Advancing Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Education
Advancing Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander education:An action plan for Queensland
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Acknowledgement of CountryThe Department of Education acknowledges the traditionalowners of the lands from across Queensland, and paysrespects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for theyhold the memories, the traditions, the cultures and hopesof Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples acrossthe state.A better understanding and respect for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander cultures develops an enrichedappreciation of Australia’s cultural heritage and can leadto reconciliation.This is essential to the maturity of Australia as anation and fundamental to the development of anAustralian identity.Artist Josiah Omeenyo, “Coral Beds Down Under”,Catalogue JO20110611, Lockhart River Arts Centre QLDDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland3
Education empowers futures4Department of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Education empowers people and changes lives. It alsoleads to better health, promotes equity and boostseconomic growth.The Palaszczuk Government is committed to ensuring wedeliver a quality education that empowers all Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander children to make a great startand shape their own futures.This Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderEducation action plan sets out the Government’s prioritiesfor improving the early childhood and school educationoutcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenand students in Queensland.This plan focuses and enhances the Department ofEducation’s efforts to close the gap, and will be enacted inaccordance with the Statement of Commitment to reframethe relationship between Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander peoples and the Queensland Government.Building on the progress already made, we will providegreater access to early education, increased culturallyappropriate support for students to succeed at school,strengthen connections with post-school pathways,and build the capability of teachers and schoolleaders to better support Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander students.A key focus of this plan is on achieving excellence ineducation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenand students by celebrating, valuing and building on thestrengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.During statewide consultations, Queenslanders confirmedtheir support for the directions outlined in the action plan.Queenslanders who joined the conversations were clear –aiming to achieve and deliver excellence in education willprepare Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children andstudents for a successful future.Queenslanders also told us that genuine engagement andrelationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeople is critical to implementing the action plan. Throughthis action plan we are determined to work with theAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to achieveour long-term aspirations for all Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander children.By working together, the action plan will contribute todelivering a better and brighter future for Queensland’sAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and students.The Hon. Grace Grace MPMinister for EducationMinister for Industrial RelationsDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland5
Engage, educate, empower, excel6Department of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
The Department of Education recently released itsCommitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderPeoples. This statement commits to deliver aspirational,educational, economic and social outcomes for Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander peoples through: valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’cultures and histories providing opportunities for Aboriginal people andTorres Strait Islander people to thrive in their earlyyears and achieve success in our schools valuing, including and supporting Aboriginalemployees and Torres Strait Islander employees inour workplaces understanding transgenerational trauma and itsimpact on social and emotional wellbeing working with each community to understand theirunique knowledge and interests.Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education:An action plan for Queensland will help to achieve thesecommitments, complement our efforts to close thegap and advocate for a focus on achieving excellencethrough empowerment. ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenand students are engaged with learning every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child andstudent achieving their full potential and achievingacademic success recognising and building on the unique strengthsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children andstudents bring to their learning experience embracing and supporting Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander cultures, identities, languages, histories andtraditions in learning environments so they are positiveplaces of belonging and empowerment supporting high expectations of, and aspirationsfor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenand students raising the bar in teaching, learning and partnershipswith Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students,their families and communities empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren and students to shape their own futures building the cultural capability of our people andsystems to deliver relevant and responsive services.“The tone of the action plan isrefreshing. The focus on empowermentand achieving excellence is bothinspirational and aspirational.Early childhood provider“The empowerment modelunderpinning the draft action plan isclear, concise and self-explanatory, andgives a clear message that the aim isfor excellence.“Queensland has achieved significant progress in earlychildhood and schooling outcomes for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander students. While our successesprovide a solid foundation, we know there is more to bedone to achieve excellence for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander children and students.Our call for action is ‘Engage, educate, empower, excel’.This presents a vision for Queensland about:“Achieving improved early years and school educationoutcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenand students is a high priority for the QueenslandGovernment. The Queensland Government remains firmlycommitted to closing the gap, and strongly supportsefforts to meet national targets to improve life outcomesfor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.Written submissionThis plan capitalises on the progress we have alreadymade, and outlines the actions we are taking now and intothe future to deliver our vision for advancing Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander education. It also acknowledgesthe conversation we have had with Queenslanders aboutwhat is important in improving outcomes for Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander children and students.Department of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland7
Delivering our plan8Department of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
