Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Regulation 2014 (Qld)

Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Regulation 2014

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Regulation 2014.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 July 2014.

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this regulation.

4 Meaning of contributing studies for QCE For the Act, schedule 2, definition certification studies, the following studies are contributing studies for a QCE— (a) a syllabus developed, purchased or revised by the authority under the Act, or an Australian curriculum; (b) vocational education and training; (c) an apprenticeship or traineeship under the training Act undertaken by a person who is enrolled at a school; (d) a departmental employment skills development program under the training Act; (e) a subject that is— (i) provided by a registered higher education provider under the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cwlth); and (ii) part of an accredited course under that Act; and (iii) undertaken by a person who is enrolled at a school; (f) non-Queensland studies that are listed on the authority's website under section 107; (g) studies recognised as contributing studies under part 4, division 5. Note— Under part 4, a person's results in contributing studies may contribute to the issue of a QCE to the person.

Part 2 Accreditation of kindergarten guidelines

Division 1 Preliminary

5 Educational criteria for evaluation of a kindergarten guideline (1) The educational criteria for evaluation of a kindergarten guideline are the following— (a) the kindergarten guideline includes the rationale for the guideline; (b) the kindergarten guideline is appropriate for the educational needs of the group of children provided for under the guideline; (c) the kindergarten guideline describes the areas of learning and development within the guideline; (d) the kindergarten guideline describes the expected knowledge, skills and dispositions typical of children who have completed the relevant kindergarten year; (e) the kindergarten guideline describes the expected learning behaviour typical of children who have completed the relevant kindergarten year; (f) the kindergarten guideline promotes a balance, depth, quality and range (the characteristics) of learning experiences of a standard that achieves or exceeds the standard for the characteristics of learning experiences under related accredited kindergarten guidelines; (g) the kindergarten guideline provides advice on, and a format for, monitoring and assessing children's learning to support reporting to parents and the transition into school; (h) the kindergarten guideline does not encourage or condone discrimination on the basis of an attribute mentioned in the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, section 7; (i) the kindergarten guideline is based on the document called 'Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia', published by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations of the Commonwealth for the Council of Australian Governments in 2009; (j) the kindergarten guideline is based on another document detailing matters that the chief executive considers are equivalent to the matters contained in the document mentioned in paragraph (i). (2) In this section— discrimination on the basis of an attribute see the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, section 8. related accredited kindergarten guidelines, for a kindergarten guideline under evaluation, means accredited kindergarten guidelines equivalent, or at least relevant, to the kindergarten guideline under evaluation. relevant kindergarten year means any of the years immediately before the preparatory year provided for in a kindergarten guideline.