Parent Engagement in Curriculum - Review of VCAL pathways in secondary schools
Under our advocacy for Parent Engagement in Curriculum, CSPV has been invited to review the VCAL system in secondary schools in Victoria.
We would like to invite parents to contribute their perspective on VCAL as part of our advocacy work to continue to bring parent perspective to key decision making in education as many of the decision made at government level impact parents and their ability to support their children’s learning.
This area specifically impacts parents and their capacity to understand the system of pathways and opportunities available for students to begin learning industry skills while they are still at school.
Parents are often reliant on the secondary school to guide and support their children to make decisions about careers pathways, with little engagement in the process or the opportunity to support their children with the necessary guidance needed to complete VCAL pathways.
In November 2019 the Victorian Government announced the Review into Vocational and Applied Learning Pathways in Senior Secondary Schooling. The Review will make recommendations to reform vocational and applied learning in senior secondary schooling to improve access to and transitions for students between school, post-secondary education and work.
Terms of reference for this review can be found at: https://engage.vic.gov.au/vcalreview
Catholic School Parents Victoria are seeking parent feedback on the questions posed by the Victorian Government to then provide a response in the form of a submission to government.
In accordance with the CSPV Strategic Plan, our advocacy work includes contributing evidence-based parent perspective to critical education forums.
We invite interested parents to respond to a survey or provide written feedback to CSPV for inclusion of responses in our submission to the Victorian Government Review panel.
The survey can be completed at: https://engage.vic.gov.au/vcalreview/parents-and-carers
Submission of your feedback to CSPV can be completed via: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CSPVParentFeedbackVCAL2020
The deadline for submission of a review of the consultation paper is 17th April 2020. Therefore, we would require your feedback by 5pm Wednesday 10th April 2020.