The department will oversee the implementation of this planin collaboration with the Queensland Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Education and Training Advisory Committee(QATSIETAC). QATSIETAC is a ministerial expert advisorycommittee comprising eight Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander members, whose role is to provide independentexpert and cultural advice to the education and trainingministers and their departments on early childhood, schooleducation and training matters affecting Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander people.We will monitor and report on our progress in implementingthis plan and its impact on achieving our long-termaspirations for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren, students and young people.Our plan will have a key role in ensuring: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children make agreat start in life and learningAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school studentsare regularly attending school and stay engagedin educationAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners achievea level of literacy and numeracy that enables them toreach their full potential and achieve academic successAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsare equipped with the skills, knowledge andqualifications they need to participate in Queensland’sgrowing economyAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children andstudents are prepared and confident to make successfultransitionsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents, carers andstudents value and support educationstaff and services are culturally capable, and effective insupporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners.The department will produce an annual report on earlychildhood and school education outcomes for Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander children and students to monitorprogress on implementation of the action plan, informfuture actions and report progress against national targets.Part of a larger effort by governmentOn 14 July 2019, the Queensland Government markeda historic milestone, launching the Tracks to Treaty –Reframing the Relationship with Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Queenslanders (Tracks to Treaty) initiative.Tracks to Treaty has two elements under a shared goalof supporting communities to move from outcomes ofsurviving to thriving: implementing the Local ThrivingCommunities reform, and establishing the Path to Treatyin Queensland. recommendations from the Queensland Audit Officereport on Education and employment outcomes forAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplethe objectives of the Queensland Government’sstrategic approach to increasing the participationof Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanderpeople in Queensland’s economy under the MovingAhead strategythe over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander children and families in the child protectionsystem by implementing key early years and schooleducation initiatives detailed in Our Way: A generationalstrategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren and familiesQueensland’s obligations under the National Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Education Strategy.Local Thriving Communities is the QueenslandGovernment’s response to the Queensland ProductivityCommission’s inquiry into service delivery in the state’s19 remote and discrete Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander Communities. Local Thriving Communitiesempowers communities to build on their strengths todeliver better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander Queenslanders. Path to Treaty is the Queensland Government’s commitmentto commence the journey towards negotiated treaties withAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders. It willensure that the voices of all Queenslanders are heard inthe treaty conversation and will benefit all by promotingreconciliation and shared pride in culture and heritage.Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education:An action plan for Queensland contributes to theQueensland Government’s priorities to deliver a betterfuture for all Queenslanders through:This plan will be enacted in a way that supports thishistoric whole-of-government agenda. It will also supportand leverage on Advancing education: An action plan foreducation in Queensland, as well as a range of other keydepartmental, whole-of-government and national initiativesrelated to improving the early childhood and educationoutcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenand students.In particular, it will assist with addressing: our commitments to building the cultural capabilityof our workforce and systems by implementing theQueensland Government Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander Cultural Capability FrameworkContributing to buildingQueensland’s future giving all our children a great start – by supportingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children andfamilies to access quality early years servicescreating jobs in a strong economy – by ensuringAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students areengaged, achieving at school and transitioning intofurther education, training or workbeing a responsive government – by buildingworkforce and system capability, and partnering withkey stakeholders to deliver responsive services forAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, students,their families and communities.Department of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland9
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80.5%of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Year 5 stateschool students met the National Minimum Standardfor Reading in 2018 - up from 58.6 per cent in 2008.93.8%of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren were enrolled in a kindergartenin 2018 - up from 89.6 per cent in 2016.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderteachers in Queensland state schools –comprising 1.85 per cent of all teachers.9of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstate school students in Year 7 in 2016remained in the state school systemuntil Year 10 in 2018.of Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander Year 12 state schoolstudents graduated with either aQueensland Certificate of Education(QCE) or Queensland Certificate ofIndividual Achievement (QCIA) in2018 - up from 42.1 per cent in 2008.of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderparents/caregivers agreed that theirschool encourages them to take an activerole in their child or children’s education.956898.1%Building onour successes86.2%92.5%104978Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents participating in higher educationin Queensland in 2017 – more than doublethe 2255 students from 2008.Department of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland11
