The report, Flexibility in senior secondary schooling: Flexible Curriculum Delivery Working Group findings (PDF, 308.9 KB), discusses the range of strategies used in Queensland and around Australia that provide flexibility for school communities in senior curriculum and assessment systems. These strategies include:
- variable progression rates
- combined classes
- school partnership arrangements.
The new QCE system will maintain flexibility for schools in the delivery of senior syllabuses.
Concurrent delivery
All General syllabuses have an associated resource titled ‘Concurrent delivery’. It is accessed by clicking the Resources tab in the Syllabuses application in QCAA Portal. The resource offers strategies to support combined classes and explains how to align teaching, learning and assessment across Units 1 and 2 with Units 3 and 4.
Alternative sequences
For 19 General syllabuses schools may also consider implementing an alternative sequence course of study developed from a General syllabus as an option for managing combined classes of low-candidature subjects.
Subjects
- Agricultural Science
- Ancient History
- Biology
- Design
- Drama
- Geography
- Legal Studies
- Modern History
- Music
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Specialist Mathematics
- Visual Arts.
Comparability with General syllabuses
Alternative sequences have the same syllabus objectives and subject matter as the parent syllabus but where necessary may reorganise subject matter and assessment requirements to ensure comparable complexity across Units 1 and 2 and Units 3 and 4.
Subject results
An alternative sequence subject result will not differ from its parent General syllabus subject result for both certification and tertiary entrance purposes. For example, a student who is awarded a 74/100 for the General Modern History syllabus and a student who is awarded a 74/100 in the Alternative Sequence Modern History will both have a 74/100 for Modern History recorded on their statement of results and provided to the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre.
Access to alternative sequences
Alternative sequences and resources to assist schools in implementing an alternative sequence subject are available to registered schools via the QCAA Portal. Other schools seeking access should contact: ClientServices@qcaa.qld.edu.au.
- Last updated:
- 10 January 2019
