The Junior Secondary phase includes Grade 7, 8 and 9. Students within this phase are transitioning from primary school, discovering their potential, and growing their relationship with learning in preparation for their Senior Secondary phase.
At Burpengary State Secondary College, all Junior students are encouraged to strive towards a Junior Certificate of Education (JCE), and have termly Junior Education and Targets (JET) planning to develop the life-long skill of goal setting.
Junior Certificate of Education (JCE)
What is a JCE?
The Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) is a school based qualification awarded to eligible students at the end of Year 9 on completion of their Junior phase of learning. This award is achieved in addition to their Junior Secondary Graduation certificate.
The JCE provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate the College value of Excellence, with credits awarded based on academic achievement, attendance and participation in extracurricular activities. More information can be found:
JET (Junior Education and Targets) planning
JET planning occurs at the start of every term and encourages students to:
- Reflect on their progress
- Identify future pathways
- Set academic, effort and behaviour targets for the term.
Teachers will support students in setting specific, measurable and achievable targets with strategies that will suit their needs. The JET targets created by students are recorded by them on their OneSchool account. This allows for students, parents and teachers to access their targets and create a unified support for the student in achieving their targets for the term.
Completion of JET plans also contributes credits towards a student’s JCE.
Lillian Oh
Head of Department Junior Secondary
loh2@eq.edu.au