Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)

Unsatisfactory SACs or SATs

Once a student has completed the SAC work or submitted the extended task, the teacher will assess the work and determine whether the student has demonstrated achievement of the relevant outcome(s). If they have not, they will receive a written ‘N Warning’ letter (also sent to parents). Students will be given one further opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the outcome. This could be re-sitting the same SAC or a different SAC, completing additional work on the same task, completing extra work at school or at home, attending an interview, etc. The teacher determines the appropriate time frame for this – typically within 7 days. This will NOT be scored, but must be completed in order for the student to demonstrate achievement of the Outcome.

If students still do not demonstrate achievement of the outcome, they will receive written notification of a ‘Provisional N’ for that unit (also sent to parents). The unit failure (N) is provisionally awarded, however:

• Students may have the ‘Provisional N’ redeemed with appropriate behaviour and completion of all work during the semester, and/or demonstration of improved understanding on the final exam.

• Students may have the unit failure (N) awarded at the end of the semester if they demonstrate no improvement or with further unsatisfactory or incomplete work in that semester.

All outstanding class work, homework and assessment task work must be submitted by the final semester date as published in the diary. Final decisions regarding the awarding of N are made after this.

Attendance:

Students are expected to attend sufficient class time to complete work. This is considered to be at least 90% of all lessons in each subject. Attendance is monitored each lesson and reported to parents. Whenever a student knows they will be absent from class for any reason he should notify his subject teachers prior to the date.

1. After a student has missed 8 lessons for any reason (doubles = 2 lessons), students receive a verbal warning from their teacher or coordinator. More than 20 minutes late counts as an absence.

2. Further absences must all be ‘approved’ as one of the following:

• Unavoidable school related absence (sports, choir, excursions etc.)

• Medical absence with a certificate

• Genuine family emergency (parents notify YLC)

3. After the next non-approved absence students receive a written ‘N Warning’ (sent to parents)

4. With further non-approved absence, students are in danger of receiving written notification of a ‘Provisional N’ for that unit (sent to parents). The unit failure (N) is provisionally awarded, however:

• Students may have the ‘Provisional N’ redeemed with NO further non-approved absence in that semester and appropriate behaviour and completion of work

• Students may have the unit failure (N) awarded at the end of the semester with further non-approved absence in that semester, inappropriate behaviour or non-completion of work