Information Technology Systems 2012
Work program review checklist — Revised July 2014

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: / A26 / Subject code: / 065
School:
School code: / District:
Reviewer name: / Date: / 10/10/2018
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 selected context/s for each semester

  • the course of study consisting of units of work which include:
relevant contextualised subject matter with an IT focus from the Theory and techniques element
the Problem-solving process element
relevant contextualised subject matter from the elements — Project management, Client relationships and Social and ethical issues — across the units of work in both Year 11 and Year 12
  • coverage of the five elements evident across both Year 11 and Year 12

  • the proposed time allocation for each unit of work, ensuring the minimum requirement of 55 hours per semester over the four semesters is met.

Outline of intended student learning

The scope and depth of the student learning experiences in two sample units of work is demonstrated in: / Yes / No / Comments
  • a contextualised unit of work from Year 11 or Year 12 which includes:
the unit title
relevant subject matter from the Theory and techniques element
the Problem-solving process element
relevant subject matter from each of the remaining elements: Project management, Client relationships and Social and ethical issues
learning experiences that demonstrate how objectives from the three dimensions will be developed
time allocation (in hours).

Assessment plan

The assessment plan indicates: / Yes / No / Comments
  • the instrument number

  • the unit of work to be assessed

  • the assessment technique using the terminology of the syllabus (Section 4.5 of the syllabus)

  • conditions of assessment are consistent with syllabus guidelines for each assessment technique category (Section 4.5)

  • dimensions in which student achievement is to be assessed

  • judgments about students’ achievements in all of the dimensions are made a number of times using a variety of assessment techniques and conditions

  • each dimension is assessed in each semester

  • the verification folio requirements can be met by the inclusion of:

a minimum of four and a maximum of six summative assessment instruments from Year 12
evidence of each dimension being assessed summative at least three times by verification
one supervised written assessment which assesses all three dimensions
one product (project) completed individually which assesses all three dimensions
  • one post-verification assessment instrument that assessed at least two dimensions

  • the student profile:

is consistent with the assessment plan
indicates whether assessment is formative or summative
allows for the recording of:
▪student achievement in each dimensions
▪interim global standards at monitoring and verification
▪exit global standards and exit level of achievement.

Additional comments

Recommendation for approval

Approved / Not approved
Action to be taken:
Information Technology Systems 2012
Work program review checklist — Revised / Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority
July 2014
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