Making a great startEarly yearsHighlights12 Invest approximately 10 million per annum in10 Early Years Places (Children and Family Centres) Support Early Childhood Education and Care(ECEC) services to provide culturally appropriatelearning environments Strengthen the capability of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander educatorsDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Improved transition to schoolWe will increase access to, and participation in,kindergarten for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren by:We will improve transitions to school for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander children by: providing subsidies to support low- or no-cost accessto kindergarten for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander families partnering with the Institute for Urban IndigenousHealth to promote kindergarten as a deadly choice andencourage pre-Kindy health checks supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderchildren with disability to access kindergarten andECEC services to deliver inclusive programs as part ofthe Kindergarten Inclusion Support Scheme supporting ECEC services to provide culturallyappropriate and welcoming environments forAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenand families delivering integrated early education, health andfamily support services for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander families by investing approximately 10million per annum in 10 Early Years Places (Childrenand Family Centres) supporting positive transitions into Prep with a focuson valuing and respecting the languages, cultures,histories and identities of families, through theTransition to School initiative promoting successful transition to school programsdeveloped collaboratively with communities, families,early years services and schools.Greater service andworkforce capabilityWe will build the capacity and capabilities of the ECECworkforce to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander children by: developing and implementing strategies to increasethe number of qualified Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander educators in the ECEC sector continuing to develop the capability of Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander educators through professionaldevelopment programs conducting statewide and local communicationsstrategies to promote the importance of the early yearsfor children’s development, and assist Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander families to access kindergarten inthe year before school providing scholarships and study support foreducators to gain early childhood qualificationsin priority-identified Queensland rural and remotecommunities, including discrete Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander communities R supporting kindergarten services in schools in identifiedAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities todeliver quality kindergarten programs. R expanding the uptake and delivery of early childhood/children services qualifications by Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander people through the Remote AreaTeacher Education Program. RR“Providing high quality ECECthat is responsive to the needs ofindividual children and their familiescan significantly boost students’achievement levels in later schooling.OECD¹“Increased access and participation action targets remote locationsDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland13
Reaching learning potentialSchool educationHighlights14 Identify and support high-achievingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents to achieve academic excellence Support schools to implement Aboriginal language andTorres Strait Islander language programs in collaboration withlocal communities Implement programs to improve engagement, participation andachievement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students inscience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)Department of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Engagement in educationConnections to cultureWe will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents to remain engaged in education by:We will ensure learning connects with Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander cultures and language by: implementing engagement and development programsinvolving mentoring, coaching and sporting-relatedactivities for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islandermale and female students, in partnership withexternal providersimplementing the Youth engagement plan toimprove responses to children and young peoplewho have disengaged or are at risk of disengagingfrom educationexpanding support to Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander students from remote communities to accesssecondary education in urban and regional locations,through Transition Support Services R facilitating access to scholarships to assist in meetingexpenses associated with school education andextracurricular experiences providing access to more student accommodationservices in the Torres Strait Islands to enable studentsto continue their education in the region R continuing to implement the Remote SchoolAttendance Strategy in partnership with the AustralianGovernment to lift school attendance in remotecommunities across Queensland. R developing culturally appropriate teaching andlearning resources to support state schools to embedthe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Historiesand Cultures cross-curriculum priority, and providingprofessional development to regions, schoolsand teacherssupporting schools to understand and respond to thelanguage backgrounds and language learning needs ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander EAL/D students byteaching Standard Australian English explicitly, activelyand meaningfullyworking with the Queensland Curriculum andAssessment Authority to revitalise and expand theuptake and delivery of the Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Studies General Senior Syllabusand short course on Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander LanguagesSupport for students tosucceed at schoolWe will enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents to succeed at school by: targeting resources to lift the reading and numeracyoutcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stateschool students in the early years (from Prep to Year 3) supporting high-achieving Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander state school students in Years 4 to 9 bysustaining the Solid Pathways program developing leadership and academic skills of highperforming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents in Years 10 to 12 through participation in theIndigenous Student Ambassadors Network program identifying and supporting high-achieving Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander students to access academicexcellence programs in state secondary schools identifying and supporting students who speak Englishas an additional language or dialect (EAL/D).supporting schools to develop and deliver languageprograms in collaboration with their local communitiesand aligned to the Australian Curriculum’sFramework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres StraitIslander Languages.“Participation and attendance withinthe education system is the key toAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents building their knowledge andskills for future jobs. action targets remote locationsOnline survey respondent“RDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland15
