2019 Notices to schools

December

• Revised VCE VET Sport and Recreation Program 2020 and extended transition period for SIS20213 Certificate II in Outdoor Recreation [Notice 162, December 2019]
• The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) planning for 2020 [Notice 161, December 2019]
• 2021 VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) and VCE Literature text lists [Notice 160, December 2019]
• Oral examination specifications for VCE Second Langauges [Notice 159, December 2019]
• Training sessions for 2020 Special Examination Arrangements online applications [Notice 158, December 2019]
• New Victorian Curriculum F–10 English as an Additional Language now available [Notice 155, December 2019]
• VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook 2020 [Notice 156, December 2019]
• Wolfram SystemModeler resources to support VCE Systems Engineering [Notice 155, December 2019]
• Recommendations from 2019 review: Higher Education Studies in the VCE [Notice 154, December 2019]
• VCAL Curriculum for 2020 implementation [Notice 153, December 2019]
• Professional development for newly appointed VASS users in February and March 2020 [Notice 152, December 2019]
• Modern Language study score changes [Notice 151, December 2019]
• Survey invitation: Career education in the Victorian Curriculum F–10 [Notice 150, December 2019]
• Timeline for implementing the Victorian Curriculum F–10: English as an Additional Language (EAL) [Notice 149, December 2019]

November

• VCE Mathematical Methods Computer-based Examination 2: Expressions of interest for 2021 [Notice 148, November 2019]
• Focus group: Feedback on current VCE Environmental Science Advice for teachers [Notice 147, November 2019]
• 2020 Special Examination Arrangements Online applications [Notice 146, November 2019]
• Focus group – feedback on current VCE Biology Advice for teachers [Notice 145, November 2019]
• Applications for VCE State Reviewer – VCE English Language [Notice 144, November 2019]
• VCAL Achievement Awards – nominations extended [Notice 143, November 2019]
• Resources for VCE Psychology [Notice 142, November 2019]
• VCE study review panels in 2020 [Notice 141, November 2019]
• VCAL Showcases 2019 – vacancies still open [Notice 140, November 2019]
• Professional development for newly appointed VASS users [Notice 139, November 2019]

October

• Feedback on the VCE Physical Education Study Design, Unit 2 [Notice 138, October 2019]
• 2019 VCE Examination Feedback Survey [Notice 137, October 2019]
• On Track - Post Year 12 Destination Data Publication 2019 [Notice 136, October 2019]
• VCE Applied Computing focus groups [Notice 135, October 2019]
• Last day for VCE, VCAL and VET enrolments and withdrawals and VCE, VCAL and VET results, including VCE VET task scores [Notice 134, October 2019]
• 2020 VCE Briefings and Workshops [Notice 133, October 2019]
Last day for VCE School-based Assessment results and School-assessed Task scores [Notice 132, October 2019]
• VET program video library [Notice 131, October 2019]
• Implementation of the reaccredited VCE Second Language studies webinar [Notice 130, October 2019]
• Updated VCE Texts and Traditions 2020 Set texts, passages for special study and themes [Notice 129, October 2019]
• Last day for applications for the VCE Season of Excellence 2020 [Notice 128, October 2019]
• Finalising 2019 student personal details, email addresses and consents [Notice 127, October 2019]
• VCAA VET Statewide Workshops 2019 [Notice 126, October 2019]
• 2019 VCE Written examination observation visits [Notice 125, October 2019]
• Consultation period for VCE Classical Hebrew in 2019 [Notice 124, October 2019]
• Important Administrative Dates and Assessment Schedule for 2020 [Notice 123, October 2019]
• VCAL Showcases 2019 [Notice 122, October 2019]
• 2019 VCAL Induction [Notice 121, October 2019]
• VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) Text List: List 2 [Notice 120, October 2019]
• Resources for VCE Biology [Notice 119, October 2019]
• Fax numbers for delivery of examination centre messages in October/November examination period [Notice 118 was emailed directly to schools/providers]
• October/November examination centre messages delivery methods [Notice 117 was emailed directly to schools/providers]
• October/November VCE written examination materials [Notice 116, October 2019]
• Nominations for the VCAL Achievement Awards are open [Notice 115, October 2019]
• Submission of School Indicative External Assessment Grades for all VCE written exams and the Extended Investigation Externally-assessed Task [Notice 114, October 2019]
• 2019 VCAL briefings [Notice 113, October 2019]

