Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Regulation 2017
sec.12Schools delivering distance education
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sec.12 Schools delivering distance education
A distance education school must have a written standard of service that is appropriate to the school’s distance education students achieving learning standards under the school’s educational program. The standard of service must deal with the following— the interactive teaching methods to be followed; the communication procedures to be followed by the students and their teachers and tutors; the regular tracking and assessment of work submitted by the students to their teachers; the regular engagement between students and teachers; the regular monitoring of the students’ achievement of the learning standards under the educational program. The school’s governing body must be able to demonstrate how the school is meeting the standard of service. In this section— distance education school means a school that uses the distance education mode of delivery of education. (sec.12-ssec.1) A distance education school must have a written standard of service that is appropriate to the school’s distance education students achieving learning standards under the school’s educational program. (sec.12-ssec.2) The standard of service must deal with the following— the interactive teaching methods to be followed; the communication procedures to be followed by the students and their teachers and tutors; the regular tracking and assessment of work submitted by the students to their teachers; the regular engagement between students and teachers; the regular monitoring of the students’ achievement of the learning standards under the educational program. (sec.12-ssec.3) The school’s governing body must be able to demonstrate how the school is meeting the standard of service. (sec.12-ssec.4) In this section— distance education school means a school that uses the distance education mode of delivery of education.
- (a) the interactive teaching methods to be followed;
- (b) the communication procedures to be followed by the students and their teachers and tutors;
- (c) the regular tracking and assessment of work submitted by the students to their teachers;
- (d) the regular engagement between students and teachers;
- (e) the regular monitoring of the students’ achievement of the learning standards under the educational program.