Education Queensland International staff (EQI staff), school staff, Overseas students, EQI homestay providers, parents/Department of Home Affairs (DHA) approved guardians of Overseas students and their agents.
The purpose of the EQI sport, leisure and recreation provider (SLR provider) procedure is to ensure that a high standard and consistent approach is maintained when evaluating the risk of homestay students engaging with non-routine service providers not arranged by the school (that is, not via the OneSchool Excursion Planner).
EQI manages a register of successful and unsuccessful SLR provider applications. SLR providers on this register are nominated by schools and risk assessed by the Director, EQI for approval. Homestay students will only be approved to participate in sport, leisure and recreation activities serviced by an approved SLR provider.
This procedure outlines how to identify potential SLR providers for the register, as well as the processes for completing, submitting, assessing and monitoring approved SLR providers on the International Student Programs (ISP) SLR provider register (DoE employees only). This procedure should be read in conjunction with the Non-routine travel and activities for homestay students – subclass 500 (school) visa procedure.
This procedure does not cover:
Image 1 – Sport, leisure and recreation provider flowchart
Term
Definition
Agent
Education agent registered with EQI to recruit students for EQI programs.
DHA approved guardian
A parent, legal custodian or relative over the age of 21 approved by the Department of Home Affairs to be responsible for the welfare of overseas students entering ISP under the age of 18 years.
EQI approved adult
The supervision requirement for a registered teacher as per the Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment (CARA) may be substituted with ‘EQI approved adult’ when conducting non-routine activities with EQI homestay students.
An EQI approved adult is defined as:
EQI staff
DoE employees working in DEi, trading as EQI.
Homestay provider
Homestay provider is a family, a couple or a single person who is approved by DEi or schools to host overseas students in their home.
Homestay student
Overseas student requiring accommodation services as part of a DEi Program, for example, International Student Program, Study tour, or short-term immersion programs and exchanges.
International Student Programs
A study pathway offered to Overseas students to fulfil their academic potential, develop new skills and achieve personal goals in a way that suits their individual needs. International Student Programs includes: Primary School, High School, International Baccalaureate, and High School Preparation.
Non-routine activity
Travel or an activity which includes overnight travel away from the homestay provider’s residence (with or without the homestay provider), activities where the sports, leisure and recreation provider requests parental consent or activities that require supervision other than the homestay provider.
Overseas student
Student in Australia on visa subclass 500 (schools sector) enrolled in an EQI course.
Parent
Natural parent or legal custodian.
School
For International Student Programs: Queensland state schools accredited by EQI to deliver international student programs.
School staff
Employees of schools with responsibilities to support international students. For example – international student coordinator, homestay coordinator, head of department, deputy principal, accredited officer (study tours).
Previous seven years shown. Minor version updates not included.
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International Student ProgramsDepartment of Education InternationalPhone: 1800 316 540 (inside Australia) +61 7 3513 5301 (outside Australia)Email: EQInternational@qed.qld.gov.au
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