Work program review checklist — RevisedSeptember 2016
The information you provide on this form will be used for reviewing work programs for quality assurance purposes as part of legislative functions described in Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 (s.14). Personal information will be accessed by authorised QCAA staff, including panel staff, and handled in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009.
Panel code: / B42 / Subject code: / 003School:
School code: / District:
Reviewer name: / Date:
Compiled by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
This form is used by panellists when reviewing work programs. It can also be useful for schools to use as a checklist to ensure that all work program requirements have been met.
Instructions: Indicate Yes or No to the following statements. If your answer is No, please give specific examples of the problem in the Comments section.Course organisation
The course organisation shows: / Yes / No / Comments- the sequence of units that:
shows evidence of balance across the areas of study, Language of academic learning, Language of literature and Language of the media (Section4.5)
indicates the intended focus of the unit
▪key resources (including the range of specified texts)
▪assessment instruments and conditions
- specified texts per Section 4.5.4:
include spoken, written, visual and electronic resources that:
▪reflect a variety of cultural perspectives
▪are of cultural or aesthetic value and significance
▪are from within and beyond Australia
▪are from past and present
▪increase in complexity
▪offer opportunities to learn through literary and
non-literary texts.
Outline of intended student learning
The scope and depth of the student learning experiences in the sample unit of work is demonstrated in: / Yes / No / Comments- focus of the unit:
- sequence of contextualised learning experiences and identification of the particular objectives addressed showing:
alignment between objectives and assessment
- key resources (including consideration of specified texts per Section 4.5.4).
Assessment plan
The assessment plan indicates: / Yes / No / Comments- assessment techniques including text types and genres, and whether instruments are formative or summative (Section 6.5)
- the area/s of study
- the criteria assessed
- conditions for each instrument
- verification folio requirements for written assessment instruments (Section 6.6) are met by including three or four written instruments including:
one persuasive or one reflective text
one instrument must be a response to literature from the area of study Language of literature
at least two instruments must assess all three criteria
two instrumentsconducted under supervised conditions
▪one instrument in response to an unseen question (task is completed in one uninterrupted session)
▪the other may have more flexible supervised conditions
- verification folio requirements for spoken/signed assessment instruments (Section 6.6) are met by including:
at least one instrument assessing all three criteria
one task prepared, delivered or performed by individual students
one task to be presented in semester four of the course
- post-verification assessment
- sample student profile for Year 11 and Year 12 which allows for recording of:
a standard for each criterion and the proposed level of achievement at monitoring and verification
a standard for each criterion and level of achievement at exit.
Additional comments
Recommendation for approval
Approved / Not approvedAction to be taken:
English for ESL Learners 2007 Trial
Work program review checklist — Revised / Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority
September 2016
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