Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority | Businesses

Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Phone: +61 7 3864 0299

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Businesses
• Education
• Public & government service
• Government organisation

25.01.2022 Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art offers inspiring teaching and learning activities for across P12 in its Learning through Art program. As well as opportunities to build on students creative and critical thinking skills, the resources connect to general capabilities such as critical and creative thinking, and the three cross-curriculum priorities Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia, and Sustainability. #auscurric Find out more: https://learning.qagoma.qld.gov.au/learn-through-art/

25.01.2022 From June to August, we’ll be delivering webinars on each of the 2020 subject reports for General subjects. For each report, we’ll analyse the advice in the ‘effective practices’ and ‘practices to strengthen’ sections in the external assessment and internal assessment chapters. Register now via the QCAA website: http://bit.ly/QCAAwebinars_reports ----... English Teachers Association of Queensland ACHPER QLD Science Teachers' Association of Queensland MLTAQ Inc Community Drama Queensland Queensland Music Teachers' Association Design And Technology Teachers' Association of Queensland Inc. ATOM Queensland Geography Teachers' Association of Queensland BEAQ Inc Queensland History Teachers' Association - QHTA ACHPER QLD See more

24.01.2022 New resource available | Years 710 cognitive verb toolkit We have released a Years 710 cognitive verb toolkit to support educators in the explicit teaching of thinking. Each cognitive verb includes an information sheet about its location in the curriculum and a phase-appropriate poster. This resource is available on the QCAA website: https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au//years-7-10-cognitive-verb-too

24.01.2022 Eight external assessments are scheduled for the final day of the exam block three this morning and five this afternoon. Congratulations to the thousands of Year 12 students who sat exams during the past four weeks. You made it!

22.01.2022 Throughout November Queensland is celebrating Human Rights Month an initiative of Queensland Human Rights Commission . It’s a great way to the end the year in which Queensland’s Human Rights Act was introduced. Students can explore human rights in Unit 4 of the QCAA’s Legal Studies syllabus. It features contemporary contexts involving human rights matters in Australia and where Australia has an interest internationally. Find out more about Human Rights Month by visiting: ht...tps://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/resourc/human-rights-month-2020 You can view the Legal Studies syllabuses at: https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au//humanities-soci/legal-studies

22.01.2022 Only two days to go until the end of the external assessment period. Today more than 2800 Year 12 students will sit exams in: Earth & Environmental Science Marine Science Agricultural Science... Music Extension Philosophy & Reason. See more

21.01.2022 The latest issue of ‘QCE system update’ is available on our website. It includes news about the 2021 external assessment timetable, endorsement, confirmation and a range of professional development opportunities for teachers. Visit https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/n/newsletters/qce-system-update

20.01.2022 Today is the last day of school for Year 12 students congratulations on this outstanding achievement! If you know someone who’s finishing Year 12 today, remind them that their final results and electronic versions of certificates/statements will be in their QCAA learning account from Saturday 19 December. It’s accessed via the Student Portal on the myQCE website at https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/. And remember that QTAC will release ATARs on the same day students can register for the ATAR Portal via QTAC's website at https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar.

19.01.2022 We’ll be delivering webinars in February and March to support teachers to develop students’ knowledge in collecting, representing and interpreting data. The webinars have discrete programs for teachers in PrepYear 3 and Years 46. Registrations are now open: PrepYear 3 webinar: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=1395&r=310 ... Years 46 webinar: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=1392&r=310 See more

16.01.2022 Results are in! Here’s a snapshot of the achievements of the first cohort of students to graduate in the new Queensland Certificate of Education system. https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/91211

15.01.2022 Week three of external assessment finishes today with exams in: Film, Television & New Media German Dance... Engineering. Good luck and we wish everyone a restful weekend!

15.01.2022 The Senior Education Profile (SEP) calendar for 2021 is now available on the QCAA website. The calendar provides key dates for endorsement, assessment, confirmation and certification. Please visit https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au//certificates/sep/sep-calendar to access and download the calendar.

15.01.2022 If students have questions about their results, they can visit our 2020 results FAQs page on the myQCE website: https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/2020-FAQs.html They can also contact the myQCE hotline on 1800 804 991 or send an email to [email protected].

13.01.2022 Our Chief Executive Officer Chris Rider, congratulates the first cohort of students to graduate in the new QCE system.

13.01.2022 From mid-February, we will be hosting a series of free webinars on making judgments on summative internal assessment in senior subjects. From Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies to Visual Art, we have more than 80 webinars on offer and each learning area will feature. Webinars under the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area include: Accounting 2019 - Making judgments... Ancient History 2019 - Making judgments Business 2019 - Making judgments Economics 2019 - Making judgments Geography 2019 - Making judgments Legal Studies 2019 - Making judgments Modern History 2019 - Making judgments Philosophy and Reason 2019 - Making judgments Study of Religion 2019 - Making judgments For more information and to register, please visit the QCAA website: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Catalogue.aspx?yl=3 ----- Legal Studies- online community for Australian teachers Geography Teachers' Association of Queensland BEAQ Inc Queensland History Teachers' Association - QHTA

12.01.2022 Our new professional reading series titled ‘Kindergarten research insights’ was launched today. Dr Kathryn Hopps, an adjunct professor at Charles Sturt University, has written the first article on the theme ‘Starting school: Essential transition practices’. Read it at: https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/kindergarten/research-insights

12.01.2022 A big shout out to the teachers who attended our ‘QCIA teaching, learning and gathering evidence’ workshop this morning at the Sunshine Coast! These workshops support teachers who work with students working towards the Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA). And, don’t forget, there’s still time to register for upcoming events in Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Brisbane: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=1407&r=307 -------- Burnside State High School #NorthLakesStateCollege Maleny State High School

12.01.2022 Starting from this week, we’ll be delivering webinars that unpack internal and external assessment information in each of the 2020 subject reports for General subjects. In this video, Leanne Rolph from our Senior Assessment and Certification Support Branch highlights the value for teachers. Register now via the QCAA website: http://bit.ly/QCAAwebinars_reports

12.01.2022 Remember to have your say about the proposed changes to the P10 Australian Curriculum at www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/consultation. #ACARA

11.01.2022 Griffith University recently announced a new collaboration with the Kombumerri people Kombumerri Together Project: one family’s perspective. Driven by Gold Coast educators, the project includes a range of learning and teaching resources that support educators to sensitively embed Kombumerri histories and culture into the classroom. You can find out more by visiting the project’s website: https://kombumerritogetherproject.com/ -----... School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University See more

10.01.2022 Before primary schools can view online kindergarten transition statements for children starting Prep in 2021, they need to set up access to the QCAA Portal. Our FAQs explain how: https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/p-10/transition-school/faqs

09.01.2022 Only one day to go until the release of Year 12 results! Please remember there are two portals for checking results. The QCAA's Student Portal accessed via the myQCE website is where Year 12 graduates can access final subject results and download official copies of Senior Statements and QCEs (if eligible). Please visit the myQCE website for more information: https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/ The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC)'s ATAR portal is where you can view your ATAR. Visit the QTAC website for more: https://www.qtac.edu.au/atar/

07.01.2022 Get your registration in before the end of term for the QCAA's student free days webinars! In January 2021, we will present 52 live webinars related to the P10 Australian Curriculum. These complement the more than 500 online resources we have to support curriculum implementation. Visit https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au//p10-australian-curriculum-stu for more.

07.01.2022 Thank you to the more than 900 teachers who worked as endorsers this weekend and to the more than 450 schools that submitted their assessment instruments for review. Endorsement decisions will be available on Friday 19 February.

06.01.2022 Registrations are now open for the 2021 Early Years and Middle Years Conference hosted by QAMT Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. Over two days, mathematics and education experts will explore various approaches to teaching and learning. The QCAA is looking forward to presenting a session on practical ways to enhance number sense with number lines. Visit the QAMT Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. website to register: http://qamt.qld.edu.au/

05.01.2022 The Aerospace Gateway to Industry Schools Program will be hosting the 2020 Aerospace Industry Education Awards on Wednesday this week. The Awards celebrate the involvement of schools, teachers and aerospace students with the program. Schools and Aerospace Systems students are invited to register for the livestream via the link below. https://bit.ly/3pLZhn8

02.01.2022 We're looking forward to working with close to 1000 assessors at this weekend's endorsement event. More than 10 000 senior assessments will be reviewed.

01.01.2022 Year 12 results and Senior Education Profiles are now available in the QCAA Student Portal accessed via the myQCE website: https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/. If you need help to log in, please visit the Student Portal FAQs on the myQCE website: https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/help-sp-login.html. Please remember that the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) calculates and provides ATARs for Queensland students. More information about the ATAR is available on the QTAC website: https://www.qtac.edu.au/