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Annual snapshot

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Making a great start—Early years

Actions: Increased access and participationStatus
1Providing subsidies to support low-cost or no-cost access to kindergarten for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander familiesOngoing
2Partnering with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health to promote kindergarten as a deadly choice and encourage pre-Kindy health checksOngoing
3Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with disability to access kindergarten and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services to deliver inclusive programs as part of the Kindergarten Inclusion Support SchemeOngoing
4Supporting ECEC services to provide culturally appropriate and welcoming environments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and familiesOngoing
5Delivering integrated early education, health and family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families by investing approximately $10 million per annum in 10 Early Years Places (Children and Family Centres)Ongoing
6Conducting state-wide and local communications strategies to promote the importance of the early years for children’s development, and assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to access kindergarten in the year before schoolOngoing
7Supporting kindergarten services in schools in identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver quality kindergarten programsOngoing
Actions: Improved transition to schoolStatus
8Supporting positive transitions into Prep with a focus on valuing and respecting the languages, cultures, histories and identities of families, through the Transition to School initiativeOngoing
9Promoting successful transition to school programs developed collaboratively with communities, families, early years services and schoolsOngoing
Actions: Greater service and workforce capabilityStatus
10Developing and implementing strategies to increase the number of qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators in the ECEC sectorOngoing
11Continuing to develop the capability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators through professional development programsOngoing
12Providing scholarships and study support for educators to gain early childhood qualifications in priority-identified Queensland rural and remote communities, including discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communitiesOngoing
13Expanding the uptake and delivery of early childhood/children services qualifications by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through the Remote Area Teacher Education ProgramCompleted

Reaching learning potential—School education

Actions: Engagement in educationStatus
14Implementing engagement and development programs involving mentoring, coaching and sporting-related activities for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male and female students, in partnership with external providersOngoing
15Implementing the Youth Engagement Strategy to improve responses to children and young people who have disengaged or are at risk of disengaging from educationOngoing
16Expanding support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from remote communities to access secondary education in urban and regional locations, through Transition Support ServicesOngoing
17Facilitating access to scholarships to assist in meeting expenses associated with school education and extracurricular experiencesCommenced
18Providing access to more student accommodation services in the Torres Strait Islands to enable students to continue their education in the regionCommenced
19Continuing to implement the Remote School Attendance Strategy in partnership with the Australian Government to lift school attendance in remote communities across QueenslandOngoing
Actions: Connections to cultureStatus
20Developing culturally appropriate teaching and learning resources to support state schools to embed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority, and providing professional development to regions, schools and teachersCompleted
21Supporting schools to understand and respond to the language backgrounds and language learning needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander EAL/D (English as an additional language or dialect) students by teaching Standard Australian English explicitly, actively and meaningfullyOngoing
22Working with the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority to revitalise and expand the uptake and delivery of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies General Senior Syllabus and short course on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LanguagesCompleted
23Supporting schools to develop and deliver language programs in collaboration with their local communities and aligned to the Australian Curriculum’s Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander LanguagesOngoing
Actions: Support for students to succeed at schoolStatus
24Targeting resources to lift the reading and numeracy outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander state school students in the early years (from Prep to Year 3)Ongoing
25Supporting high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander state school students in Years 4 to 9 by sustaining the Solid Pathways programOngoing
26Developing leadership and academic skills of high performing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 10 to 12 through participation in the Indigenous Student Ambassadors Network programCompleted
27Identifying and supporting high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to access academic excellence programs in state secondary schoolsOngoing
28Identifying and supporting students who speak English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D)Ongoing
Actions: Improved school performanceStatus
29Developing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student performance dashboard to support state schools and regions to effectively highlight priority areas for improvementCompleted
30Supporting schools to develop and share evidence about what works in particular contexts, to promote learning and school improvement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsOngoing
31Communicating to schools what evidence-based research supports as effective practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educationOngoing
32Establishing videoconferencing facilities in all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community schools to facilitate greater information sharing and communicationCompleted
33Appointing principal coaches to support principals in remote communities to lead improvement, innovation and change that lifts outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsOngoing
34Ensuring strong, long-term leadership in remote community schools through reviewing remote school principalshipOngoing
35Providing dedicated regional coaches to build the capability of schools to meet the language learning needs of students who speak EAL/DCompleted
Actions: Promoting STEM pathwaysStatus
36Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander excellence and achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through offering the Peter Doherty award category for Outstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Senior STEM StudentCompleted
37Engaging regional STEM champions to implement targeted strategies aimed at lifting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement and participation in STEMOngoing
38Supporting teachers to embed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority into the delivery of the Australian Curriculum: ScienceCompleted
39Supporting schools to participate in programs that link traditional knowledge and values to modern environmental science concepts and connect young people to land, waterways and seaOngoing
40Delivering coding and robotics demonstrations and education sessions with high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in collaboration with the Department of Environment and ScienceCompleted
41Partnering with universities to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in activities that will enhance STEM tertiary aspirationsOngoing
42Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female students to participate in STEM by encouraging their participation in the annual STEM Girl Power Camp, and developing outreach activities suited to their local contextOngoing

