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National Authority

A national authority for early childhood education and care - the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), monitors the implementation of the National Quality Framework (NQF).

ACECQA's core focus is to ensure national improvements in quality to early childhood education and care across Australia. It is governed by a 13 member Board, with one member nominated by each state and territory, four members nominated by the Commonwealth and one independent Chair.

ACECQA performs a range of functions including:

Supporting consistent, effective and efficient operation of the National Quality Framework
Determining qualification requirements for educators including assessing equivalence of qualifications
Determining qualification for Authorised Officers undertaking service assessments
Publishing assessment ratings, guides and resources to assist services to meet the National Quality Standard
Undertaking research and continually evaluating the progress of the NQF across Australia
Maintaining a national register of approvals and national data on assessment and regulation of services.

ACECQA Executive and board member biographies .

Pictured left to right: ACECQA Chair, Rachel Hunter; Queensland Board
representative, Anne Reddell;and Chief Executive Officer, Karen Curtis.

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This page was last reviewed on 30 Apr 2012