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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The following Notice to Schools went out yesterday regarding changes to accreditation periods and prescribed lists.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phil.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">_________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#004EA8">Notice to Schools 55/2020 – 6 May 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<b><span style="color:#004EA8">VCE Study Designs – changes to accreditation periods and prescribed lists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#004EA8">Principals/Directors, VCE Coordinators and VCE teachers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="color:#212121">To support teachers to focus on the continuity of learning in their schools, the VCAA Board and the CEO of the Victorian Regulations and Qualifications Authority have approved a 12-month extension to the accreditation periods for
all accredited VCE study designs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
All accredited VCE study designs will be taught again unchanged in 2021. <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The adjusted Study Designs for 2020 are not applicable in 2021.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
Newly reaccredited VCE study designs that were due to be delivered in schools in 2021 will be delayed by 12 months and will be delivered by schools in 2022. These VCE study designs are: Biology, Bridging English as an Additional Language, Environmental Science,
Geography, History, and Languages (Chinese First Language, Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew, Indonesian First Language, Japanese First Language, Korean First Language, Latin and Vietnamese First Language).
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
VCE study designs currently under review in 2020 will now be delivered by schools in 2023 (rather than 2022).
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
VCE Bengali Units 1 and 2 will commence as an accredited study, as planned, in 2021.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
All VCE accredited study designs and study webpages will be updated during Term 2 to reflect the extended accreditation period for the VCE study.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:#004EA8"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#004EA8">VCE Prescribed Lists for 2021 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">The VCAA Board has also approved the following arrangements for the prescribed lists for the following VCE studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/algorithmics/Pages/Index.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Algorithmics (HESS)
</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
The 2020 approved lists for programming language requirements and alternative methods of computation will be extended by 12 months and be the approved lists in 2020 and 2021.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/appliedcomputing-dataanalytics/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Applied Computing – Data Analytics
</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
The list of software tools and functions for 2020 will be extended by 12 months and be the approved list in 2020 and 2021.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm">
<span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/appliedcomputing-softwaredevelopment/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Applied Computing – Software Development
</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#212121;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">
The list of programming requirements for 2020 will be extended by 12 months and be the approved list of programming requirements in 2020 and 2021.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Phil Feain | Curriculum Manager, Digital Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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