Qualifications Advisory Board (QAB) for the Early Learning and Care (ELC) Sector

1. What we do
2. Terms of Reference
3. Membership
4. List of Expert Reviewers
5. Professional Award Criteria and Guidelines
6. Professional Award Criteria and Guidelines Application Form
7. QAB Cover Sheet
8. Programme Review Templates

9. List of approved Programmes with Adherence to the Professional Award Criteria and Guidelines
10. QAB Programme Amendment Form
11. Implementation Review Process
12. Additional Information for Programme Applicants
13. Qualifications Advisory Board Appeal Procedure
14. QAB Processes
15. Privacy Notice
16. Contact

The Qualifications Advisory Board (QAB) has been jointly instituted by the Minister for Education and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on a non-statutory basis to review Initial Professional Education (Level 7 and Level 8) Degree Programmes for the Early Learning and Care (ELC) Sector. This is in support of Ireland’s plan for the development and upskilling of the Early Learning and Care workforce between now and the year 2028. It follows the publication in April 2019 of the Professional Award Criteria and Guidelines (PACG) for Initial Professional Education (Level 7 and Level 8) Degree Programmes for the Early Learning and Care (ELC) Sector in Ireland as agreed by the two Ministers and published on the website of the Department of Education.

What we do

The Qualifications Advisory Board is tasked with:

reviewing programme proposals and confirming their coherence with the PACG through the provision of expert reports.
advising the Department of Education and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a programme, once validated as a professional award, can be considered for inclusion on a revised list of professional qualifications for the Early Learning and Care sector

Terms of Reference

Qualifications Advisory Board for the Early Learning and Care sector Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference

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Membership

Dr. Máire Mhic Mhathúna	Chairperson, nominated by Ministers
Elaine Hynes	Secretary to the Board
Joanne Tobin	Department of Education
Barbara Kelly	Quality and Qualifications Ireland
Dr. Breda McTaggart	Technological Higher Education Association
Professor Anne O’Gara	Irish Universities Association
Dr. Glenda Walsh	Independent expert, Stranmillis University College, nominated by Ministers
Toby Wolfe	Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Department of Education Secretariat