Welcome to Senior School – 2019

1. Welcome to Senior School – 2019 Information for Parents and Students. Acknowledgements from QCAA presentations

2. Senior School Pathways 2019 Information for Parents and Students. Acknowledgements from QCAA presentations

3. Senior Success Team Principal of Senior School - Andrew Stone A/Principal of Senior School – Renee Rackley Deputy Principal – Donna Lancaster

4. Senior Success Team Head of Department – Bree Brockenshire • Programs Guidance Officer - Louise Francis • Student Support

5. Senior Success Team Senior Head of Bribie Subschool – Elizabeth Mullighan • Academic and attendance tracking pastoral care Senior Head of Fraser Subschool – Mark Thompson • Academic and attendance tracking pastoral care

6. Senior Success Team Senior Head of Moreton Subschool – Sarah Daniels • Academic and attendance tracking pastoral care Senior Head of Stradbroke Subschool – Brejetta Acres • Academic and attendance tracking pastoral care

7. Senior Success

8. Time to Celebrate • Last Years Results- significant improvement • Identify areas of strengths and weaknesses • Build on these skills in QCP/QCN • Being the best you can be

9. Welcome • Your attendance tonight is appreciated. • Purpose to explain and demystify, set goals and move ahead. • QCE, OP and QCS.

10. Who gets what? • QCE is for everybody, expected by the end of Year 12 (100% Target) • OP (group = 40%) is for University entry • Vocational (60%) is for work/training

11. QCE – Qld. Cert of Education • 20 credits (each semester of study = 1 point) • 12 credits from core courses (3 subjects minimum) • Pass required for credit • Literacy and Numeracy requirement • Other qualifications Cert I (2), II (4), III(8) • Expectation at this school that 100% achieve by end of Year 12.

12. Rules of a QCE • Must gain 20 credits from passing subjects. • Must meet Core and complete core. • Must pass Literacy and Numeracy requirements. • Pass is the same credits no matter how well you pass.

13. Example 1 Standard Course QCE Awarded

14. Example 2 Failed English QCE NOT Awarded

15. Example 3 Core. QCE NOT Awarded

16. Example 3 VET students QCE QCE Awarded

17. Bottom Line!! • Must have a least a Sound Achievement ( C) level – pass for credits • Other learning can count! (Your HOSS can help support you with pathways questions) • All timetables support QCE achievement

18. WHAT IS AN OP? • Only used for University entry • A number between 1-25 issued at the end of Year 12 to students who are OP eligible. • OP eligible means they have studied a minimum of 20 semesters of OP subjects (usually 5 out of 6) over 2 years AND sat the Queensland Core Skills test. (QCS).

19. HOW IS THE OP CALCULATED? A combination of • Student final grades in their OP subjects and then • Scaled against subject scores on the QCS test and then • Scaled against the overall average grade for our school on the QCS test compared with the average grade for the state. • School MUST have a good result on the QCS test to improve OPs.

20. Rank Orders • Mostly important for OP students, less so for “QCE only” students. • Produced every semester by Faculties. • Shows the relative distribution of student achievement. • Students must check and understand. • Teacher feedback provided.

21. Issuing Indicative OPs • School issues these several times over 2 years of senior. • Sophisticated calculation, not final prediction. • Powerful data, students clamour for this feedback. Assists in decisions for QTAC and the general direction. • We get this 100% accurate each year.

22. WHY QCS? • We have a QCS information night in Term 2 • QCS is about the COHORT – all students need to achieve well • Students must treat QCP as their 7th subject

23. WHEN IS IT ON? 2019

24. FACT • The highest OP attained by a student who only achieved Cs across all 6 subjects was 14. CONCLUSION • A passing culture is not good enough among the OP cohort. • The standard for every student who is OP eligible must be B. • You are being compared to all OP eligible students in the State

25. Post Secondary School University / TAFE Diploma or Cert IV TAFE Certificate or Apprenticeship Full Time Work GAP Year (with career options) Actively pursuing pathways NOT waiting for someone to call me to offer me a place or a job

26. Pathways to Tertiary Study • OP Other pathways… • QTAC, Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank • Certificate III, Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma.

27. School results Certificate Work Diploma Degree Pathways…many and varied

28. TAFE • TAFE at school, 50 students. See the TAFE at school link on the TAFE East Coast website • Certificate courses are done alongside the school subjects, drop one subject. • Points are totalled in the student’s learning account. • Can do multiple courses, courses vary in length.

29. Scholarships!!!! • Check individual university websites • Check the QTAC website www.qtac.edu.au • No cost to apply • Apply early – have resumes ready and references completed • Academic, equity, commonwealth, priority

30. WHAT IS QTAC? • The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) handles the tertiary application process for all Queensland and northern NSW universities, TAFE Queensland institutes and selected colleges. • QTAC also publishes information for about courses, OP cut offs and institutions.

31. WHAT CAN I FIND IN THE QTAC GUIDE? The QTAC Guide is published each year and lists all the courses that require a QTAC application. • These can include Bachelor Degrees, Associate Degrees, Diplomas, Advanced Diplomas • It also provides information on institutions and application procedures. • The QTAC Guide is provided free to Year 12 students undertaking a standard Year 12 program in Queensland – at MCSHS distributed in Semester 2.

32. Study and Homework • 2 – 3 hours per night, 5 nights per week • Studyskills website at http://www.enhanced-learning.net/ • Login formcshsonly, password 75results. • Invaluable resource • Not more than 10 hours per week part-time work • Physical activity – balanced schedule

33. How can Parents Help? • Assist students to develop a regular study routine • Discuss career options and visit websites and career expos with your son/daughter • Discuss university options • Try work experience if available • Develop tertiary plans together

34. THANKYOU • For your attendance. • For supporting your students efforts to achieve their best. • This presentation will be on school Facebook page from tomorrow.

35. Ben Rudes – Critical-Thinking Tutor

36. Innovative student achievement program Engaging group workshops Challenge students Growing our academic culture Improving critical-thinking skills

37. As critical thinkers we will . . . Justify our arguments with evidence and reasoning. Think, speak and write confidently. Consider different perspectives Succeed both in an out of the classroom

38. Big Picture Explore interesting, current and contentious topics Think, discuss, reflect Make claims Answer questions (try to…)

39. Big Ideas Be curious about the world. Think about how we know what we know. Can we trust our knowledge? How does this knowledge affect us as 21st century thinkers?

40. TED Talks & Entertaining Clips Controversial Concepts & Thought –Provoking Theories Science, The Arts, Technology, Media, Politics Brain Games, Group Problem-Solving Activities, Music & Fun!! Asking Tough Questions

41. In what ways can social media change the way we think?

42. To what extent can we trust our emotions?

44. When? Kickoff Conference! Years 11 & 12: Monday, Week 4 Session 5 Feb 18th PA – (here ) Fully funded for Term 1. Minimum of 2 sessions per term

45. Sign up on Moodle

46. Questions, comments or suggestions??? brude2@eq.edu.au

47. Welcome to Senior School – 2019 Information for Parents and Students. Acknowledgements from QCAA presentations

48. Senior School Pathways 2019 Information for Parents and Students. Acknowledgements from QCAA presentations

49. Senior Success Team Principal of Senior School - Andrew Stone A/Principal of Senior School – Renee Rackley Deputy Principal – Donna Lancaster

50. Senior Success Team Head of Department – Bree Brockenshire • Programs Guidance Officer - Louise Francis • Student Support