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Senior certification calendar 2008

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Date	Description
January
7	Senior External Examination: closing date for applications for revaluations Final date for applications to verify information recorded on the 2007 Senior Certificates, Certificates of Post-Compulsory School Education, and Tertiary Entrance Statements
29	Schools resume
February
8	Final date for advice from schools on student appeals concerning levels of achievement, OPs and FPs Schools submit Form A1: Agreement for Queensland Certificates of Education and Senior Statements to be issued
15	Monitoring meetings: Wide Bay
18–22	Monitoring meetings: all other districts (except Wide Bay, Mackay and Rockhampton)
22	Senior External Examination: closing date for schools to submit details of Year 12 students intending to nominate as candidates
25	Monitoring meetings: Mackay and Rockhampton SDCS: school enrolment data due (indicate eligible QCIA students)
March
7	Final date for amendments to 2007 Senior Certificates, Certificates of Post-Compulsory School Education, Tertiary Entrance Statements, and VET Certificates/Statements of Attainment
10	Final date for students who completed Year 12 in 2007 to be categorised as repeat students for purposes of OP calculation for 2008
21–24	Easter weekend
31	SDCS: School data submission 1 due, including Years 10, 11 & 12 VET data
April
4	End of Term 1 QCS Test: closing date for private-entry candidate nominations
14	Schools resume Term 2
21	Schedule of moderation meetings for Authority-registered subjects based on study area specifications commences
May
6	SDCS: School data submission 1, Version 2 due
21	QCS Test: closing date for special consideration applications QCS Test: closing date for late private-entry candidate nominations
30	Eligibility & Curriculum Plans due for QCIA students at QSA head office Schedule of moderation meetings for Authority-registered subjects based on study area specifications completed
June
10	SDCS: school data submission 2 due, including Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data
11	Monitoring submissions for French, German and Indonesian Extension subjects due at QSA head office
19	Monitoring submissions for Music Extension (Performance), English Extension (Literature), due at QSA managing district offices
25	Monitoring meetings for French, German and Indonesian Extension subjects
27	End of Semester 1
July
11	Senior External Examination: closing date for nominations
14	Schools resume Term 3
21	SDCS: School data submission 2, Version 2 due
28–31	Monitoring meetings for Music Extension (Performance), English Extension (Literature)
August
1	Final date for all VET registration applications for 2009
5–22	District verification meetings on Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement
18	SDCS: School data submission 2, Version 3 due
31	Senior External Examination: closing date for late nominations, and closing date for applications for special consideration
September
2	Administration of QCS Test: Paper 1: Writing Task (am), Paper 2: Multiple Choice I (pm)
3	Administration of QCS Test: Paper 3: Short Response (am), Paper 4: Multiple Choice II (pm)
15	SDCS: School data submission 2, Version 4 due
19	End of Term 3 Last day for submission of Evidence of Learning for a Workplace, Community or Self-directed Learning Project from Year 12 students
October
6	Schools resume Term 4
7	Verification submissions for Year 12 due at QSA district offices
13	SDCS: School data submission 3 due, including Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data and QCIA data imported from QCIA Editor Schools submit Form A13: Agreement to publish SAIs
14	Verification submissions for Music Extension (Performance), French, German and Indonesian Extension subjects due at QSA district offices
17	Verification submissions for English Extension (Literature) due at QSA district offices
18	Senior External Examination: examination period begins
20	Verification meetings: all districts (all subjects except Extension subjects)
20–21	State review of provisional Queensland Certificates of Individual Achievement
24	Verification of Extension Music
27	Verification of Extension English
31	End of consultation period with district review panels following verification, except for Extension subjects in Music, English, French, German and Indonesian
November
7	Senior External Examination: examination period ends
10–13	State review panel comparability meetings Verification of Extension French, German and Indonesian
19	End of consultation period with state review panels for small and intermediate subject-groups
21	End of Year 12 for senior certification Last day for non-school RTOs to provide Year 12 VET data End of consultation period with state review panels for large subject-groups
24	Subject-group checking begins SDCS: school data submission 4 due, including Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data and Forms R6 for small and intermediate subject-groups
26	Schools publish SAIs
27	SDCS: school data submission 5 due, including Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data and Forms R6 for large subject-groups
December
5	Submission for Year 11 monitoring due at QSA district offices
10	Complete pre-production checks of Queensland Certificates of Individual Achievement Subject-group checking ends SDCS: final amendment data and form due
12	Last day for non-school RTOs to provide Years 10 and 11 VET data End of school year
19	QCE, Senior Statements, Statements of Results, Queensland Certificates of Individual Achievement and Tertiary Entrance Statements posted

Last updated: 21 January 2008