Westlake Boys High School

NCEA

2015

What is required?

• NCEA Level 1 requires a minimum of 80 Level 1 credits.

Including

• 10 Literacy credits• 10 Numeracy credits

Credits????

• Each section of work gets allocated a number of credits.

• Normally between 2-6 credits per topic.

• The bigger the topic the greater the number of credits.

• Each subject has between 18-24 credits

Goal Setting

Quality Matters

Endorsements

• Can be both within a subject and overall.

• Certificate is overall

• Course is a subject

• There are two levels of Endorsement Merit and Excellence.

Certificate Endorsement

Excellence Endorsement

a minimum of 50 Excellence credits

Merit Endorsement

a minimum of 50 Merit and/or Excellence credits

Certificate Endorsement carries over from Year to Year (you can improve your award). Year 10 results can count for Certificate Endorsement.

Course Endorsement• Occurs in One Year (Year 10 results can not be used)

• Must include a minimum of 3 Internal and 3 External credits.

• This means the End of the Year External Examinations must count!

• 14 credits is the target

14 Excellence credits for Excellence Endorsement or

14 Merit and/or Excellence credits for Merit Endorsement

What should I look at?

Total Credits available this year

• Year 10 results, Catch-up Credits, and the results this year.

• Westlake Goals and Results (next slides)- it gives a feel for the level of performance of other students.

Year 11 Pass Rates

  Year 11/ Level One Pass rate

2015 ???????

2014 94%

2013 95% Current Record2012 94%

2011 94%

2010 80%

2009 65%

2008 63%

Year 11 Endorsements 

Year 11 Endorsement

  Excellence Merit Total

2014 6.1% 53.4% 59.5% Record2013 4.9% 54.5%

59.4%

2012 2% 45% 47%

2011 2% 37% 39%

2010 0.0% 22.3% 22.3%

2009 1.5% 16.5% 18%

2008 0.8% 16.5% 18.3%

Individual Students Top Results

95 in 2013 (School Record)

89 (Best in 2014) in 2014

School Goals

• Each year I submit to Mr Ferguson the school goals for NCEA students

• This is a formal statement as to what we want to achieve

• We submit these to the Ministry of Education.

Mr Jackson’s Group

• A minimum of 50% Endorsed with Excellence

• All students Endorsed with at least Merit

Mrs Greenhill’s Group

• All students gain a Level 1 Result

• A minimum of 65% of students in group to gain Merit Endorsement.

• A minimum of 8% Endorsed with Excellence

Goal Pass Rate for Year 11 2015

97+%Goal for 2015

Goal for EndorsementsYear 11

65+%Goal for 2015

Including 10% Endorsed with Excellence

Go on Line and update or complete your Goals

The goal will appear on your progress report.

• Hand in a paper copy

Next Steps

• Mid Year Exams

• Parent Teacher Interviews

How do I find my results and track them?

• NZQA official results

• NZQA login

NZQA results will be available April/May

• Westlake Portal

Extra Credits

• Quality matters - Merit and Excellence Level

• For all students Numeracy and Literacy.

Tutors: Louis (English and Physics) and Corey (Maths)

• Extensions. Get them in ahead of time. Most are for events that are school approved.

• Appeals

Marks do change on Appeal. The first appeal that was completed this year the mark changed.

NCEA Pathway

To gain a Level 1 NCEA award you need 80 Level 1 Credits

To gain a Level 2 NCEA award you need 60 Level 2 Credits

and another 20 credits at either Level 1 or 2

To gain a Level 3 NCEA award you need 60 level 3 credits

and another 20 credits at either Level 2 or 3

All awards need 10 Literacy and Numeracy Credits at Level 1

or higher

GPA’s Auckland University

Excellence credit = 4 points

Merit credit = 3 points

Achieved credit = 2 points

Auckland UniversityNCEA Example “Rank Score”

Auckland University

Some sample courses:

Subject NCEA

Architecture 230 points16 credits from a Table A subject16 credits from a Table B subject

B.A. 150 points

Commerce 180 pointsAt least 16 credits from 3 Table A or Table B

subjects

Engineering 250 pointsAt least 17 External credits in Level 3

Calculus and 16 External credits in Level 3 Physics

"Success is peace of mind that comes from the self-satisfaction in knowing you made

the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming".

John Wooden