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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>Dear colleagues</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>Schools should be receiving from VCAA on 11 December a CD
ROM titled ‘Implementing VCE IT’, which is designed to support t=
eachers
implement the reaccredited study in 2007 (and beyond). Use this in conjuncti=
on
with all of the valuable advice you receive from your colleagues on this lis=
t.
But, also remember, that at the end of the day, it is the study design that
sets the parameters of the curriculum and assessment. I’m particularly
mindful of this in light of the recent press articles regarding a question o=
n
the Health and Human Development examination paper. </span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>When developing learning programs and designing assessmen=
t
tasks, the study design is your key reference (also include any articles
published in the VCAA Bulletin and the VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook)=
.
The assessment handbook and any other resources provided by VCAA, such as th=
e
CD ROM, and other individuals and agencies, can assist you in developing
learning and assessment programs, but they do not carry the status of ‘=
;mandatory’.
The same goes for textbooks and commercially published assessment tasks. You
cannot use as a defence the lack of coverage or inaccuracy of a publication.=
So
please, when preparing any material, use the study design as your pivotal
reference point and critically assess the quality of all other support mater=
ial.
</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ll now step down from my soap box!</span></font><=
/p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>Regards</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>Paula</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
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12.0pt'>Paula Christophersen</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>ICT </span></font>Curriculum Manager</p>
<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>Victorian </span></font>Curriculum and Assessment</p>
<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>Authority</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
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12.0pt'>41 St Andrews Place</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>EAST MELBOURNE</span></font> 3002</p>
<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
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12.0pt'>Phone: 03 9651 4378</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
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