Vocational Education & Training

We are fast approaching the end of the academic year for our Year 12 students, who are under pressure to ensure all VET assessments are completed by the end of Term 3. As all our school based VET certificates are delivered by our teachers in ‘auspice’ partnerships with a range of Registered Training Organizations (RTOs), our staff’s assessments of student competency are subsequently validated by the RTOs. Each RTO has moderation processes in place, some sending external assessors to watch students perform practical tasks, others requiring student workbooks to be delivered to and retained by the RTO.

As this validation and certification process can take some time, we are doing our best to ensure our Year 12 students can have certainty about achievement of certificates prior to graduation.

We have recently signed a contract with Registered Training Organization IVET, to replace our previous RTO, YMCAWA Training, for Certificates II and III in Community Services, Outdoor Recreation and Sport. Information about IVET is available at https://www.ivetinstitute.com.au/

As the majority of our VET certificates are delivered over a two-year period, Year 11 students will be expected to complete all units of competence delivered in 2019, and will remain in attendance at the college until they have done so. We expect the majority of Year 11 students to complete their 2019 study program by November 1, prior to our Exam and ADWPL program during Weeks 5 and 6, from Monday November 4 – Friday 15.

NAPLAN and OLNA

Our students in Years 10 to 12 who are yet to achieve category three in any of the OLNA components – Numeracy, Reading and Writing - recently sat the 2019 Round 2 assessments. Students must achieve Category three in all components to achieve a WACE.

As the chart highlights, the majority of students achieve Category three by the end of Year 12 as a result of natural development and focused efforts by our staff to address literacy and numeracy across the curriculum. Each learning area is represented on the college’s Literacy and Numeracy Lead Teams which work collaboratively to devise strategies which can be implemented across the year groups and learning areas. OLNA results will be available from mid-October.

This year’s release of NAPLAN results has been delayed because of complexities in ensuring results from the written and online versions of the assessments are comparable. Individual Student Reports have now arrived at the college, and are being mailed to parents/caregivers, along with a pamphlet explaining how to interpret the report. This is also available at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/515815/Individual-student-reports-FAQ.PDF

Carlos Notarpietro
Associate Principal