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Australian International Education Conference 2012 www.aiec.idp.com 1

Nicholas Dwyer

Haileybury College

Melbourne, Australia

Vincent Lee

Shude High School

Chengdu, Sichuan,

Peoples Republic of China

John McSwiney

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

(VCAA)

Melbourne, Australia

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VCE in China

• Pathway for Chinese students to Australian and other overseas universities.

• Issued by Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

• Delivered in China through a partnership between Haileybury and local schools, such as the Shu De High School in Chengdu.

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Haileybury’s Experience

Overseas Opportunities for Australian schools

• Curriculum Driven

e.g. sister-school arrangements, cultural tours, exchanges, and in-country LOTE experiences.

• Strategic/Business

e.g. student recruitment, trans-national programs

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S.W.O.T. Analysis

STRENGTHS

• strong expertise in pedagogy,

• many years’ successful experience in VCE delivery & strong local reputation,

• a sound ICT base.

WEAKNESSES

• limited capacity in human and capital resources,

• small & unsophisticated overseas network,

• limited international experience.

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OPPORTUNITY: CHINA

• Size

• Rapid development

• New external policy focus, e.g. National Quality Education Strategy: – promote the learning of English,

– open up to Western pedagogy, emphasizing critical thinking and learning skills

– seek international links

• Fast-growing middle class that values education – Determined to educate their children more broadly,

– considering overseas tertiary pathways,

– With capacity to pay.

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THREAT: COUNTRY RISK

• Difficulty of doing business in the highly-regulated, state education sector,

• Lack of understanding of local education authorities’ agendas & their inexperience in working internationally,

• Lack of transparency, ineffectiveness of contracts, difficulties in repatriating profits.

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Product

• VCE, within a dual curriculum environment capitalizing on overlaps between curricula and culminating in an ATAR score

• Delivered in English by local Chinese teachers trained in Melbourne by Haileybury

• Quality assurance and administration through Haileybury mentors, annual conference and DoS

• Accredited by VCAA.

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Benefits

leveraging off our intellectual capital without the need for investment in physical capital

• Revenue • Staff Development • LOTE and general teaching • School Development along an internationalist axis

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Chengdu Shude High School

Shude in its early years

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Campus Views of Current Shude

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Teachers in Haileybury

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VCE Mentors and Teachers

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Mentors and teachers in workshop

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Student Activities

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, John McSwiney

The VCAA

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) is an independent statutory authority that reports directly to the Victorian Minister for Education. The mission of the VCAA is to provide high quality curriculum, assessment and reporting that enables individual lifelong learning.

VCAA CEO John Firth with Dr John McSwiney, Director VCAA International and Derek Scott, Principal of

Haileybury in Shanghai 2011

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VCAA International

• VCAA International is the international education division of the VCAA.

• VCAA International is responsible for the licensing, administration and oversight of the VCAA’s international programs.

• The VCAA has been involved with international education since 1998.

• There are currently 29 transnational programs in China, Malaysia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates - Sharjah, Saudi Arabia, Timor Leste and Vanuatu.

VCE Classroom, JianYan

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Key Programs Offered by VCAA International

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE): a world-leading, globally-recognised senior secondary qualification. The VCE is Victoria’s senior high school certificate, renowned for its innovative curriculum delivery and assessment practices, which are designed to benefit students and educators General Achievement Test (GAT): a benchmarking examination covering three principal areas: Arts and Humanities, Mathematics and Sciences and English. The GAT is delivered as an integral part of the VCE program, both in Victoria and internationally Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS/AusVELS): a world-class comprehensive learning program for years P-10. VELS programs incorporate the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, providing benchmarking at years 3, 5, 7 and 9 Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL): an alternative senior secondary qualification focused on providing pathways to further technical education and skills training for entry into the workforce

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• The VCE has been successfully delivered in China since 2002.

• More than 3500 Chinese-based students have been enrolled and completed the VCE.

• In the most recent 2011 November examination period 452 students sat VCE examinations in China.

• More than 90% of Chinese-based VCE graduates have gone on to study at Australian universities.

• Graduates of the VCE in China program have also been accepted into other leading universities around the world including Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Oxford.

History of the Australian VCE in China

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The Australian VCE in China

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The Australian VCE in China - Schools

The VCAA has licences to deliver the VCE at the following 18 schools in China.

