Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education in Queensland state schools 2018 report card

The Queensland Government is committed to improving educational outcomes and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and students.

With an additional $10 million investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education programs, the Department of Education is leading the way with innovative practices and collaborative partnerships that lift outcomes of every student and ensure all students have a great start.

93.8%

351

13.6%

7.8%

Year 12 students with QCE3 or QCIA4

11.6 percentage points since 2014

98.1% Year 12 completers

engaged in education, training or employment

1.6 percentage points since 2014

67.3%

staff strongly agree to have confidence in

embedding perspectives across learning areas

1.5 percentage points since 2014

22.3%

Year 10-12 apparent

retention rate

8.8 percentage points since 2014

73.1% 59.2% of OP eligible

students with OP5 1-15

2.1 percentage points since 2014

children enrolled in Kindergarten in remote

state schools

students in U2B1 for NAPLAN Reading

3.8 percentage points since 2014

85.9% Year 3 students at or above NAPLAN

Reading NMS2

7.8 percentage points since 2014

students in U2B1 for NAPLAN Numeracy

0.5 percentage points since 2014

22 languages are being

taught in over 50 Queensland state

schools

children enrolled in a Kindergarten

program

28.5 percentage points since 2014

* Data relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Queensland state schools

83.9%

attendance rate for students in Queensland

state schools

0.4 percentage points since 2014

10%Queensland state

school students are Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander

55,752Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander students in Queensland state

schools

25% Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander students in Australia were

enrolled in Queensland state schools

1 Upper two bands2 National minimum standard3 Queensland Certificate of Education

4 Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement5 Overall position

DoE 34204.16A

Building capability• Provided opportunities

to collaborate and share resources at the Queensland Indigenous Education Conference.

• Supported VET Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education, and Bachelor of Education graduates from James Cook University through RATEP.

• Expanded RATEP to 14 communities across urban and remote Queensland.

• Provided resources to 3000 staff and community members annually through the Dandiiri Schools and Community Library.

• Provided permanent opportunities to 117 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through Community Employment Outcomes.

• Established Principal Coach and Master Teacher positions to coach school leadership teams.

• Delivered professional development in critical and creative thinking and the cross-curriculum priority.

• Updated the Crossing Cultures Hidden History package for Aboriginal cultures and histories.

• Improved identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students as English as an Additional Language or Dialect (IEALD) learners through the Regional IEALD Coaches.

• Collaborated with ACARA to support teachers to incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures into the Australian Curriculum.

• Reviewed and provided feedback for the QCAA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies senior syllabus.

Learning foundations• Delivered 31 Kindergarten

programs to over 400 children each year in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

• Provided allied therapy to almost 500 students across eight schools through the Be well Learn well program.

• Engaged 75 schools in a 10-week intensive reading program in 2018.

• Supported over 50 schools to work with their communities to develop language programs aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

Increasing engagement• Reduced the Year 12

attainment gap to less than one percentage point in 2017 through case management and monitoring of students.

• Reviewed Transition Support Services, ensuring support for over 1200 students from remote communities to transition into boarding providers and complete Year 12.

• Delivered engagement and mentoring programs to over 2600 at-risk students with Clontarf Foundation, Netball Queensland, Stars Foundation, Brisbane Broncos, and Role Models and Leaders Australia.

• Launched a community consultative school attendance pilot in Cherbourg/Murgon.

• Published community posters and guidelines with community to increase awareness of IEALD students, and connect schools with language advocates.

• Provided almost 1000 students with qualifications in Skills for Work and vocational pathways, Conservation and Land Management, and Indigenous Land Management through the Catch Program.

• Launched The Adventures of Jimmy and Sam the Dog animation vignettes and comic books to promote school attendance.

Supporting high achievers• Partnered with Glencore

Coal Assets Australia to support 20 high achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 6 to 8, to continue academic success and transition into tertiary studies.

• Supported high achieving students to continue their academic success and doubled retention of participation in the NAPLAN U2B between Years 4 and 7 through Solid Pathways. The Solid Pathways initiative:

– delivered weekly Critical and Creative Thinking online lessons to 224 schools and over 700 students in Years 4 to 9, embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures.

– supported Year 7 to 9 students in Far North Queensland to investigate viable business opportunities in remote locations through the Digital Entrepreneurship Program.

– provided case management and university experiences to senior secondary students through the Indigenous Student Academic Achievement Network.

– awarded 10 Indigenous Academic Excellence Initiative scholarships in 2018 providing support through to the end of Year 12.

• We will work with the community and learn from the strength, experiences and wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

• We remain committed to ensuring that every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student achieves success and develops a strong sense of culture.

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