CSA | Stage 2 | Planning to Teach | Subject Operational Information | 2022
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Stage 2 Community Studies A
These web pages connect schools and teachers to information on procedures relating to final moderation and external assessment requirements. Key dates, including dates for the submission of results, are also provided.
Stage 2 Community Studies can be undertaken as a 10-credit subject or a 20-credit subject.
Students can enrol in Community Studies A and/or Community Connections. The areas of study for Community Studies A are shown below.
| Area of study | Code |
| Arts and the Community | 2AAY10 or 2AAY20 |
| Communication and the Community | 2CAY10 or 2CAY20 |
| Foods and the Community | 2FAY10 or 2FAY20 |
| Health, Recreation, and the Community | 2HAY10 or 2HAY20 |
| Science, Technology, and the Community | 2NAY10 or 2NAY20 |
| Work and the Community | 2WAY10 or 2WAY20 |
Community Studies A is not a Tertiary Admissions Subject and therefore cannot contribute to an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
The learning and assessment requirements for this subject are set out in the subject outline [DOC 1.9MB].
Online moderation and marking
School assessment materials for Stage 2 Community Studies A will be submitted for online moderation using school assessment results sheets in Schools Online.
External assessment materials for Stage 2 Community Studies A will be submitted for online marking using investigation results sheets in Schools Online.
Key dates
For a simplified list of key operational dates, see the Community Studies calendar.
Assessment program planner
A learning and assessment plan is not required for Stage 2 Community Studies subjects.
Teachers should use the Stage 2 Community Studies A assessment program planner template. The assessment program planner supports teachers to document the learning intentions of individual students within an assessment group for these subjects.
Teachers are not required to submit the assessment program planner to the SACE Board for approval. However, a copy of the assessment program planner must be included with school assessment materials submitted for final moderation.
Information
School assessment component
Teachers assess the evidence of student learning for:
- Assessment Type 1: Contract of Work.
The SACE Board quality assures the school assessment results through final moderation.
Refer to SACE Assessment and Reporting Guidelines [PDF 290KB] and SACE Stage 2 Moderation Overview [DOC 33KB] for information about the policy context and procedures.
Moderation sample selection
Teachers select the moderation sample of school-assessed materials to submit to the SACE Board.
Refer to Moderation sample selection, which includes FAQs and an instructional video.
Submitting school assessment materials for final moderation
School assessment materials for Stage 2 Community Studies A will be submitted using school assessment results sheets in Schools Online.
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Supervision and verification
Refer to the information in Supervision and Verification of Students' Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB] on the use of the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student's work. If used, these sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period.
A teacher who is unable to verify that the work is the student's own must initiate a breach of rules action through the school's SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
- Results sheets, online submission, and materials collection — Stage 2 final moderation (Information sheet 50)
- Moderation sample selection
- How to prepare and package Stage 1 and Stage 2 materials
External assessment component
For a 10-credit subject and a 20-credit subject, students undertake one external assessment, consisting of a reflection and summary in which students review and evaluate their learning experiences.
For a 10-credit subject, the reflection should be a maximum of 500 words if written or a maximum of 3 minutes if oral, or the equivalent in multimodal form. The summary* should be a maximum of 200 words if written or a maximum of 1 minute if oral, or the equivalent in multimodal form.
For a 20-credit subject, the reflection should be a maximum of 1000 words if written or a maximum of 6 minutes if oral, or the equivalent in multimodal form. The summary* should be a maximum of 200 words if written or a maximum of 1 minute if oral, or the equivalent in multimodal form.
The summary will provide the teacher and the assessor with a context for the student's community activity and enable a clearer understanding of the learning that has taken place.
Refer to the subject outline for details of the reflection and summary requirements.
Submitting materials for external assessment
External assessment materials for Stage 2 Community Studies A will be submitted using external assessment results sheets in Schools Online.
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Assessment Type 2: Reflection
This assessment type is categorised as an investigation for operational purposes.
The teacher assesses each student's external assessment and then submits all external assessments to the SACE Board for external assessment.
Supervision and verification
Refer to Supervision and Verification of Students' Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB]. Teachers must use the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student's work. These sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period in February 2022.
A teacher who is unable to verify that an external assessment, or part of an external assessment, is the student's own work must submit a completed report of potential breach of rules [DOC 108KB] to the SACE Board, through the school's SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
- Online submission of materials
- Results sheets, online submission, and materials collection — Stage 2 investigations (Information sheet 51)