Student Support Groups (SSGs)

Reporting

Reporting is the process of communicating comprehensive information about student achievement and learning at a point in time.

JSA Reports provide parents with a clear picture of their child’s progress at the end of a specified period of time that demonstrates:

• where their child is on the learning continuum
• how well their child is progressing towards expected levels of achievement and personalised learning goals and targets
• where their child will need to improve and what the next steps in their learning will be.

SSG goals and Individual Education Plans (IEPs) provide an important focus for reporting to parents. JSA will report what has been taught in the semester and to IEPs. In reporting student learning progress to parents, JSA teachers will clearly identify the areas of strength and areas for improvement for each individual student. Reporting student achievement to parents will be supported through student work samples, portfolios, parent, student and teacher conferences, and student self-assessment.

Semester 1 Reports will include the Learning Areas:

English, Maths, The Arts (Visual Arts & Music), Health & Physical Education, The Humanities, Technologies (Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden and Hands On Learning Programs), Critical & Creative Thinking Capabilities and Personal & Social Capabilities.

Semester 2 Reports will include the Learning Areas:

English, Maths, The Arts (Visual Arts & Music), Health & Physical Education, Science, Technologies (Hands On Learning program), Creative & Critical Thinking Capabilities and Personal and Social Capabilities.

VPC Reporting

The VPC (Victorian Pathways Certificate) is made up of accredited courses/certificates. It is assessed by the student’s teacher in accordance with the assessment requirements for each part of the program.

If students successfully complete their learning program they will receive a VPC Foundations Certificate. They will also get a Statement of Results, listing all VPC units successfully completed as part of their course.

Each VPC unit is equivalent to 100 hours of work. When a student completes 12 units across the 4 strands, they have then achieved a complete VPC qualification. Some students at JSA may complete some VPC units and a school based program, while other students may complete a whole VPC program.

Reports for JSA VPC students are issued to parents/carers in July and December to show student progress and achievement against the VPC standards.   Teachers report against student’s individual VPC learning goals.

Individual Education Plans and Student Support Group Meetings

Each student’s current level of performance is identified and programs are implemented to address their individual learning needs. Individual Education Plans (IEP) are developed for each student through discussion with parents/carers, teachers, education support staff and other professionals at Student Support Group (SSG) meetings. Individual progress is formally recorded and reported upon at the SSG meetings and in written reports to parents/carers. Teachers use a variety of formal and informal measures to ensure students are meeting their individual educational goals. Student progress across the whole school is assessed formally via the on-line Abilities Based Learning Education Support (ABLES) program developed by the Department in conjunction with the University of Melbourne.

Parents/carers are invited to attend Student Support Group (SSG) Meetings in Term 1,2,3, and 4. Additional SSG meetings can be called at any time throughout the year.

2024 Student Support Group Meeting Dates

Term 1 – 5 February – 22 February, 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Term 2 – 13 May – 30 May, 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Term 3 – 22 July – 8 August, 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Term 4 – 18 November – 5 December, 3.15pm – 4.15pm