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Course Selection for 2021

• Welcome – Greg Kelly – Principal
• Hazel Snell – Introduction
• Julie O’Malley – Parents role in career education
• Alana Carson– WACE and WASSA, Year10 reporting, parent night
• Hazel Snell – Programs available
• Central Regional TAFE

All students who are in their 11th or 12th year of schooling must be involved in either:

school

OR

 other training (TAFE), traineeship

• r apprenticeship)

OR

worthwhile full time employment.

• Career Tools program – link from GSHS home page –Careers icon
• Senior Secondary Pathways booklet
• Helpful sites for parents and students
• Jobs Outlook www.joboutlook.gov.au

Career quiz

• Job Jumpstart www.jobjumpstart.gov.au
• Support tool
• Top 10 ideas to help parents to talk careers with their teens – career coaching
• https://cciwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/0220-10-Tips-for-Parents-Booklet-

Updated.pdf

• Chamber of Commerce
• Employability Skills
• Personality Career Quiz
• Talking Skills

Presenter :Alana Carson –Deputy Principal

All students receive a Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement (WASSA) when they complete Year 12. The WASSA:

• formally records a student’s achievement in every course,

qualification and program that the student has completed in senior secondary schooling

• provides evidence of achievement.

• 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.

Students must:

• complete one of three course combination options
• complete at least four Year 12 ATAR courses OR
• complete at least five Year 12 General courses and/or ATAR courses or

equivalent OR

• complete a Certificate II (or higher) VET qualification in combination with

ATAR, General or Foundation courses

• demonstrate the literacy and numeracy standards
• meet the requirements for breadth and depth of study
• meet the achievement standard.

Students must demonstrate minimum standards of literacy and numeracy by either:

• pre-qualifying for a particular component by achieving Band 8 or

higher in reading, writing and numeracy in their Year 9 NAPLAN and being exempted from that component in the OLNA; or

• demonstrating the standard through the Online Literacy and

Numeracy Assessment (OLNA)

Students must complete a minimum of 20 units or the equivalent, including:

• a minimum of ten Year 12 units or the equivalent
• four units from an English learning area course, post-Year 10,

including at least one pair of Year 12 units from an English learning area course

• one pair of Year 12 units from List A
• one pair of Year 12 units from List B.

List A (Arts/Languages/Social Science) List B (Mathematics/Science/Technology)

• Children, Family and the

Community

• Dance
• Drama
• English
• Economics
• Geography
• Modern History
• Music
• Visual Arts
• Applied Information

Technology

• Automotive Engineering

and Technology

• Building and

Construction

• Chemistry
• Design - Photography /

Graphics

• Food Science and

Technology

• Human Biology
• Marine and

Maritime

• Materials Design

and Technology:

Wood and/or Metal

• Mathematics :

Foundations/Essential/ Applications/Methods/ Specialist

• Outdoor Education
• Physical Education
• Physics

Students must achieve 14 C grades or higher (or equivalents) in Year 11 and Year 12 units, including at least six C grades (or equivalents) in Year 12 units. Eg Certificate II would give 4 equivalents and reduce the requirement to 10 C grades overall

• Expectations of Year 11 Students
• Academic standards
• Attendance standards
• Changes due to Covid 19
• Teacher Parent Night 28th July

Foundation

Students who have not passed OLNA English and Mathematics Externally Set Task in Year 12 TAFE or Employment pathway

General

No examinations External Set Task in Year 12 TAFE or Employment pathway

ATAR

Have compulsory examinations Contribute to ATAR Rank University Entrance pathway Mathematics can be used in

• ther pathways

Preliminary courses learning difficulty and/or an intellectual disability, and recognised disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Preliminary courses do not contribute to the WACE, but a student doing Preliminary courses may also undertake studies that do contribute to the WACE.

• You have the opportunity to study a nationally recognised vocational

education and training (VET) qualification while still at school.

