QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook v5.0

A PDF version of the QCE and QCIA policy and procedures handbook (v5.0) is available for schools via the QCAA Portal > Noticeboard.

1 Senior schooling in Queensland

• 1.1 Background to the QCE system
• 1.2 Key elements of the QCE system
• 1.3 Defining characteristics of the QCE system
• 1.4 Equity in education
• 1.5 Partnership with schools

2 Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE)

• 2.1 Eligibility for a QCE
• 2.2 Categories of learning
• 2.3 Additional VET QCE credit rules
• 2.4 Recognised studies
• 2.5 Transfer students
• 2.6 The Student Management application and the Student Portal
• 2.7 Issue of a QCE

3 Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA)

• 3.1 Eligibility for a QCIA
• 3.2 The QCIA process
• 3.3 QCIA reporting
• 3.4 QCIA quality assurance processes
• 3.5 Applying for review of QCIA information

4 Queensland curriculum

• 4.1 Syllabuses
• 4.2 Delivery approaches to curriculum
• 4.3 Resources
• 4.4 Syllabus review and revision

5 Vocational education and training (VET)

• 5.1 VET Quality Framework
• 5.2 VET in Queensland schools
• 5.3 VET procedures for school RTOs
• 5.4 VET roles and responsibilities
• 5.5 VET results and VET certificates

6 Access arrangements and reasonable adjustments (AARA)

• 6.1 Principles
• 6.2 Eligibility for AARA
• 6.3 Roles and responsibilities for AARA
• 6.4 Reporting and approving processes for AARA
• 6.5 Illness and misadventure

7 The assessment system

• 7.1 Principles and attributes of assessment
• 7.2 Assessment literacy
• 7.3 Assessment requirements
• 7.4 Developing a comparable assessment instrument

8 School assessment policies

• 8.1 Understanding academic integrity
• 8.2 Integrating learning and assessment
• 8.3 Administering internal assessment
• 8.4 Developing a school assessment policy

9 Internal assessment — Quality assurance

• 9.1 Quality management system
• 9.2 Study plan approval
• 9.3 Course of study (2024 Applied syllabuses)
• 9.4 Units 1 and 2
• 9.5 Applied quality assurance (Units 3 and 4)
• 9.6 Endorsement (Units 3 and 4)
• 9.7 Confirmation (Units 3 and 4)

10 External assessment

• 10.1 External assessment roles and responsibilities
• 10.2 Developing and marking external assessment
• 10.3 Scheduling external assessment
• 10.4 External assessment venues
• 10.5 Preparing for external assessments
• 10.6 Administering external assessments

11 Determining and reporting results

• 11.1 Determining results
• 11.2 School reporting responsibilities
• 11.3 QCAA reporting responsibilities
• 11.4 Subject result ratification and anomalies
• 11.5 Applying for verification of information

12 Roles and responsibilities

• 12.1 Principal
• 12.2 Principal’s delegate
• 12.3 Subject leaders
• 12.4 Teachers
• 12.5 QCAA assessors

13 Administration

• 13.1 The QCAA Portal
• 13.2 Student Management application
• 13.3 Retaining records and student work

Certificates & qualifications

• Queensland Certificate of Education
  • About the QCE
  • QCE eligibility & requirements
    • Core courses of study
    • Preparatory courses of study
    • Complementary courses of study
    • Literacy & numeracy requirements
    • About the Awards
    • Categories and criteria
    • Sponsors
    • Awards ceremony
    • Alumni stories
    • Award winners 2023
    • Past Award winners
    • Lists of recognised studies
    • Recognised studies - applications
    • 1 Senior schooling in Queensland
      • 1.1 Background to the QCE system
      • 1.2 Key elements of the QCE system
      • 1.3 Defining characteristics of the QCE system
      • 1.4 Equity in education
      • 1.5 Partnership with schools
      • 2.1 Eligibility for a QCE
      • 2.2 Categories of learning
      • 2.3 Additional VET QCE credit rules
      • 2.4 Recognised studies
      • 2.5 Transfer students
      • 2.6 The Student Management application and the Student Portal
      • 2.7 Issue of a QCE
      • 3.1 Eligibility for a QCIA
      • 3.2 The QCIA process
      • 3.3 QCIA reporting
      • 3.4 QCIA quality assurance processes
      • 3.5 Applying for review of QCIA information
      • 4.1 Syllabuses
      • 4.2 Delivery approaches to curriculum
      • 4.3 Resources
      • 4.4 Syllabus review and revision
      • 5.1 VET Quality Framework
      • 5.2 VET in Queensland schools
      • 5.3 VET procedures for school RTOs
      • 5.4 VET roles and responsibilities
      • 5.5 VET results and VET certificates
      • 6.1 Principles
      • 6.2 Eligibility for AARA
      • 6.3 Roles and responsibilities for AARA
      • 6.4 Reporting and approving processes for AARA
      • 6.5 Illness and misadventure
      • 7.1 Principles and attributes of assessment
      • 7.2 Assessment literacy
      • 7.3 Assessment requirements
      • 7.4 Developing a comparable assessment instrument
      • 8.1 Understanding academic integrity
      • 8.2 Integrating learning and assessment
      • 8.3 Administering internal assessment
      • 8.4 Developing a school assessment policy
      • 9.1 Quality management system
      • 9.2 Study plan approval
      • 9.3 Course of study (2024 Applied syllabuses)
      • 9.4 Units 1 and 2
      • 9.5 Applied quality assurance (Units 3 and 4)
      • 9.6 Endorsement (Units 3 and 4)
      • 9.7 Confirmation (Units 3 and 4)
      • 10.1 External assessment roles and responsibilities
      • 10.2 Developing and marking external assessment
      • 10.3 Scheduling external assessment
      • 10.4 External assessment venues
      • 10.5 Preparing for external assessments
      • 10.6 Administering external assessments
      • 11.1 Determining results
      • 11.2 School reporting responsibilities
      • 11.3 QCAA reporting responsibilities
      • 11.4 Subject result ratification and anomalies
      • 11.5 Applying for verification of information
      • 12.1 Principal
      • 12.2 Principal’s delegate
      • 12.3 Subject leaders
      • 12.4 Teachers
      • 12.5 QCAA assessors
      • 13.1 The QCAA Portal
      • 13.2 Student Management application
      • 13.3 Retaining records and student work
      • About the QCIA
      • Registration & learning accounts
      • Planning with the GIL
      • Quality assurance processes
      • Resources
      • SEP for Year 12 students
      • SEP for non-school students
      • SEP calendar
      • Finishing dates for Year 12 students
      • Authenticating a SEP certificate or statement
      • Equivalency Education Statement application
      • Application notes

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