Back to VCAA Bulletin No. 45 - February 2019
VCE school leaders' briefings 2019
VCE school leadership team members are invited to attend an important professional development opportunity that will be offered at a variety of venues during February and March. The briefings will provide VCE school leaders, particularly new VCE coordinators, an overview of current VCE matters and the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge that can be shared with teaching teams. Areas covered in these briefings will include:
- enrolment and school assessment, including 'S' and 'N' decisions and graded assessment, and the VCAA quality assurance process
- a curriculum update
- the process and key findings of the School-based Assessment Audit
- approaches to developing an effective internal assessment tasks
- an introduction to the VCE Continuum of Practice and how it can be used to identify best practice that supports student outcomes.
Note that these briefings do not replace the training provided for VASS or the VCE Exam Results Service.
The 2019 sessions dates and venues are as follows:
|
Date |
Venue |
|---|
| Monday 11 February | Novotel, Geelong |
| Thursday 14 February | The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne |
| Friday 15 February | Amora Hotel Riverwalk, Richmond |
| Monday 18 February | Lady Bay Resort, Warrnambool |
| Wednesday 20 February | Horsham International Hotel, Horsham |
| Friday 22 February | All Seasons Hotel, Bendigo |
| Monday 25 February | Foothills Conference Centre, Mooroolbark |
| Wednesday 27 February | Mantra Bell City, Preston |
| Friday 1 March | Eltham Gateway, Eltham |
| Monday 4 March | Mercure Hotel, Mildura |
| Wednesday 6 March | Murray Downs Resort, Swan Hill |
| Friday 8 March | Quest Apartments, Wodonga |
| Wednesday 13 March | Frankston International, Frankston |
| Friday 15 March | Atura, Dandenong |
| Monday 18 March | Bellevue on the Lakes, Lakes Entrance |
| Wednesday 20 March | The Criterion, Sale |
| Friday 22 March | Warragul Mercure Hotel, Warragul |
Sessions will be held 9am–3.30pm. To download a copy of the training schedule, go to the Professional Development webpage.
Register online via
Trumba. Note that there is a limit of one session per participant and session numbers are limited. Once a session has been filled, Trumba will no longer accept registrations for that date. Registrations will be confirmed via the participant's email address. For more information, contact Student Records and Results on (03) 9032 1743 or at
student.records@edumail.vic.gov.au.
VCE VET scored assessment workshops
A series of professional development workshops for assessors of scored programs (school and registered training organisation based) will be held in March. Refer to the VET Professional Development webpage for further information.
Analysing your school's VCE results
The VCAA is offering professional development sessions to assist school staff to analyse VCE results. Refer to
Notice to Schools 2/2019 for more information.