14 | Implementing 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 providers | Ongoing |
15 | Implementing the Youth Engagement Strategy to improve responses to children and young people who have disengaged or are at risk of disengaging from education | Ongoing |
16 | Expanding support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from remote communities to access secondary education in urban and regional locations, through Transition Support Services | Ongoing |
17 | Facilitating access to scholarships to assist in meeting expenses associated with school education and extracurricular experiences | Commenced |
18 | Providing access to more student accommodation services in the Torres Strait Islands to enable students to continue their education in the region | Commenced |
19 | Continuing to implement the Remote School Attendance Strategy in partnership with the Australian Government to lift school attendance in remote communities across Queensland | Ongoing |
20 | Developing 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 teachers | Completed |
21 | Supporting 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 meaningfully | Ongoing |
22 | Working 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 Languages | Completed |
23 | Supporting 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 Languages | Ongoing |
24 | Targeting 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 |
25 | Supporting high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander state school students in Years 4 to 9 by sustaining the Solid Pathways program | Ongoing |
26 | Developing 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 program | Completed |
27 | Identifying and supporting high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to access academic excellence programs in state secondary schools | Ongoing |
28 | Identifying and supporting students who speak English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) | Ongoing |
29 | Developing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student performance dashboard to support state schools and regions to effectively highlight priority areas for improvement | Completed |
30 | Supporting schools to develop and share evidence about what works in particular contexts, to promote learning and school improvement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students | Ongoing |
31 | Communicating to schools what evidence-based research supports as effective practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Ongoing |
32 | Establishing videoconferencing facilities in all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community schools to facilitate greater information sharing and communication | Completed |
33 | Appointing principal coaches to support principals in remote communities to lead improvement, innovation and change that lifts outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students | Ongoing |
34 | Ensuring strong, long-term leadership in remote community schools through reviewing remote school principalship | Ongoing |
35 | Providing dedicated regional coaches to build the capability of schools to meet the language learning needs of students who speak EAL/D | Completed |
36 | Recognising 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 Student | Completed |
37 | Engaging regional STEM champions to implement targeted strategies aimed at lifting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement and participation in STEM | Ongoing |
38 | Supporting teachers to embed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority into the delivery of the Australian Curriculum: Science | Completed |
39 | Supporting schools to participate in programs that link traditional knowledge and values to modern environmental science concepts and connect young people to land, waterways and sea | Ongoing |
40 | Delivering coding and robotics demonstrations and education sessions with high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Science | Completed |
41 | Partnering with universities to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in activities that will enhance STEM tertiary aspirations | Ongoing |
42 | Supporting 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 context | Ongoing |