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Established in 1993, the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) is a non-profit organisation based in Sydney, Australia, which is funded by and accountable to the Australian Government. It was responsible for administering Child Care Quality Assurance (CCQA) for the following children's services in Australia: * Family Day Care Quality Assurance (FDCQA) for family day care schemes * Outside School Hours Care Quality Assurance (OSHCQA) for outside school hours care services * Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS) for long day care centres In December 2009, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) announced a National Partnership Agreement to a New Quality Agenda which will replace the regulatory processes administered by state and territory governments and the Child Care Quality Assurance systems administered by NCAC from January 2012.〔(Council of Australian Governments (2009), National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education )〕 == Child Care Quality Assurance in Australia == Child care quality assurance in Australia was first raised as a political issue in the lead up to the 1990 Federal election.〔Wangmann, J. (1995) Towards integration and Quality Assurance in Children’s Services. Australian Institute of Family Studies – Early Childhood Study Paper no.6: Melbourne〕 The Crawford Committee was established in 1990 and recommended the then Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services establish a national body to represent all interest groups in children’s services to oversee the accreditation process.〔Mellor, E.J. and Coombe, K.M. (eds) (1994) Issues in Early Childhood Services: Australian Perspectives. WCB Publishers Int: Melbourne.〕 This recommendation resulted in the formation of the Interim National Accreditation Council (INAC) in 1991. INAC presented a report to the Minister recommending accreditation be linked with receipt of Childcare Assistance.〔 NCAC was established in 1993 to develop an accreditation and quality assurance system for Austrlain child care services.〔 Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia was the founding Chair and CEO of NCAC between 1993 and 1996.〔(http://www.gg.gov.au ), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia (n.d) Retrieved 19 September 2011.〕 Ms Denise Taylor was Chief Executive Officer of NCAC from 1997-2011. Family day care schemes, outside school hours care services and long day care centres had to satisfactorily participate in the relevant CCQA system administered by NCAC in order to offer the Child Care Benefit as a fee reduction to parents and obtain funding support.〔(Report on Government Services 2010 ), Productivity Commission (2010). Report on Government Services 2010.〕 The CCQA systems provided a framework for reviewing, measuring and improving the quality of work done by approved child care providers.〔(Quality Child Care, DEEWR, Quality Child Care (n.d) )〕 Services participating in CCQA progressed through a 5 step process including Registration, Self-study and Continuing Improvement, Validation, Moderation and Accreditation Decision. While there are voluntary accreditation systems for children’s services in other countries, the Australian CCQA system was linked to child care funding through legislation and to be funded and supported by government.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Childcare Accreditation Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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