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The Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA) reports the learning achievements of students who are on individualised learning programs. The QCIA adds to the suite of certificates that the QSA issues and ensures that the educational achievement of all students can be recorded on a quality certificate. Every young Queenslander must be registered with the QSA during the year before the young person’s compulsory participation phase begins. Generally, schools will register young people in Year 10. 1.1 How does the QCE work? The QCE recognises broad learning options and offers flexibility in what is learnt, as well as where and when learning occurs. A wide range of learning can contribute towards the QCE, including senior school subjects, vocational education and training, workplace learning recognised by the QSA and university subjects undertaken while at school. Achievements in different types of learning attract different credit values. A credit is the minimum amount of learning at the set standard that can contribute towards the QCE. Students must have at least 20 credits in the required pattern, and fulfil other requirements to be awarded a QCE. 1.2 Planning for a QCE The Senior Education and Training Plan (SET Plan) helps each student plan and structure their senior learning around their abilities, interests and ambitions. The SET Plan then maps out what, where and how a student will study during their senior phase of learning — usually Years 10, 11 and 12. The plan is agreed between the student, their parents or carers and the school. Planning should be finalised by the end of Year 10. Schools, students and parents should regularly review the SET Plan and update it as required. 1.3 Monitoring progress When a student is registered with the QSA, an individual learning account is opened for them. The learning account records all eligible learning undertaken during the senior phase of learning, as well as where and when the learning takes place and the results achieved upon completion. Students may use their learning account to track their progress towards a QCE, vocational certificate or Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement. Students are able to view their individual learning accounts through the Student Connect website . 2 | The QCE Handbook Section 1: Introduction
1.4 Awarding a QCE Most students are awarded a QCE at the end of Year 12. Students who do not meet the QCE requirements at the end of Year 12 can continue to work towards the certificate, as their learning account remains open, regardless of their age. (However, credits expire after 9 years.) The QSA will award a QCE in the following July or December, once a person becomes eligible. The Senior Statement is a transcript of the learning account for all students completing Year 12 at a Queensland School. The Senior Statement shows all studies and the results achieved that may contribute to the award of a QCE or Tertiary Entrance Statement. If a student has a Senior Statement, then they have satisfied the completion requirements for Year 12 in Queensland. Students who complete Year 12 will receive a Senior Statement in December of that year. After finishing Year 12, students will automatically receive a Statement of Results if they become eligible for the award of a QCE or undertake a Senior External Examination. A Statement of Results is a cumulative transcript of their learning account. These are issued in July and December. Students leaving early (before the Year 12 finishing day), and who are eligible for the award of a QCE, will receive a Statement of Results when the QCE is issued. Students leaving early (before the Year 12 finishing day) without qualifying for the award of a QCE may apply for a Statement of Results after the quality assurance processes have been completed. Queensland Studies Authority August 2011 | 3
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