1. Student Pathways Survey / Plan A joint initiative between: Vocational Education in Schools Directorate Information Technology Directorate Educational Measurement and School Accountability Directorate

2. Presentation Outline Background to up-dates and new facilities Student Access Student Pathways Survey and Plan School Administration School Report Regional Administration

3. Background In 2010 the Survey was completed by approximately 17,700 students, Years 9-12. The need to up-date emerged: – Feedback from regions and schools – New School Leaving Age Legislation – Requests for access to more data at the school level – Re-design of the Feedback Report The desire to provide an online career & transition planning template for students in Year 9-12

4. Prior to 2011 – SPS Design

5. 2011 – New design

6. Student access: Students will need: 1. Unique DEC User Name (do not share with others!) 2. Their personal Password 3. Know how / where to access their Student Portal

7. Access to the Student Portal

8. Student Portal

9. Student Portal – Home Page

10. Student access is on the Home Page of the DET Student Portal under Other Sites.

11. Student Pathways Survey / Plan

18. Descriptions – Work types

19. Year 10 Student

20. Actions

21. Overall view of student records in the School Administration site

22. Identifying students

23. Students - Part-time work – Over 15 hours per week.

24. Potential School Leavers – Stage 6 -2011

25. School Report The school report: o Aggregates data provided by students o Q 2,3,4,6,11,15,16,17,19/20,23. o Factor areas identified earlier o Is on-line and interactive o Enables the selection of a variety of reports o Total year groups o Gender o ATSI o Disability o LBOTE o Custom group o Selection of reports will be by calendar year

26. School Report

27. Part-time Work

28. Hours of part-time work

29. Planning and Preparing

30. Planning and Preparing (Cont.)

31. Regional Administration

32. Regional administration

33. Student Voice The Survey: supports individual students (Years 9-12) with career and transition planning provides students and schools with evidence-based data supports students’ capacity to self-manage their career planning provides students with an opportunity for self-reflection enables students to reflect on career confidence provides prompts for their further consideration and action is personalised and enables students to listen to their own thinking can be utilised for a Personalised Learning Plan (PLP) or an Individual Education Plan (IEP) as well as Career and Transition Planning.

34. Usefulness provides a medium for student voice has the capacity to be utilised for student’s personalised career and transition planning provides evidence-based data enables informed school planning that can support students career development supports Principals in Annual School Reporting (ASR) Provides evidence of students intention to stay at school – Student engagement and attainment Supports schools to meet outcomes identified in Our 15 -19 Year Olds Education and Training Strategy and the directions of Public Schools NSW Aligns with the intention of the National Partnership for Youth Attainment and Transitions

35. Thank you ! Questions ?