Equipped for the future—Pathways

Actions: Increased school completionStatus
43Case-managing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander state school students in the senior phase of learning who have been identified as being at risk of not receiving a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA) at the end of Year 12Ongoing
44Supporting QCE scholarships for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Year 11 and 12 students in Queensland state schools, through the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander FoundationCommenced
Actions: Supporting post-school optionsStatus
45Creating opportunities for high-performing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to participate in university immersion days and enhanced studies programs designed to improve school performance and access to tertiary studiesOngoing
46Working with Queensland universities to improve the preparation, access and transition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into higher educationCompleted
47Ensuring every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Year 10 student develops a Senior Education and Training plan in partnership with their parents/carers to support their learning in Years 11 and 12 and post-schoolOngoing
48Establishing a dedicated web presence and suite of resources to support schools, students and parents to make informed decisionsCommenced
Actions: Connections to training and skillsStatus
49Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander senior state school students to transition to training or employment as part of the Youth Employment Program, in collaboration with the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PartnershipsOngoing
50Providing scholarships for aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who want to study teaching at a Queensland university, through the Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarships programOngoing

Building capability—Workforce and systems

Actions: Support for teachers and school leadersStatus
51Implementing targeted strategies to attract, prepare and support teachers in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communitiesOngoing
52Developing the cultural capability of staff and preservice teachers through the Centres for Learning and Wellbeing, and Rural and Remote Teacher Education Centres of ExcellenceCommenced
53Encouraging teachers from Queensland metropolitan schools that have high Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student enrolments to participate in a rural and remote teacher experience programCommenced
54Developing a range of cultural capability resources to influence, measure and achieve a systematic cultural change across the regions and schoolsCommenced
55Enhancing awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures through the continued implementation of the Hidden Histories-Crossing Cultures programOngoing
56Providing the Deadly Kids Can Listen and Learn online course for teachers, early childhood professionals and support staff to support the learning outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who experience conductive hearing loss as a result of otitis mediaCompleted
57Delivering the EAL/D Hub online course as a key professional development activity for all staff working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsCompleted
Actions: Employment and career development opportunitiesStatus
58Promoting the Department of Education as an employer of choice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees and studentsOngoing
59Contributing to the 3 % Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment target for the Queensland Government by 2022Ongoing
60Supporting career development and progression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staffOngoing
61Increasing the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people employed in the department in teaching, classified teaching and senior management positions to 3 %Ongoing
62Identifying and mentoring emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island school leaders through implementing the Aspiring Leaders programTo be commenced
Actions: Building systemic capabilityStatus
63Promoting cultural capability and awareness training for new starters and non-teaching departmental staffOngoing
64Developing resources to measure, guide and enhance whole-school cultural change and the individual cultural capability of all staff membersCompleted
65Developing an engagement framework to enhance engagement between the Department of Education and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to improve outcomesCompleted
66Recognising, celebrating and participating in significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural eventsOngoing
67Contributing to the Queensland Government target of increasing the share of government procurement contracts awarded to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses to 3 % by 2022Ongoing
68Building transition to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suppliers and staffing into agreements on innovative education programsCommenced
69Organising an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research symposium to promote awareness of research on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education issuesCompleted

Engaging partners—Partnerships

Actions: Strong engagement with parents, carers, families and communitiesStatus
70Supporting parents to play an active role in their children’s early development through initiatives like playgroups, Families as First Teachers, parents and citizens’ associations, and The Early Years Count and Elders as Storytellers campaignsOngoing
71Piloting a strength-based, co-designed community education compact between schools and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communitiesCompleted
72Developing culturally appropriate information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and families about learning for students with disabilityCompleted
73Facilitating local school-community forums and sharing school performance information with the community to enhance community collaboration and local decision-makingCommenced
74Piloting a school attendance model that will aim to empower local community decision-making, enabling students and families to actively participate to improve student outcomesCompleted
Actions: Greater collaboration across governmentStatus
75Working with other key agencies to identify additional interventions and coordinate service delivery to achieve improved early years outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenOngoing
76Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in youth detention centres to achieve their full potential, and ensuring quality education services by close ongoing collaboration between the Department of Education, Department of Youth Justice, and the Department of Child Safety, Youth and WomenOngoing
Actions: Greater communication, transparency and accountabilityStatus
77Working with the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education and Training Advisory Committee (QATSIETAC) to monitor progress in implementing the action planOngoing
78Developing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education performance dashboard to increase the visibility of data on outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and studentsCompleted
79Developing a real retention measure for inclusion in the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education performance dashboard to better track the engagement of students from Years 10 to 12Commenced
80Producing an annual report on early childhood and school education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and studentsCompleted
Actions: Partnerships between education and healthStatus
81Promoting the importance of early childhood education through the Deadly Kindies project by partnering with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health across southeast QueenslandOngoing
82Working to minimise the educational impacts of middle ear disease and associated hearing loss for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and school students, in cooperation with Queensland Health, the ECEC sector, state, Catholic and independent school sectors, and other key stakeholdersCommenced
83Working with allied health professionals and remote schools through initiatives including Be Well Learn Well to provide therapy-based services to address developmental vulnerability impacting on education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsCommenced

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Last updated 09 April 2021