Tianjin

天津 TEDA International School

Wenzhou

温州 Wenzhou No. 21 School

Ningbo

宁波 Li Hui Li High School

Beijing

北京 Beijing Foreign Language School

Qingdao

青岛 Qingdao No. 19 High School

Lianyungang 连云港

Lianyungang Foreign Language School

Nanjing

南京 Nanjing Foreign Language School

Zhangzhou

漳州 Haixi Zhengxing International School

Chengdu

成都 Shude High School

Zhengzhou

漳州 Zhengzhou YIBA United International School

Wuhan

武汉 Wuhan Foreign Language School

Jiangyan

姜堰市 Jiangyan No. 2 Middle School

Kunming

昆明 Kunming Middle School

Hechi

河池 Hechi No. 1 Senior High School

Suzhou 苏州

Suzhou International Foreign Language School

Shijiazhuang

石家庄 Shijiazhuang No. 27 Middle School

Weihai

威海 Weihai No. 4 Middle School

Shanghai

上海 Pudong Foreign Language School

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VCE in China – Victorian Provider Approval

Applicants must complete a comprehensive Licence Application that includes: • Business plan • Project risk analysis and risk management plan • Promotional/Publicity plan • Market analysis • Benefits realisation plan • Financial analysis • Resourcing plan • Mentoring and teacher PD Plan • Endorsement letter from local authorising education

department at national and/or provincial and municipal level.

John Firth, CEO, VCAA and Dr Nicholas Dwyer, Vice Principal of Haileybury in Beijing

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Australian VCE in China – Audits and Security

• The VCAA regulates all aspects of transnational education delivery.

• VCE programs in China are identical to the VCE delivered in Victoria.

• The integrity of transnational programs is critical.

• Comprehensive program audits are conducted by the VCAA annually at partner schools both in Victoria and in China.

• Program audits are wide ranging in scope to ensure compliance with VCAA standards and guidelines for program delivery, assessment and examination procedures.

VCE Examinations in Progress

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Benefits - VCAA

• Enhances the VCAA’s global presence through strategic promotion of programs and services, especially the VCE offshore.

• Increases revenues through appropriate commercialisation of intellectual property. • Promotes the VCE qualification in a global marketplace of potential magnitude. • Promotes and enhances significant professional relationships between like bodies to

expand international perspectives in curriculum and assessment development. • Enhances and strengthens in-house expertise through engagement in transnational

education. • Enhances VCAA’s position as a leading international provider of quality education

qualifications, programs and high stakes examinations.

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• Contributes to Victorian Government initiatives to increase global awareness and international engagement among Victorian students.

• Creates educational links between Victorian and overseas schools, education authorities and Government Departments.

• Increases global recognition of Victorian education qualifications, programs, services and standards.

• Enhances and promotes the internationalisation of Victoria’s education system.

• Positions Victoria to become a significant international education hub.

• Promotes Victoria overseas as a destination for international students and visitors.

Benefits - Victoria

Victorian Minister Martin Dixon and Chinese Vice Minister Du Yubo sign an MOU for cooperation in the field of education, May 2011

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• No coherent Australian transnational education policy

• Canadian Maple Leaf Schools

• American SAT programs

Transnational Challenges

VCAA CEO John Firth visits China to sign MOUs with education bodies and government education officials

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Outcomes - Students

Yuqing Huang

VCE Graduate, Chengdu Shude High School

“Hi everyone, my name is Yuqing Huang. I graduated from the VCE program at Sichuan, Chengdu Shude High School. I'm now studying in the faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne and am majoring in immunology. The teaching model for the VCE is very different from the Chinese model as it focuses more on the self-learning abilities of students as well as hands-on capabilities.

Studying the VCE in China has helped me adapt to further tertiary studies in Australia. The high quality of our VCE teachers also benefited me immensely.

"Dream Large", is what my university tells me and that's what I truly believe.”

"大家好，我是黄雨晴。我毕业于四川成都树德中学VCE班，现就读于墨尔本大学理学系，主修免疫学。VCE的教学模式与国内的教学模式截然不同，它更注重学生的自主学习能力以及动手能力，这让我更加迅速地适应了大学的学习。老师们认真负责的教学态度也让我受益匪浅。“Dream Large” 这是我的大学告诉我的，也是我所相信的。"

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Thank You

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