Students undertaking at least one Stage 6 Life Skills course will receive a Profile of Student Achievement with their Higher School Certificate credentials.

The Profile reports the outcomes that the student has achieved, either independently or with support, in each Stage 6 Life Skills course that has been satisfactorily completed.

Using Schools Online schools are required to record outcomes achieved. When recording outcomes, teachers will now be presented with three options:

• Not applicable - outcomes that have not been addressed in the teaching and learning program OR that the student has not achieved.
• Achieved - outcomes that have been achieved independently or with adjustments required to demonstrate achievement on the same basis as their peers.
• Achieved with support - outcomes that have been achieved with additional support, such as visual or verbal prompts.

Schools Online opens for schools to submit student’s Life Skills outcomes on 6 August 2012.

For more information, refer to:

Generating a Profile of Student Achievement for the HSC
Stage 6 Life Skills Courses – the Higher School Certificate Profile of Student Achievement

Or contact:

Marina Laing
Senior Curriculum Officer, Special Education
(02) 9367 8148
marina.laing@bos.nsw.edu.au