Promoting STEM pathwaysWe will support state schools to implement best practiceinitiatives to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander students by:We will increase engagement, participation andachievement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents in STEM by: developing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudent performance dashboard to support stateschools and regions to effectively highlight priorityareas for improvement supporting schools to develop and share evidenceabout what works in particular contexts, to promotelearning and school improvement for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander studentsrecognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderexcellence and achievement in STEM throughoffering the Peter Doherty award category forOutstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderSenior STEM Student engaging regional STEM champions toimplement targeted strategies aimed at liftingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievementand participation in STEM supporting teachers to embed the Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culturescross-curriculum priority into the delivery of theAustralian Curriculum: Science supporting schools to participate in programsthat link traditional knowledge and valuesto modern environmental science conceptsand connect young people to land, waterwaysand sea delivering coding and robotics demonstrationsand education sessions with high-achievingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsin collaboration with the Department ofEnvironment and Science partnering with universities to engage Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander students in activitiesthat will enhance STEM tertiary aspirations supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderfemale students to participate in STEM byencouraging their participation in the annualSTEM Girl Power Camp, and developing outreachactivities suited to their local context. establishing videoconferencing facilities in allAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communityschools to facilitate greater information sharingand communication R appointing principal coaches to support principals inremote communities to lead improvement, innovationand change that lifts outcomes for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander students R ensuring strong, long-term leadership in remotecommunity schools through reviewing remoteschool principalship R providing dedicated regional coaches to build thecapability of schools to meet the language learningneeds of students who speak EAL/D.R16communicating to schools what evidence-basedresearch supports as effective practice in Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander education action targets remote locationsDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland“Ensuring the next generation ofIndigenous students receive the STEMskills needed from mainstream publicschooling is critical to ensuring thedevelopment of Australian talentrequired for STEM jobs and Australia’sfuture competitiveness.“Improved school performancePaige, Hattam, Rigney, Osborne and Morrison²
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Equipped for the futurePathwaysHighlights18 Case-manage Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander senior students identified as beingat risk of not receiving a QCE or QCIA at theend of Year 12 Provide scholarships for aspiring Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander students who want to study teaching Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander seniorschool students to transition to training or employmentDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Increased school completionConnections to training and skillsWe will work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents and their families to assist students to completeYear 12 by:We will strengthen connections between Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander students and post-schoolpathways by: case-managing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstate school students in the senior phase of learningwho have been identified as being at risk of notreceiving a QCE or QCIA at the end of Year 12 supporting QCE scholarships for eligible Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Year 11 and 12 students inQueensland state schools, through the QueenslandAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation.supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander seniorstate school students to transition to training oremployment as part of the Youth Employment Program,in collaboration with the Department of Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Partnerships providing scholarships for aspiring Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander students who want to studyteaching at a Queensland university, through the PearlDuncan Teaching Scholarships program. creating opportunities for high-performing Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander students to participate inuniversity immersion days and enhanced studiesprograms designed to improve school performanceand access to tertiary studies working with Queensland universities to improve thepreparation, access and transition of Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander students into higher education ensuring every Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderYear 10 student develops a Senior Education andTraining plan in partnership with their parents/carersto support their learning in Years 11 and 12 andpost-school establishing a dedicated web presence and suite ofresources to support schools, students and parents tomake informed decisions.R“Those with Year 12 have a greaterlikelihood of continuing with furtherstudy, particularly in higher education,as well as entering the workforce.Lamb, Jackson, Walstab and Huo³““We will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents to successfully transition post-school by:“Supporting post-school optionsNeed to give kids information aboutwhat jobs are available earlier so pathcan be developed.Regional consultation forum feedback action targets remote locationsDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An action plan for Queensland19
Building capabilityWorkforce and systemsHighlights20 Identify and mentor emerging Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander school leaders Support career development and progression ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff Maximise opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander businesses to access Queensland Governmentprocurement contractsDepartment of Education Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Support for teachers andschool leadersEmployment and careerdevelopment opportunitiesBuilding systemic capabilityWe will build the capability of teachers and school leadersto support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners by:We will grow and develop the department’s Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander workforce by: promoting cultural capability and awareness trainingfor new starters and non-teaching departmental staff implementing targeted strategies to attract, prepareand support teachers in remote Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander communities R promoting the Department of Education as anemployer of choice for Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander employees and students developing resources to measure, guide and enhancewhole-school cultural change and the individualcultural capability of all staff members developing the cultural ca
Education action plan sets out the Government's priorities for improving the early childhood and school education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and students in Queensland. This plan focuses and enhances the Department of Education's efforts to close the gap, and will be enacted in
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