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Memorandum to Schools 79/2007

16 August 2007

VCE Small Group Partnerships Unit 4 Coursework on VASS

There are some schools that have entered Small Group Partnership details on VASS without ensuring that the partnership approval button has been ‘checked' using the VASS menu: SCHOOL PROGRAM → VCE → Partnerships .

Partnerships cannot be considered as ‘valid' by the VCAA unless all schools in the partnership group have ‘approved' their involvement; in addition, the statistical moderation process cannot run for those partnerships where one or more schools exist with the status ‘unapproved'.

We advise VASS Administrators and VCE Coordinators to check the approval status of all registered partnerships . If the partnerships are valid and require the VCAA's approval, please have the school principal (of each school in the partnership) endorse the partnership agreement and fax it in to the Student Records and Results unit (03) 96514470.

Partnership agreement forms must be completed for each study where a partnership has been formed and must be retained by each school. The partnership agreement form may be copied from the VCAA Bulletin, March 2006 or downloaded from the VCAA website. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/statisticalmoderation/partnerships.pdf

Alternatively, if this partnership has been incorrectly entered on VASS , please send a fax on school letterhead that includes all the partnership details, including individual school names, name of study and the words ‘please withdraw from existing partnership'. This must be endorsed with the signature of all school principals in the partnership group. The VCAA will amend the database accordingly.

Once the Principal has endorsed either the partnership agreement or the withdrawal notice, please fax to Student Records and Results Unit on (03) 9651 4470, no later than Monday 1 October 2007.

Any partnerships still requiring approval after this date cannot be considered as valid by the VCAA for the Statistical Moderation Process and as such will not be eligible for the allocated funding and will be removed from the database.

CONTACTS

Any enquiries regarding Partnerships should be directed to the Student Records and Results Unit by phone to (03) 9651 4402 , fax to (03) 9651 4470 or email : student.records@edumail.vic.gov.au

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