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Distance Education Centre, Victoria (DECv) 
Location 315 Clarendon Street
Thornbury, Victoria, Australia,Coordinates 37°45′42″S 145°1′34″E / 37.76167°S 145.02611°ECoordinates: 37°45′42″S 145°1′34″E / 37.76167°S 145.02611°E Information Type Public (Distance Education) Founded circa 1916 [1] Principal Bronwyn Stubbs Staff 120 Enrolment approx 3,000 [2] Focus All, No particular Website www.distance.vic.edu.au Distance Education Centre, Victoria, or DECv is a school located in Thornbury, Victoria, in Melbourne's north.
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Students
The school caters for a wide variety of students, for the following reasons:
For the P-6 Subschool:[3]
- Distance — Students who live too far from a mainstream school
- Medical — Students who, for medical reasons, are unable to attend a mainstream school
- School Referral — Students who have been referred to DECv by their current school principal, for various reasons
- Traveller — Students who are permanently travelling.
For the 7-12 Subschool:[4]
- Distance — as noted above
- Medical — as noted above
- School Referral — as noted above
- Traveller — as noted above
- Student in regular school — For students who wish to study a subject not currently provided by their current school.
- Adults — For students over the age of 18, who for various reasons, cannot attend University, TAFE etc.
- Overseas students — For students who live overseas, but frequently travel to Australia, or wish to study a subject not currently provided by their current school.
The school
The school is based in Thornbury, Victoria. It shares a building with the Victorian School of Languages. DECV students have an opportunity to learn a foreign language through the VSL if they wish. The school is split into 3 subsections:
- The P-6 Subschool, which handles students from Prep to Year 6,
- The 7-10 Subschool, which handles students from Year 7 to Year 10,
- The 11/12 Subschool, which handles students from Years 11 and 12 (doing VCE and other senior school courses).
Work
The school work is sent to the enrolled student per term in advance in book/paper form, and the student tears out each week from the book, and posts it into the school, for the teachers to mark, correct, and send back with comments.The school is involved in a teaching program. The school work is also available on a Course CD, which is a CD-Rom, based on a Macromedia Flash application, and includes Microsoft Word files with each week's work, images, links, software and other educational-based tools. The course CD is a very popular alternative to the books.
The school work is also available on the school's website, via a Janison-type system. These virtual school books are called "Modules".Notes
- ^ "DECV History". http://www.distance.vic.edu.au/about/abthist.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
- ^ "About DECV - an Overview". http://www.distance.vic.edu.au/about/abtover.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
- ^ "P-6 Enrolment Eligibilty Criteria". http://www.distance.vic.edu.au/enrol/enrp6elig.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
- ^ "7-12 Enrolment Eligibility Criteria". http://www.distance.vic.edu.au/enrol/enr712elig.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
See also
External links
Categories:- Alternative schools
- Public schools in Victoria (Australia)
- Distance education institutions
- Schools in Melbourne
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