September

• Professional development workshops for NAPLAN 2019 Data Services and NAPLAN writing test markers required for 2020 [Notice 112, September 2019]
• VCE English and English as an Additional Language Study Design – additional feedback sought [Notice 111, September 2019]
• School-assessed Task moderation sessions for VCE Product Design and Technology and VCE Systems Engineering – additional session [Notice 110, September 2019]
• VCE Literature Text list 2020: Picnic at Hanging Rock [Notice 109, September 2019]
• School-assessed Task moderation sessions for VCE Art, VCE Studio Arts and VCE Visual Communication Design [Notice 108, September 2019]
• VCE Mathematics review consultation [Notice 107, September 2019]
• 2019 Derived Examination Score (DES) applications and Emergency Special Examination Arrangements [Notice 106, September 2019]
• VCE Physical Education school-based assessment webinar [Notice 105, September 2019]
• School-assessed Task moderation sessions for VCE Product Design and Technology and VCE Systems Engineering [Notice 104, September 2019]
• Focus group: Consultation draft VCE Classical Greek Study Design [Notice 103, September 2019]
• Themed VCAL in 2020 [Notice 102, September 2019]
• 2019 VCE Examination Centres and Special Examination Arrangements [Notice 101, September 2019]
• Applications open for the VCE Season of Excellence and Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarships 2020 [Notice 100, September 2019]
• 2019 Validation of student addresses – postal and email [Notice 99, September 2019]

August

• School-based assessment session for VCE Food Studies [Notice 98, August 2019]
• Submission of School Indicative External Assessment Grades for the 2019 VCE performance exams [Notice 97, August 2019]
• Training for the conduct and administration of 2019 VCE external assessments [Notice 96, August 2019]
• Consultation period for VCE Classical Greek in 2019 [Notice 95, August 2019]
• Focus groups: VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) [Notice 94, August 2019]
• 2019 VCAL Numeracy Unit 2 webinar [Notice 93, August 2019]
• Last day for VCE Unit 3 School-based Assessment results [Notice 92, August 2019]
• Release of Get VET video resources [Notice 91, August 2019]
• NAPLAN 2019 reporting [Notice 90, August 2019]
• Focus group for consultation draft VCE Latin Study Design [Notice 89, August 2019]
• Focus group for VCE Psychology [Notice 88, August 2019]
• Consultation periods for VCE studies under review in 2019 [Notice 87, August 2019]
• Consultation period for VCE History in 2019 [Notice 86, August 2019]
• VCE Season of Excellence 2020: panel members for Top Designs required [Notice 85, August 2019]
• On Demand Testing Item Level Response Collection 2019 [Notice 84, August 2019]
• VCAL Quality Assurance panels 2020 [Notice 83, August 2019]
• Focus groups for consultation draft of VCE Biology study design [Notice 82, August 2019]
• Photograph 51 set for study in 2019 for VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) [Notice 81, August 2019]

July

• Examination advice slips for VCE performance studies and VCE Languages oral examinations and VCE Extended Investigation oral presentation [Notice 80, July 2019]
• VCE Physical Education webinar [Notice 79, July 2019]
• 2020 Lynne Kosky Memorial VCAL Grants applications open [Notice 78, July 2019]
• VCE English/English as an Additional Language (EAL) and VCE Literature text lists for 2020 [Notice 77, July 2019]
• Last day for VET Assessment Plans [Notice 76, July 2019]
• School-based assessment webinars for VCE Chemistry, VCE Physics and VCE Environmental Science [Notice 75, July 2019]
• Focus groups for proposed VCE Units 3 and 4 of Australian History (2021–2025) [Notice 74, July 2019]
• 2019 Extended Investigation Critical Thinking Test centres and special examination arrangements [Notice 73, July 2019]
• Last day for VCE Unit 4 or VCE VET scored Unit 3 and 4 units of competency withdrawal [Notice 72, July 2019]
• Evaluation of VCE Physical Education: Focus groups [Notice 71, July 2019]
• Reaccredited VCE Foundation English Study Design (2020–2024) implementation briefing [Notice 70, July 2019]
• 2019 School-based Assessment Audit: Unit 4 [Notice 69, July 2019]
• Evaluation of VCE Studies: Online monitoring questionnaires [Notice 68, July 2019]
• 2020 VCE examination periods [Notice 67, July 2019]

June

• School-based assessment webinar sessions for VCE Biology and VCE Psychology [Notice 66, June 2019]
• Invitation to the 2019 VCAA Plain English Speaking Award state final [Notice 65, June 2019]
• Evaluation of VCE Music: Online monitoring questionnaire [Notice 64, June 2019]
• Enrolment application for 2020 in Units 3 and 4 of VCE second languages and VCE Chinese Language, Culture and Society [Notice 63, June 2019]
• Professional development for newly appointed VASS users [Notice 62, June 2019]
• 2019 Briefing sessions for chief supervisors and examination centre coordinators [Notice 61, June 2019]
• Text Nomination Survey for VCE English/English as an Additional Language and VCE Literature [Notice 60, June 2019]
• Evaluation of VCE Algorithmics (HESS): Online monitoring questionnaires and focus group [Notice 59, June 2019]
• VCAL curriculum consultation [Notice 58, June 2019]
• Plain English Speaking Award (PESA) 2019 update [Notice 57, June 2019]
• Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) review – stakeholder consultation meeting [Notice 56, June 2019]
• Evaluation of VCE studies − online monitoring questionnaires [Notice 55, June 2019]
• VCAL certification at midyear [Notice 54, June 2019]
• Last day for indicative grades − Extended Investigation Critical Thinking Test 2019 [Notice 53, June 2019]

