Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) The educational criteria for evaluation of a kindergarten guideline are the following—
(a) the kindergarten guideline includes the rationale for the guideline;
(b) the kindergarten guideline is appropriate for the educational needs of the group of children provided for under the guideline;
(c) the kindergarten guideline describes the areas of learning and development within the guideline;
(d) the kindergarten guideline describes the expected knowledge, skills and dispositions typical of children who have completed the relevant kindergarten year;
(e) the kindergarten guideline describes the expected learning behaviour typical of children who have completed the relevant kindergarten year;
(f) the kindergarten guideline promotes a balance, depth, quality and range (the characteristics) of learning experiences of a standard that achieves or exceeds the standard for the characteristics of learning experiences under related accredited kindergarten guidelines;
(g) the kindergarten guideline provides advice on, and a format for, monitoring and assessing children's learning to support reporting to parents and the transition into school;
(h) the kindergarten guideline does not encourage or condone discrimination on the basis of an attribute mentioned in the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, section 7;
(i) the kindergarten guideline is based on the document called 'Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia', published by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations of the Commonwealth for the Council of Australian Governments in 2009;
(j) the kindergarten guideline is based on another document detailing matters that the chief executive considers are equivalent to the matters contained in the document mentioned in paragraph (i).
(2) In this section—
discrimination on the basis of an attribute see the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, section 8.
related accredited kindergarten guidelines, for a kindergarten guideline under evaluation, means accredited kindergarten guidelines equivalent, or at least relevant, to the kindergarten guideline under evaluation.
relevant kindergarten year means any of the years immediately before the preparatory year provided for in a kindergarten guideline.