eCircular Friday, 30 May 2008
Welcome to Edition 5 of eCircular, which is published at least three times a term to support Curriculum Council communications. All items that appear in eCircular will be repeated in the quarterly WACE Circular. This dual approach ensures that teachers and administrators get crucial information in a timely manner and there is a consolidated print record of all communications in the WACE Circular.
Recipients include principals and the Council's school contacts for assessment and moderation, vocational education and training and enrolments. Principals are encouraged to pass the information on to other relevant staff.
Other teachers, support staff and stakeholders who want to subscribe should email info@curriculum.wa.edu.au. Please include your full name, school and preferred email address.
In this edition:
Special notice
Delivery of senior school courses and counselling
All teachers
Deputy principal and curriculum coordinator forums
School leaders and curriculum coordinators
General
Accounting and Finance course accredited
Accounting and Finance teachers
Applied Information Technology revised syllabus for 2009
Applied Information Technology teachers
Approved calculators for Mathematics and Mathematics: Specialist examinations (2010 and 2011)
Mathematics teachers
Business Management and Enterprise List A and List B for 2010
Business Management and Enterprise teachers, subject/course counsellors
Community Service update
School administrators, subject/course counsellors
Consequences of not sitting examinations – 2009 onwards
School administrators, all teachers
Endorsed programs update
School administrators, subject/course counsellors
English as an Additional Language/Dialect update
English as an Additional Language/Dialect teachers
English as an Additional Language/Dialect 2008 Term 2 grading advice meetings
English as an Additional Language/Dialect teachers
English course update
English teachers
English grading support workshops – 2008
English teachers, school administrators
Exemptions from sitting exams – 2009 onwards
School administrators, all teachers
Formation of small group moderation partnerships
School administrators, curriculum coordinators, teachers with small numbers of students
Integrity of Council documents
School administrators, curriculum coordinators, heads of department
Markers for external examinations 2008
School administrators, all teachers
Physical Education Studies practical examination 2008
Physical Education Studies teachers, school administrators
Physical Education Studies sample examination
Physical Education Studies teachers, school administrators
Professional development 28 April report available
School administrators, all teachers
Professional development: trial for online learning for WACE courses
School administrators, all teachers
Student information records system (SIRS) training workshops for 2008
All teachers, SIRS users
Updated WACE brochure in schools
School administrators, subject/course counsellors, all teachers
VET industry specific courses
VET teachers
Workplace Learning update
School administrators, Workplace Learning teachers