May

• Consultation period for proposed study designs for VCE Geography and VCE Bridging English as an Additional Language [Notice 52, May 2019]
• VCE Physical Education online questionnaire [Notice 51, May 2019]
• Examination centre arrangements for the 2019 VCE written examinations [Notice 50, May 2019]
• Delivery procedures for General Achievement Test examination centre messages [Notice 49, May 2019]
• VCAA Stakeholder Survey feedback sought from education professionals [Notice 48, May 2019]
• Last day for Unit 3 School-assessed Task scores for VCE Algorithmic (HESS), Art, Computing: Informatics, Computing: Software Development, Media, Product Design and Technology, Studio Arts, Systems Engineering and Visual Communication Design [Notice 47, May 2019]
• Publication of the 2019 VCE examination timetable [Notice 46, May 2019]
• 2019 VCE on a Northern Hemisphere Timetable (NHT) written examinations and General Achievement Test (GAT) observation visits [Notice 45, May 2019]
• Fax numbers for examination centre messages: General Achievement Test (GAT) [Notice 44, May 2019]
• Book now: Introduction to the draft English as an Additional Language curriculum face-to-face sessions in Geelong, Bendigo and Shepparton [Notice 43, May 2019]
• VCAA Stakeholder Survey − please give us your feedback [Notice 42, May 2019]
• VCE Art and VCE Studio Arts focus groups [Notice 41, May 2019]
• Ensuring security of NAPLAN test materials [Notice 40, May 2019]
• 2019 General Achievement Test (GAT) timetables and Special Examination Arrangements [Notice 39, May 2019]
• Top Acts 2019 [Notice 38, May 2019]
• Changes to VCAA fees and charges [Notice 37, May 2019]
• VCE Leadership Awards 2019 - Applications open Wednesday 1 May [Notice 36, May 2019]
• School delivery of Get VET posters [Notice 35, May 2019]
• VCE Food Studies focus groups [Notice 34, May 2019]
• VCE Food Studies online monitoring questionnaire [Notice 33, May 2019]
• NAPLAN 2019 test package delivery [Notice 32, May 2019]

April

• 2019 VCE Performance and Languages oral examination and Extended Investigation oral presentation scheduling [Notice 31, April 2019]
• School-based assessment sessions for VCE Agricultural and Horticultural Studies, Food Studies, Product Design and Technology, and Systems Engineering [Notice 30, April 2019]
• Reaccredited VCE study design implementation briefings [Notice 29, April 2019]
• School-assessed Task moderation sessions for VCE Product Design and Technology and VCE Systems Engineering [Notice 28, April 2019]
• Transition advice for new VCE VET programs – Plumbing, Civil Infrastructure, and Building and Construction [Notice 27, April 2019]
• Change to the 2019 VCE and VCAL important administrative dates [Notice 26, April 2019]
• VCE, VET, VCAL and International Baccalaureate enrolment data [Notice 25, April 2019]
• Plain English Speaking Award 2019 registrations closing soon [Notice 24, April 2019]
• Expressions of interest for VCE Mathematics study review panels 2019 [Notice 23, April 2019]

March

• School-based Assessment reports now available [Notice 22, March 2019]
• VCE Mathematics review 2019: Stage 1 consultation – proposed curriculum structures [Notice 21, March 2019]
• Plain English Speaking Award 2019 registrations now open [Notice 20, March 2019]
• 2019 VCE performance examinations – audio-visual recording arrangements [Notice 19, March 2019]
• 2019 VCE English and English as an Additional Language (EAL) and VCE Literature texts survey [Notice 18, March 2019]

February

• VCE VET Scored assessment professional development – March 2019 [Notice 17, February 2019]
• VCE Systems Engineering professional learning sessions [Notice 16, February 2019]
• 2019 School-based Assessment Audit [Notice 15, February 2019]
• VCE Health and Human Development clarification for World Health Organization priorities [Notice 14, February 2019]
• Register for F−10 Critical and Creative Thinking workshops [Notice 13, February 2019]
• Training for the conduct and administration of 2019 VCE external assessments [Notice 12, February 2019]
• 2019 GAT centres, appointment of supervisors and principal's agreement [Notice 11, February 2019]
• VCE professional learning sessions [Notice 10, February 2019]
• Formative assessment rubrics professional learning workshops [Notice 9, February 2019]
• Get VET promotional videos call for schools [Notice 8, February 2019]
• 2019 Special Examination Arrangements Applications [Notice 7, February 2019]
• NAPLAN 2019 updates [Notice 6, February 2019]
• Additional concert for Top Class Music 2019 [Notice 5, February 2019]
• Initial Enrolment data due Monday 25 February 2019 [Notice 4, February 2019]

January

• 2019 VCAL Quality Assurance arrangements and webinar [Notice 3, January 2019]
• Professional development: Analysing your school's VCE results [Notice 2, January 2019]
• VCE Physical Education support material [Notice 1, January 2019]