• VET programs can:
• develop your employability skills (for example; communication and problem

solving skills);

• give you industry specific skills and an understanding of the world of work;

and

• help you to explore and plan your career options.
• If you do a VET qualification while you are a full time secondary student, this

will also count towards your Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).

• Level of Certificates
• Certificate II
• Certificate III
• Certificate IV
• Competency based
• completion gives equivalent of C grades
• contribute towards the breadth and depth requirement and the achievement standard

requirement of the WACE

• The list of endorsed programs is available on the SCSA Authority website. Examples can include

Elite Sports Performance, Cadet training, Music examinations, Surf Life Saving, Open Water Diving, Workplace Learning, Leeuwin Voyages.

• Provide evidence to school if not done as part of school program

Senior Engagement

• STEP
• Warlugurra

Walgamanyulu

• Gigaman Gawala

General

• 6 General

courses or

• 5 General + ATAR

math apps

Vocational Education

• Certificate
• Internal on

timetable

• External 1 Day
• External 2 days

ATAR

• 5 + ATAR
• Internal VET or

General

University TAFE/Employment pathways

English as a Language or Dialect Foundation Mathematics Visual Arts Health Physical Education Certificate II Skills for Work

Warlugurra Walgamanyulu

Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies Work placement General English General Mathematics General Building and Construction VET Certificate

STEP

Certificate II Sport & Recreation

Gigaman Gawala

English as a Language or Dialect Foundation Mathematics Health Physical and Outdoor Education Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies General course

General Course General Reserve 1 General Reserve 2 General course General course General course General course General course General course General course General course General course General English

ATAR Math- Applications

General English Math-Essentials Marine and Maritime Phys Ed Studies Materials - Wood Automotive Engineering

More able Math ability

List A List B

General Reserve 1 General Reserve 2 Certificate General course General course General course General course General course Certificate II Business English Math- Essentials Dance Economics Food Science

Certificate II Skills for Work Certificate II Engineering Certificate II Sport & Recreation

Certificate II Information & Digital Media

List A List B

General Reserve 1 General Reserve 2 PAiS/TafeLink English course Math course Career and Enterprise General course General course Fixed PAiS Automotive English course Math Essentials Career and Enterprise Building & Construction Outdoor Ed List A List B

ATAR Math- Applications

Choice

PAiS Electrotechnology

English course Career and Enterprise Food Science Applied Information

General Reserve 1 General Reserve 2 TAFE Link General course General course General course General course General course Certificate II Animal Studies Human Biology Design - Photography Outdoor Ed List A List B English General English Foundations Math Essentials

ATAR Math- Applications

Mathematics Foundations

ATAR English ATAR Mathematics Methods ATAR Mathematics Specialist ATAR Physics ATAR Chemistry ATAR Geography ATAR English ATAR Mathematics Applications ATAR Human Biology ATAR Physical Education ATAR Modern History General Outdoor Ed ATAR English ATAR Mathematics Applications ATAR Chemistry ATAR Geography ATAR Applied Information

Certificate II Sport & Recreation

List A List B Internal VET 6 ATAR 5 ATAR + General 5 ATAR + Internal Certificate

WACE

• Achieve the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) and:

English

• achieve competence in English as prescribed by the individual

universities, and

ATAR

• obtain a sufficiently high Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) for

entry to a particular univesity and/or course and

Prerequisites

• satisfy any prerequisites or special requirements for entry to particular
• courses. http://www.tisc.edu.au/static-fixed/guide/slar-2023.pdf

• A percentile rank
• TISC ranks students because there are more applicants than places
• Students are numbered from 99.95 down
• An ATAR of 96 = top 4% or better than 96% of the Year 12 school leaver

age population

• 96 ATAR = scaled average of approx 75

 Minimum ATAR of WA uni entry

• =70 (Murdoch, Curtin, ECU) Regional bonuses exist (ATAR 60-69) with

condition

• = 75 for UWA (Broadway scheme)

• TISC will assign a ranking (ATAR) based on the student score (TEA)
• The TEA (Tertiary Entrance Aggregate) is the sum of the best four final

scaled scores

• TEA will be a combination of 50/50 school and external exam results
• TEA can be accumulated over 5 years for all public universities

Applied Information Technology Mathematics Applications Chemistry Mathematics Methods English Mathematics Specialist Geography Modern History Human Biology Physics Physical Education Visual Arts

• All courses are subject to having sufficient numbers to run.

