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Accreditation

To further support our learners, ECA offers a multitude of courses that are currently accredited in two jurisdictions: Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) ACT and NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) NSW. The approved courses outline what professional standard each course is linked to and what learning outcomes can be achieved.

View our accredited courses below. Once you complete a course on the outlined list, complete the request for logging hours form and we will log the required hours for you through the applicable portal.

Accredited courses- TQI

Accredited courses- NESA

A teacher’s completion of any accredited PD course will count towards their NESA or TQI accredited PD requirements. Any course that is not accredited can be used towards, teacher identified activities or elective PD.

If you have completed a course in the last 14 days that has been TQI or NESA approved, complete the applicable online request form with all requested information. This will be evaluated, once approved, will be submitted for accreditation. ECA will use the information supplied to lodge the completion of your professional learning in the relevant state or territory. These PD hours will be visible to you within the next calendar month, after the request has been received. 

To note: you must provide evidence of completion and log the hours personally prior to ensure the request can be actioned and completed in full within the jurisdiction’s timeframe. Requests can only be logged after the approved accreditation date (these dates are listed next to the course name)

Request Form

If you are a registered Early Childhood Teacher, please complete this form to submit your request for logging accredited hours for courses completed in 2023/2024. You must have a google account to complete this request form.

Please check your course was completed after the approval date listed on this page.

You will be required to provide us with your teacher registration number and upload evidence of completion of the accredited course. By completing this request form you are giving ECA permission to share your personal details with a third party, for more information, please read our privacy statement.

What courses are accredited for TQI

— Engaging with digital documentation and technology (3-part series)
Approved from 14/02/2025 | 6 hours
Expires on 31/12/2025
— eSafety: Creating a safe online environment | Approved from 07/02/2025 | 2 hours
Expires on 31/12/2025

TQI requests will be processed within 14 days after we have received the request.

What courses are accredited for NESA

The courses that are currently NESA accredited are:

— An insight into Autism Spectrum Disorder in the early years (2-part series)
Approved from 21/07/2023
— Community of Practice: Literacy and Language in early childhood
Approved from 12/01/2023
— Community of Practice: Play-based learning in early childhood
Approved from 12/01/2023
— Community of Practice: STEM
Approved from 10/01/2023
— ECA Leadership Program
Approved from 31/07/2024
— Engaging with digital documentation and technology series
Approved from 20/10/2022

To ensure that we meet NESA’s required timeframe – you as the learner must notify us within 14 days of completion of the course. These requests will be processed at the start of the next calendar month.

How do I request my hours to be submitted by ECA

Please complete the request form with all the required information. This will be evaluated and submitted for accreditation. Once approved ECA will use the information supplied to lodge the completion of your professional learning in the relevant state or territory. For TQI requests, these will be visible to you within 14 days after we have received the request. For NESA requests, these will be processed at the start of the next calendar month.

You must provide evidence of completion and log the hours personally prior to ensure the request can be actioned and completed in full within the jurisdiction’s timeframes.

Need to know - key information

1. You must complete the course in full before requesting ECA to log the accredited hours. All ECA courses must have the ECA certificate of completion to be valid
2. Any course, series or programs with multiple courses or parts only need to have one request form. Noting- that attendees will not be credited with their PL hours until all courses and parts are complete, and a certificate of completion is provided for all parts of the course, series or program
3. You can only put through a request for courses on the approved list from the date ECA received the accreditation approval
4. NESA – To ensure that we meet the required timeframe, you must notify us within 14 days of course completion. NESA requests will be processed at the start of the next calendar month, we have until the end of the next calendar month to process requests
5. If your request is rejected for any reason, you will receive written notification via email to advise why. It is the responsibility of the requesting teacher to ensure all details are true and correct and that requests have been made before the session ending
6. Requests for accreditation hours to be logged after the session has ended will not be processed.