Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority

🏫 P–6 organisational administrators, this one's for you!

Join our free webinar to make sure your school is ready to access transition statements for the 2027 Prep cohort.

Learn what you need to do to ensure staff can access the QCAA Portal and download transition statements, including how to review staff accounts and assign the correct roles.

Join a session:
📅 Tuesday 25 August
📅 Monday 31 August
📅 Thursday 29 October
All webinars run from 3:45–4:15pm 🕓
🎟️ Register now: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=3032&r=310

📢 P–10 teachers — have your say on the Australian Curriculum v9.0!

We're running a survey on behalf of Queensland and its schooling sectors, looking at how the curriculum is working across the state.

📊 Results will be reported to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), to form part of its ongoing monitoring of the curriculum.

🙌 This is your chance to directly shape future changes to the curriculum, so don't miss out!

🎓 The survey is open to all P–10 teachers. Wherever you're at in your transition to Australian Curriculum v9.0 — we'd love to hear from you.

👉 Learn more and take the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6HM2MN

⏳ Closes: 5 pm on Wednesday 9 September 2026

Applications for external assessment markers are now open for 2026. Embrace the opportunity to join the team and boost your subject knowledge and expertise!

Marking gives you the opportunity to increase your knowledge of marking processes, network with others and gain CPD points for QCT registration renewal.

See the QCAA website for more info:
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/assessment/qcaa-assessors/external-assessment-marking

📢 Teaching Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music Extension or Visual Art this year?

Starting next week, we've got free webinars to help you make judgments and prepare for assessment for subjects in The Arts learning area.

Film, Television and New Media 🎬
❥ Curriculum conversations: EA preparation (get in quick, these sessions are next week): https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=3044&r=310
❥ Making judgments for IA2: Multi-platform content project: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=2960&r=310

Visual Art 🎨
❥ Making judgments for IA1: Investigation, inquiry phase 1: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=2974&r=310
❥ Making judgments for IA2: Project, inquiry phase 2: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=2975&r=310

Drama 🎭
❥ Making judgments for IA2: Dramatic concept: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=2964&r=310

Music Extension🎵
❥ Designing valid and accessible instruments in Music Extension (Composition, Musicology and Performance) for IA3: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=2967&r=310

Dance 💃
❥ Making judgments for IA1 and IA2: Performance and Choreography: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=2954&r=310

📢 Student Management application users – this one is for you!

We're running four free webinars to help you manage student enrolments and results data.

Find out more and register 👇
✅ Recording and checking provisional marks for second and third internal assessments (IA) in 2026: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=3045&r=310 (last chance — these webinars are next week, so register today!)
✅ Record and check IA and final results for Applied and Applied (Essential) subjects: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=3048&r=310
✅ Setting up and enrolling students in subject and Short Course offerings for 2027: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=3046&r=310
✅ Recording results for Unit 1 and Unit 2 of General and Applied subjects, and Short Courses: https://events.qcaa.qld.edu.au/Event.aspx?e=3047&r=310

To help schools familiarise students with new external assessment book formats, we’ve developed examples for Ancient History, Modern History, Geography and Drama.

They’re available in the Syllabuses app in the QCAA Portal under View resources.

For more information, see these QCAA memos:

• Ancient History and Modern History (memo 031/26)
• Geography (memo 032/26)
• Drama (memo 031/25)

Find the memos here 👇
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/news-data/memos

This year is the first time external assessments will be based on the revised 2025 and 2026 senior syllabuses.

To help schools prepare students, we’ve developed a resource that summarises the key changes for each subject’s external assessment.

It’s available on each senior syllabus page on the QCAA website under Associated materials. 👇
https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/syllabuses

Live in regional, rural or remote Queensland? We’re hiring! 📍

Apply today to join our team of invigilators — you’ll get paid to observe and report on the administration of Year 12 exams at Queensland schools between 26 October and 17 November🕵️‍♂️

📅 Casual, short-term work during school hours
💻 Paid training is provided
🤝 Earn extra income while supporting your local community
✅ A paid blue card/exemption card or Queensland College of Teachers registration is required to apply.

Applications close on Sunday 9 August, so don’t miss out! 🏃‍♂️

Find out more and apply via the QCAA website: https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/assessment/external-assessment/external-assessment-invigilators

Last week was NAIDOC Week and we were at Musgrave Park Family Fun Day to celebrate 50 Years of Deadly 🎉.

Throughout the day, our staff shared information about how the QCAA supports embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives across all year levels and led fun education activities for children.

👉🏽 Learn more and read our full Cultural Capability Action Plan here https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/about/k-12-policies/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-perspectives/policies