PD: University Entrance
4th April 2017
Today's Staff Professional Development session was around University Entrance. The main aim of covering this in our PD session was to make teachers aware of the University Entracne requirements for both pathways and some of the complications or 'fish hooks' that can let students down. As a Teacher Mentor I also thought that it was important to up-skill myself to be able to help my Student Mentees, especially as last year I didn't have any Year 13 Mentees so I didn't really need to worry about it.
So here are some of the key points that I took form today's presentation:
Cambridge
Firstly I found the talk on Cambridge interesting. I still feel like I don't know too much about this pathway. Having only taught NCEA and having taken that pathway myself I feel quite familiar with the University qualifications so most of the information surrounding Cambridge was new to me today. Key points included:
- UE generally available at the end of year 12
- Minimum of 120 points over 3 subjects with no D grades
- Numeracy = D or higher in IG Maths or Maths passed at AS
- Gained in Level 1 – if gained under IG and then swap to NCEA they loose this
- Literacy = E grade or better in AS English (D or higher for AU)
- Gained in Level 2 – if gained in AS and then swap to NCEA
- Tables for AU entry with CIE - one subject from each side of the table (tables are different for both NCEA & CIE)
NCEA
As mentioned above having gone through the NCEA pathway as a student myself and having to look into Universtiy Entracne this was much more familiar to me. However, there were still 'fish hooks' to look out for. Key points included:
- Numeracy = 10 credits at level 1 or higher
- Literacy = 10 credits (5=reading, 5=writing) through specific Level 2 standards
- AU = 17 English credits at L2/L3
- What standards in your subject can be counted?
- Subject requirements = 42 credits in L3 subjects & 14 in 3 approved
- Minimum of 60 L3 credits (+20 from L2 = 80 credits total)
- Rank score calculated – E = 4, M = 3 & A = 2
- Max of 24 credits per subject from a max of 5 different subjects
Upon the completion of this PD session I feel more comfortable in regards to helping to track my mentees. I feel as though I will be able to question some of their subject choices more in future one-on-one meetings. However I do still realize that I am not an expert in this area and will ensure that my Mentees know that to. I will still encourage them to seek support from our Careers Advisors.
A hand out from today's session can be found here.
- Gained in Level 1 – if gained under IG and then swap to NCEA they loose this
- Gained in Level 2 – if gained in AS and then swap to NCEA
As mentioned above having gone through the NCEA pathway as a student myself and having to look into Universtiy Entracne this was much more familiar to me. However, there were still 'fish hooks' to look out for. Key points included:
- Numeracy = 10 credits at level 1 or higher
- Literacy = 10 credits (5=reading, 5=writing) through specific Level 2 standards
- AU = 17 English credits at L2/L3
- What standards in your subject can be counted?
- Subject requirements = 42 credits in L3 subjects & 14 in 3 approved
- Minimum of 60 L3 credits (+20 from L2 = 80 credits total)
- Rank score calculated – E = 4, M = 3 & A = 2
- Max of 24 credits per subject from a max of 5 different subjects
Upon the completion of this PD session I feel more comfortable in regards to helping to track my mentees. I feel as though I will be able to question some of their subject choices more in future one-on-one meetings. However I do still realize that I am not an expert in this area and will ensure that my Mentees know that to. I will still encourage them to seek support from our Careers Advisors.
A hand out from today's session can be found here.
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