During Term 2, QCEC staff hosted around 40 cross-school moderation sessions for Catholic schools across Queensland to assist in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on Students with Disability (NCCD).

The NCCD captures the ongoing work undertaken by teachers and school staff throughout the year in providing personalised learning and support for students with disability. It reflects the valuable knowledge teachers acquire about students’ educational needs and the decisions they make about how these needs can be best supported.

The NCCD moderation process is an extension of existing school moderation practices. When moderating school-based decisions for the NCCD, teachers engage in professional dialogue about students’ level of adjustment and category of disability to make decisions that are consistent, reliable and defensible. These decisions gain additional quality assurance through Cross-School moderation.

Participants attending Cross-School Moderation sessions spoke of their increased understanding of the NCCD process and their desire to share these learnings with their school.  Participant feedback also affirmed the value of having the dedicated opportunity to meet collegially with colleagues from other schools to support and affirm their decisions.

Cross-sector moderation sessions in conjunction with the Queensland Department of Education and Independent Schools Queensland have also been conducted across Queensland throughout the second term. Schools are preparing their final data reports leading up to the 6 August census.

View the NCCD Cross-School Moderation gallery below.