1. Westlake Boys High School NCEA 2015

2. What is required? NCEA Level 1 requires a minimum of 80 Level 1 credits. Including 10 Literacy credits 10 Numeracy credits

3. Credits???? Each section of work gets allocated a number of credits. Normally between 2-6 credits per topic. The bigger the topic the greater the number of credits. Each subject has between 18-24 credits

4. Goal Setting

5. Quality Matters Endorsements Can be both within a subject and overall. Certificate is overall Course is a subject There are two levels of Endorsement Merit and Excellence.

6. Certificate Endorsement Excellence Endorsement a minimum of 50 Excellence credits Merit Endorsement a minimum of 50 Merit and/or Excellence credits Certificate Endorsement carries over from Year to Year (you can improve your award). Year 10 results can count for Certificate Endorsement.

7. Course Endorsement Occurs in One Year (Year 10 results can not be used) Must include a minimum of 3 Internal and 3 External credits. This means the End of the Year External Examinations must count! 14 credits is the target 14 Excellence credits for Excellence Endorsement or 14 Merit and/or Excellence credits for Merit Endorsement

8. What should I look at? Total Credits available this year Year 10 results, Catch-up Credits, and the results this year. Westlake Goals and Results (next slides)- it gives a feel for the level of performance of other students.

9. Year 11 Pass Rates Year 11/ Level One Pass rate 2015??????? 201494% 201395% Current Record 201294% 201194% 201080% 200965% 200863%

10. Year 11 Endorsements Year 11 Endorsement ExcellenceMerit Total 20146.1%53.4% 59.5% Record 20134.9%54.5% 59.4% 20122%45% 47% 20112%37% 39% 20100.0%22.3% 20091.5%16.5% 18% 20080.8%16.5% 18.3%

11. Individual Students Top Results 95 in 2013 (School Record) 89 (Best in 2014) in 2014

12. School Goals Each year I submit to Mr Ferguson the school goals for NCEA students This is a formal statement as to what we want to achieve We submit these to the Ministry of Education.

13. Mr Jackson’s Group A minimum of 50% Endorsed with Excellence All students Endorsed with at least Merit

14. Mrs Greenhill’s Group All students gain a Level 1 Result A minimum of 65% of students in group to gain Merit Endorsement. A minimum of 8% Endorsed with Excellence

15. Goal Pass Rate for Year 11 2015 97+% Goal for 2015

16. Goal for Endorsements Year 11 65+% Goal for 2015 Including 10% Endorsed with Excellence

18. Go on Line and update or complete your Goals The goal will appear on your progress report. Hand in a paper copy Next Steps Mid Year Exams Parent Teacher Interviews

19. How do I find my results and track them? NZQA official results NZQA login NZQA results will be available April/May Westlake Portal

20. Extra Credits Quality matters - Merit and Excellence Level For all students Numeracy and Literacy. Tutors: Louis (English and Physics) and Corey (Maths)

21. Extensions. Get them in ahead of time. Most are for events that are school approved. Appeals Marks do change on Appeal. The first appeal that was completed this year the mark changed.

22. NCEA Pathway To gain a Level 1 NCEA award you need 80 Level 1 Credits To gain a Level 2 NCEA award you need 60 Level 2 Credits and another 20 credits at either Level 1 or 2 To gain a Level 3 NCEA award you need 60 level 3 credits and another 20 credits at either Level 2 or 3 All awards need 10 Literacy and Numeracy Credits at Level 1 or higher

23. GPA’s Auckland University Excellence credit = 4 points Merit credit = 3 points Achieved credit = 2 points

24. Auckland University NCEA Example “Rank Score”

25. Auckland University Some sample courses: SubjectNCEA Architecture230 points 16 credits from a Table A subject 16 credits from a Table B subject B.A.150 points Commerce180 points At least 16 credits from 3 Table A or Table B subjects Engineering250 points At least 17 External credits in Level 3 Calculus and 16 External credits in Level 3 Physics

26. "Success is peace of mind that comes from the self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming". John Wooden