Secondary School Leaders Forums

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Secondary School Leaders Forum
Neil McDonald, Acting Chief Executive Officer
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What is QSA?

• Essentially a partnership of teachers,
  principals, public servants and other education
  stakeholders who perform functions defined in
  legislation.
• The Authority is a 20-person representative board
• The Office is responsible for implementing the
  decisions of the board
• The many thousands of teachers in hundreds of
  schools.

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2013 Forums working closely with principals and
stakeholders
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The Queensland Studies Authoritys vision is to
provide quality, innovative and future-focused
products and services to assist all Queensland
educational communities.
QSA Improvement Plan
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Snapshot of educational landscape
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Review of QSA legislation

• Review of QSA legislation and functions
• Conducted by Department of Education, Training
  and Employment
• Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment
  Authority) Bill 2013 was introduced into the
  Parliament for its first reading 29 October
• The Bill has been referred to the Education and
  Innovation Committee for consideration
• New legislation planned for 1 July 2014.

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Parliamentary inquiry

• Parliamentary inquiry into assessment methods
  used in senior mathematics, chemistry and physics
  in Queensland schools.
• Report containing 16 broad recommendations was
  released on14 October 2013.

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Parliamentary inquiry

• The Parliamentary Committee considered three main
  issues
• whether current assessment processes are
  supported by teachers
• student participation levels
• ability of assessment processes to support valid
  and reliable judgements of student outcomes.
• The Government to respond within 3 months.

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Review of senior assessment and tertiary entrance

• Review of senior assessment and tertiary entrance
  processes.
• ACER Gabrielle Matters and Geoff Masters.
• Report due in July 2014.
• Terms of reference very broad.
• Widespread consultation with stakeholders.

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Terms of reference for the review

• The review will consider the effectiveness of the
  systems and identify ways to improve, revitalise
  or reform them.
• With respect to assessment and reporting, the
  review will consider
• comparability of student standards of achievement
• appropriateness, validity and reliability of
  various types of assessment instruments
• form and content of reporting
• implications of the Australian Curriculum.

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Terms of reference for the review

• With respect to tertiary entrance, the review
  will consider
• alternatives to the OP system
• how to include a wider range of achievements in
  the TE rank
• the role and effectiveness of the QCS Test
• roles of QSA and QTAC.
• The review will also consider communication
  messages and strategies to help students, parents
  and others to understand the systems of senior
  assessment and tertiary entrance.

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The real story about eligibility rates
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Evidence that it is working
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Percentage of population receiving an OP1
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Percentage of population with an OP 1 to 5
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QCS Test marking.

• 500 Markers

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QCS Test marking

• Each aspect of SR testpaper is marked by at least
  2 markers.
• Each WT response is marked by at least 3 markers.
• Analysis team monitor and identify discrepancies
  between markers.

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Analysis of marker consistency
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2013 online release of results and OPs

• Student Connect website (www.studentconnect.qsa.ql
  d.edu.au)
• From 9.00 am on Saturday 14 December 2013
• LUI and password to login
• QSA needs your help to
• make sure students have their LUI
• encourage students to log in and activate their
  learning account before they leave school.

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QSA Responding to stakeholder needs

• Secondary schools
• strengthening the review panel system
• supporting implementation of EEIs
• Industry and schools
• Essential Mathematics for the Trades

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Working with our stakeholders

• Primary schools
• overcrowded curriculum
• resources to support schools.

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Working with our stakeholders

• Special needs
• curriculum offerings
• certification.

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Working with our stakeholders

• Special needs actions
• Develop a small suite of adjusted subject area
  syllabuses (SASs).
• Develop of a curriculum framework (learning
  expectations) for QCIA.
• Provide information about recognised studies.
• Develop and implement communication strategy for
  the current QCIA requirements.
• QSA continues to work with special education
  stakeholders to progress the actions and provide
  professional development.

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Curriculum for students with special needs
Authority Syllabuses
Overall Position (OP)
Subject Area Syllabuses (SASs)
Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE)
Subject areas syllabuses for students with
special needs
Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement
(QCIA)
Learning expectations for the QCIA
Individual Education Plans
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Some useful new resources

• Fractions Paper
• NAPLAN Test Reporting Handbook
• QCS Test guide for parents/carers and sample
  maths questions

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Australian Curriculum
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The 3-dimensions of Australian Curriculum
General capabilities 21St Century Skills
Cross-curriculum priorities Contemporary issues
F-10 Learning areas Discipline learning
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P10 Australian Curriculum
Timelines Learning areas
Phase 1 Phase 1
completed 2010 English
completed 2010 Mathematics
completed 2010 Science
completed 2010 History
Phase 2 and 3 Phase 2 and 3
to be completed 2013 Geography
to be completed 2013 The Arts Visual Arts Media Dance Music Drama
to be completed 2013 Health and physical education
to be completed 2013 Technologies Digital technologies Design and technologies
to be completed 2013 Civics and citizenship
to be completed 2013 Economics and Business
to be completed 2013 Languages
to be completed 2013 Work Studies Year 9-10
General capabilities
Literacy
Numeracy
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ethical Understanding
Personal and Social Capability
Intercultural Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Asia and Australias Engagement with Asia
Sustainability
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P10 Queensland implementation
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
English History Geography The Arts The Arts
Mathematics Health Physical Education Health Physical Education
Science Civics Citizenship Civics Citizenship
Technologies Technologies
Economics and Business Economics and Business
Languages Languages
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Implementation challenge
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Australian Senior Curriculum

• ACARA
• subject
• content
• achievement standards

• QSA
• course
• integrate national content and achievement
  standards
• add assessment and certification requirements

• School
• work program
• outlines how the course is implemented

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Senior secondary Australian Curriculum
Ministerial decision

• The next step towards national consistency.
• The agreed and common base.
• ACARA is working with states and territories
• common content
• validation of the draft achievement standards
• processes and timelines
• further senior secondary curriculum.

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15 endorsed senior secondary Australian
Curriculum subjects
Australian Curriculum Current Queensland Syllabus
Essential English English Communication SAS 33
English English 74
Literature No Qld equivalent
English Extension (continued)
English as an additional language/dialect English for ESL Learners 1

Essential Mathematics Prevoc Mathematics SAS 24
General Mathematics Maths A 56
Mathematical Methods Maths B 36
Specialist Mathematics Maths C 9
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15 endorsed senior secondary Australian
Curriculum subjects
Australian Curriculum Current Queensland Syllabus
Chemistry Chemistry 20
Physics Physics 15
Biology Biology 29
Earth and Environmental Science New Subject will replace Earth Science 1

Modern History Modern History 12
Ancient History Ancient History 10
Geography Geography 11
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Developing Queensland courses

• What resources do schools need?
• How do we engage relevant people in the process?
• What is the role of principals and curriculum
  leaders?

Consultation
Professional development
Implementation strategy
Syllabus and resource development
Consultation

• When is the best time for PD?
• Who should attend?

• Staged implementation or all at once?
• Sequencing subjects which ones first?
• Develop design briefs or wait till reviews are
  finalised?

Implementation
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