?
Who / What can help? (Teachers, books, time, etc.) What are your priorities?  
While Mrs Kearny talked about planning I would like to talk very briefly about problem solving. Year 12 will present some problems. A change of language to see problems as opportunities for growth may not always be the thing that your daughter wants to hear but it is important.

19. Problem Solving (Continued…)
4. DECIDE WHAT HAS TO BE DONE How will you achieve your aim?
 5. PLAN AHEAD When? How? Why?
 6. ACT - Carry out your plan.
 7. REVIEW Have you achieved what you set out to do? (Yes or No) Were you unsuccessful? (Go back to Number 1…) Did you fall short in any way? (Go back to Number 2…) Have you learned anything? (If not, why not…?) 

20. How You Can Help Study, Assignments and Homework Must take priority
Organisation
Procrastination
Goal setting
Balance

21. Year 12 Contacts Christine Rynne- Pathways Coordinator
Michelle Davidson – Year 12 Academic Mentor

22. Pathways Co-ordinator
Christine Rynne
Pathways Co-ordinator

23. Pathways Coordinator
Available for interviews with students and parents
Provide careers information in the newsletter and via the Loreto careers website
Provide information regarding courses and post year 12 studies

24. Pathway Planning Interviews
All year 12 students are invited to make appointments in both Term 2 and Term 3
Term 2 appointments are to look at pathway planning
Term 3 appointments are to look at QTAC preferences

26. 2017 Offers 26 21 22 25 6 7 9 8 1 Field of Education Offers made
Society and Culture (e.g. Law, Psychology, Sport & Recreation) 26
Management and Commerce (e.g. Hospitality Management, Banking & Finance) 21
Health (e.g. Pharmacy, Veterinary Science, Naturopathy, Speech Pathology) 22
Creative Arts (e.g. Music, Graphic Design, Communication & Media Studies) 25
Natural and Physical Sciences (e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Laboratory Technology) 6
Education (e.g. Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary) 7
Engineering (e.g. Chemical, Automotive, Civil, Aerospace, Biomedical, Surveying) 9
Architecture and Building (e.g. Urban & Regional Planning, Interior Design) 8
Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies (e.g. Land, Parks & Wildlife) 1
Information Technology (e.g Computer Science, Programming)

27. Student preference offerings 2017
Tertiary Institute
Offers made
The University of Queensland 25
Queensland University of Technology 56
Griffith University 26
Australian Catholic University 12
TAFE Queensland 7
Total Offers
126
1st preference
2nd preference
3rd preference
4th preference
5th preference
6th preference
Student preference offerings 2017

28. For 2018… UMAT – Information available at www.loretocollegecareers.com
Tertiary Studies Expo
Saturday 21 July :00am–4:00pm
Sunday 22 July :00am–4:00pm
Exhibition Showgrounds
Loreto College Career Market - August
Career interviews – term 2 and term 3
QTAC information will be available during term 2

29. Christine Rynne: rynnec@loreto.qld.edu.au Phone: 3394 9922
When talking careers…
Understand that your daughter’s needs and priorities may be different from your own
Attend open days/expos to get up to date information
Generally talk about work options
Make a career appointment with your daughter to discuss options
Christine Rynne:
Phone: