CURRENT STRUCTURE and FORMAL REGULATIONS in SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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CURRENT STRUCTURE and FORMAL REGULATIONS in
SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• Care Services Child Care Centres/Babysitting/Nan
  nies/Family Day Care
• Pre-schools year before school
• Integrated Services childcare and/or preschools
• Out of School Hours Care
• Crèches
• Non-government Schools R-12 only
• Government Schools
• Home Education
• Ethnic Schools
• International Education
• Distance Education

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CARE SERVICES
CHILDRENS SERVICES ACT 1985
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CHILDRENS SERVICES
DIRECTOR CHILDRENS SERVICES
STANDARDS INVESTIGATION
LICENSING STANDARDS
FAMILY DAY CARE

• Government and/or Non-Government
• Child Care Centres
• Baby Sitting Agencies (Nannies)
• Rural Care Services
• Crèches

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PRE-SCHOOLS(year before school)
CHILDRENS SERVICES ACT 1985
NON DECS SITES
DECSSITES
Voluntary Individual regulation/registration
Funded, Staffed and Supported by DECS
All Standards and Requirements are set by DECS
Standards Set by Sector/School
Requirement One registered teacher
Complaints Monitored by DECS District Office
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INTEGRATED SERVICES(childcare / preschools)
CHILDRENS SERVICES ACT 1985
SA Associations Incorporation Act 1985
NON-GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT

• Usually Regulated according to type of provision
  eg. Childcare component only is regulated
• DECS Childrens Centre
• Integrated Services
• Licensed Childcare Centre
• NB Preschool provision is not regulated
• Child care services may be registered under the
  Childrens Services Act or the SA Associations
  Incorporation Act 1985

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OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE
SELF REGULATED GOVERNING AUTHORITY eg. School
Councils
Commonwealth Quality Improvement Assurance
Standards
DECSSITES
NON DECS SITES
State Initiative
DECS Support Unit Minor complaints
Required to meet National Standards
Voluntary participation in meeting National
Standards
DECS Licensing Standards Major complaints
No Formal Authority to take action
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NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS R-12 SCHOOLS ONLY
PARLIAMENT
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND CHILDRENS SERVICES
EDUCATION ACT 1972
SECRETARIAT
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS REGISTRATION BOARD NGSRB
PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR NON-GOVT SCHOOLS
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOL NOT FOR PROFIT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVT SCHOOLS
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GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
CHILDRENS SERVICES ACT 1985
EDUCATION ACT 1972

• SELF REGULATION
• Local
• District
• State

QUALITY ASSURANCE through DECS FRAMEWORK
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HOME EDUCATION
All South Australian students are required to
enrol in a government or non-government school
EDUCATION ACT 1972
NON GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
MINISTERS DELEGATE Currently Director, School
and District Operations, DECS
Supported may be provided by individual school
Not supported by individual school
Approval and monitoring exemption attendance
Requirements are set by Ministers Delegate and
must be met
DECS supports the implementation of requirements
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ETHNIC SCHOOLS
PARLIAMENT
MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND CHILDRENS SERVICES
EDUCATION ACT 1972
ETHNIC SCHOOLS BOARD
COMMUNITY ORGANISATION Community Organisations
seeking government funding to establish and
maintain ethnic schools
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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS
STUDENTS (ESOS) ACT 2000
DECS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES
NON GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS REGISTRATION BOARD
COMMONWEALTH Liaison with
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
NON GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
CHILDRENS SERVICES ACT 1985
EDUCATION ACT 1972
OPEN ACCESS (SOLE PROVIDER)
OPEN ACCESS Criteria applied by DECS