[CS4HS] Expressions of Interest: New VCE Algorithmics Higher Education Scored Study (HESS)

[Steven Bird]

The VCAA, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne and Monash
University, has developed a new VCE Higher Education Scored Study
(HESS), provisionally titled Algorithmics.

This Units 3 and 4 study, pitched at a demanding cognitive level,
focuses on a new approach to solving real-world problems using
algorithmic techniques.

Algorithmics will be a fully scored VCE subject.

It is designed for students with a strong mathematics and science
background, and can be taken concurrently with VCE Information
Technology: Software Development. For more details see the document,
Proposed VCE Algorithmics (linked from URL below)

VCE Algorithmics (HESS) will be implemented in 2015, pending VCAA
Board and VRQA approval.

Melbourne and Monash universities will provide innovative, online
learning materials, such as week-by-week lecture recordings, other
short instructional videos, readings and problem sets, which teachers
can use in the classroom or students can use at their own pace.

Expressions of Interest should be emailed to
christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au by Friday 30 May 2014.

Please provide the following information:

Provider name
Principal/Director name
Provider contact
Contact email
Name of supervising teacher

For providers who have expressed interest in offering this study in
2015, the VCAA is holding an information session from 10:00 am to
12:30 pm on Friday 20 June 2014. Further details of this session will
be directly sent to providers.

Action Required: Principals/Directors should ensure this information
is distributed to VCE Information Technology: Software Development and
Mathematics teachers.

Critical Dates:
Friday 30 May 2014 - closing date for the Expression of Interest
Friday 20 June 2014 - Information session

Additional Information -- please see:
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/correspondence/notices/2014/50.aspx