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  • Senior secondary certification agreement 2022

    Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA)

  • The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) develops syllabuses and guidelines, defines the policies and procedures for the assessment and certification of students, and issues Senior Education Profiles (SEPs) to students.

    This document defines your school’s role in supporting Queensland’s senior secondary curriculum, assessment and certification system. By signing as principal of your school, you agree to the terms of this agreement so that your senior students can be issued with Senior Education Profiles at the end of the year.

    The QCAA will provide you with information that allows you to monitor your school’s progress in fulfilling the terms of this agreement.

  • Terms of agreement

    For Senior Education Profiles (SEPs) to be issued to students, the school will comply with the rules of the QCE system as outlined in the QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook, SEP calendar and this agreement.

    1. Adhere to the QCAA’s policies, procedures and timelines as described in the QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook and SEP calendar so that each student may be issued with a SEP.

    2. Support the QCAA’s assessment processes, including subject selection, student enrolment and result information, using the QCAA Portal Student Management application, and:

      1. open learning accounts for students within the 12 months before they turn 16 or within the 12 months before the completion of Year 10
      2. submit timely and accurate information and data
      3. maintain accurate and current school information in the QCAA Portal
      4. ensure the accuracy, privacy and confidentiality of students’ personal, enrolment and results

    3. Maintain an effective quality management system for internal assessment

      1. implement a school assessment policy that informs students of expectations for assessment and their responsibilities, guides teachers, and informs all staff of expectations for their roles and responsibilities
      2. ensure students are aware of QCAA requirements and relevant information
      3. work with teachers, parents/carers and others who support students in their learning to promote and maintain academic integrity
      4. develop a school-based process for access arrangements and reasonable adjustments (AARA) that supports early identification of students with disability and existing long-term and chronic conditions, and ensures adjustments resulting from new and temporary medical conditions or injuries are identified and managed appropriately
      5. advise the student, parents/carers and assessment supervisor of any principal-reported and QCAA-approved AARA, including any written notifications from the QCAA
      6. collect and store student responses that are used to make judgments for each student for internal assessment instruments in Units 1–4.

    4. Participate in quality assurance processes for:

      1. subjects that have Units 1 and 2
        1. submit requested information to support the review of assessment instruments, student responses to instruments, and teacher judgments
      2. Applied subjects
        1. develop a study plan for each Applied subject offered that outlines the knowledge, understanding and skills, learning experiences and assessment that will be effective in implementing the objectives of the syllabus
        2. submit study plans to the QCAA for approval, via the QCAA Portal, before implementing courses
        3. submit requested information to support the review of assessment instruments, student responses to instruments and teacher judgments
      3. Applied (Essential) subjects
        1. for endorsement, submit Unit 3 and 4 internal assessment instruments and their supporting documents, via the Endorsement application in the QCAA Portal
        2. submit requested information to support the review of assessment instruments, student responses to instruments and teacher judgments
        3. follow the processes for the common internal assessment (CIA) outlined in the Common internal assessment: Guidelines for administration
      4. General subjects and General (Extension) subjects
        1. for endorsement, submit Unit 3 and 4 internal assessment instruments and their supporting documents, via the Endorsement application in the QCAA Portal
        2. for confirmation, submit the requested student responses to instruments, supporting documentation and teacher judgments, via the Confirmation application in the QCAA Portal
      5. Short courses
        1. submit requested information to support the review of assessment instruments, student responses to instruments, and teacher judgments
      6. QCIA
        1. for each student working towards a QCIA, develop a curriculum plan that identifies the learning goals to be achieved towards the end of their senior schooling
        2. submit curriculum plans for approval by the school’s QCIA leader who has the role of Moderator, via the QCAA Portal Curriculum Plan Builder
        3. submit the requested information for QCIA

    1. Participate in external assessment:

      1. communicate to school staff, students and parents/carers the external assessment timetable, external assessment directions for students and the approved equipment list
      2. follow the processes for external assessment described in the QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook and in the annual Directions for administration (DFA): External assessment
      3. supervise external assessment, and report incidents in which an act of academic misconduct by a student is suspected or observed

    2. Encourage staff to complete the QCAA’s program of accreditation modules to improve the assessment literacy of the school and as preparation for employment as QCAA casual assessors.

    3. Encourage suitably skilled school staff to apply for roles as QCAA endorsers, confirmers, subject matter experts and/or external assessment markers.

    4. Ensure the school has at least two Access Management Organisation Administrators to authorise local school user accounts for the QCAA Portal and assign appropriate roles to school staff, and review user access roles regularly to account for staff movements.

    5. Support students’ requests for verification of information by retaining student work used in determining results for Unit 3 and 4 internal assessment until the end of Term 1 of the year following a student’s exit from the school, and responding to enquiries from the QCAA following end-of-year or mid-year certification.

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  • Electronic Signature: By completing the fields above and inserting your name below, you agree that this becomes a signed document pursuant to section 14 of the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001.

  • If the required fields in this agreement are not completed, it cannot be signed and submitted.

    Electronic Signature: By completing the fields above and inserting the signatory's name below, the signatory agrees that this becomes a signed document pursuant to section 14 of the Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001.

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  • Privacy Collection Notice
    The information you provide on this form is being collected and used in relation to the functions and powers prescribed under Part 2 of the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014. The information will be accessed by QCAA staff and handled in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009. Information held by the QCAA is subject to the Right to Information Act 2009.
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