The principal identifies an appropriate staff member to act as their delegate. The principal’s delegate:
- is responsible for
- developing and overseeing the school’s quality management system, including quality assurance processes within the school
- meeting the requirements of the Senior secondary certification agreement
- the total assessment program in the school
- provision of information to the QCAA when and as required
- communication between the QCAA and the school about quality assurance processes
- maintenance of school records as required by the QCAA
- performing the role of the QCIA leader or delegating this role to an appropriate staff member
- ensures that administration of assessment and judgments of standards within the school are consistent with syllabuses and the procedures outlined in this handbook. To ensure this consistency, the principal’s delegate
- informs subject leaders and teachers of their responsibilities as outlined in the relevant syllabuses and this handbook
- communicates relevant information from the QCAA to appropriate staff about their responsibilities
- ensures that subject leaders and teachers fulfil their responsibilities before the principal’s delegate provides information to the QCAA
- uses information from quality assurance processes to inform and improve teaching, learning and assessment practices
- informs the QCIA leader (if the role is delegated) and coordinator, and subject leaders and teachers, of their responsibilities regarding the QCIA — see Section 3: Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA).