 Geraldton Senior

High School Vocational Education and Training courses provide students with the knowledge and skills relevant to employment.

Mainstream= 4 x 1 hour blocks

Certificate II Skills for Work 2 years Certificate II in Sport and recreation 2 years Certificate II in Business 2 years Certificate II in Information, Digital Media and Technology 2 years Certificate II Engineering Pathways 2 years

• Students attend:
• three days a week at school
• two days TAFE
• In addition work placements occur as either:
• one day a week in a work place
• And/or week long blocks in a workplace
• May need to complete work placements in school holidays

Trades Pathway Pre-Apprenticeships in Schools (PAIS)

UEE22011 Certificate II in Electrotechnology (1 year) SIT20416 Certificate II in Kitchen Operations (1 year) 52700WA Certificate II in Plumbing (1 year) AUR20516 Certificate II Automotive (1 year) MEM20105 Certificate II in Engineering (Metals) (1 year)

TAFE Link

52824WA Certificate II Building and Construction (1 year)

TAFE Link Certificate III and IV

CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care (2 years) 52831WA Certificate IV Nursing Preparation (1 Year - Yr 12 entry)

TAFE Link Certificate III and IV

BSB30115 Certificate III Business (1 year) SIT30516 Certificate III Events (1 years) ICT30118 Certificate III Information, Digital Media and Technology (2 years) CUA31115 Certificate III Visual Arts (1 year) MSL30118 Certificate III Laboratory Skills (1 year) CUA31015 Certificate III Screen and Media (1 year) FNS30115 Certificate III Financial Services (1 year) 52831WA Certificate IV Nursing Preparation (2 years- Yr 11 entry)

TAFE Link Certificate II

ACM20117 Animal Studies (1 year) SFI2019 Aquaculture (1 year) CHC22015 Certificate II Community Services (1 year) AHC21016 Conservation and Land Management (1 year) SFI20219 Fishing Operations (1 year) ACM20217 Horse Care (1 year) AHC20416 Horticulture (1 year) SIT20316 Hospitality (1 year) SIR20216 Retail (1 year) SHB20216 Salon Assistant (1 years) SIT20116 Tourism (1 year)

Term 3 Year 10 selection Interview with parents Application Form Select other courses on SSO

If not successful: Re-counselled into alternative program

Submit Application by 14 August 2020 CAVE shortlists suitable candidates* TAFE interview Aptitude Test (for trades)

Successful: Enrolled in program

School approved candidates complete online TAFE application under the guidance

• f Ms Snell

 School Based Traineeships (SBT) enjoy a combination of school and paid

employment

• make an early start on your career
• receive your Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE)
• complete the requirements of an accredited Certificate II Traineeship giving you the

edge in the employment market  The traineeship is a 2 year commitment for Year 11 and Year 12.  Students receive a training wage for the time that they spend in the workplace.  The availability of a traineeship depends on finding an employer who is willing to host a School Based Trainee.

• School Report -emailed
• Information sheet for Subject Selection website login details via

email

• Website will open Monday 20th July
• Parent/Teacher night TBD – Week 28th July
• Career meetings will be scheduled with students – parents will be

invited to attend (Week 1 - 3) – some available after school

• Book via SSO website

• Accessed through GSHS website
• Subject selection icon
• Subject Selection

Online

• Hazel.snell@education.wa.edu.au
• Julie.Omalley@education.wa.edu.au