Department of Education and Training

The Department of Education and Training is building a clever, skilled and creative Queensland.

Our purpose is to engage Queenslanders in lifelong learning through education and training to enrich their lives.

Announcements

2010 Progress report on Masters Review
Professor Geoff Masters has reported that good to excellent progress has been made on the Queensland Education Performance Review recommendations fully supported by the Queensland Government.

Help for parents with bullying
Working Together: A toolkit for parents to address bullying is now available to give Queensland parents practical strategies to address the complex issue of bullying. Leading psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg has also recorded a series of informative webisodes on bullying with quick tips about bullying for parents.

School improvement... just the beginning
Valuable programs are being implemented in Queensland state schools to help us achieve our goal of being among Australia’s best performing states in English, maths and science.

Queensland Education Leadership Institute
A new independent professional development institute has been established for school leaders from state, Catholic and independent schools to ensure they have the skills and training they need to drive major education reforms.

Skills Queensland - a skills commission for Queensland
The Queensland Government will establish an industry-led skills commission, to be known as Skills Queensland to drive training investment and skills reform.

Parent Ready Readers
Parents and carers of Prep to Year 3 students can now register their interest to participate in free reader training to support their children's literacy development. The Parent Ready Readers program has been initiated following recent community feedback to the A Flying Start for Queensland Children discussion paper, where respondents placed a high value on parents as partners in teaching.

Anti-bullying toolkit released
Working Together: A toolkit for effective school based action against bullying provides school staff with practical strategies to address the complex issue of student-on-student bullying. The toolkit includes examples of fact sheets for staff, students and parents as well as an example anti-bullying policy and links to additional resources.

Queensland Ready Readers Program
A new program has been launched to encourage people to become a Queensland Ready Reader by volunteering to read with children at school to improve literacy skills. People can register their interest in becoming a Queensland Ready Reader on the Volunteering Queensland website.

Early Childhood Non-Compliance register
The Queensland Government has developed a compliance publications scheme for licensed early childhood education and care services, allowing Queensland families access to open information.

TAFE

If you thought TAFE was just for school-leavers, think again.

Increasingly, mature-age professionals and university graduates are turning to TAFE for the quality, value-for-money training that provides the challenges and practical courses they are seeking.

For a fresh look at TAFE offerings, click here.

Partners in Smart Training & Assessment conference

Strategic Plan

Our Strategic Plan provides a framework to achieve the portfolio's aims of giving children a flying start; laying strong educational foundations, developing skills for the economy and creating a capable, agile and sustainable organisation.

Act Smart Be Safe

Act Smart - Be Safe recognises the importance of schools and communities working together to address violence and promote actions that young people can take to stay safe.

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Education

Education Queensland delivers high quality education to more than 70 percent of all Queensland school students at prep, primary and secondary levels.
Education, Education Queensland: Students, Parents and carers, International students, Schools and educators, Queensland Academies

Training

Queensland's entry point to jobs, careers and training, apprenticeships and traineeships, and employment and training government assistance.
Training, Training: Business and employers, Apprenticeships and Traineeships, TAFE Queensland, Training Organisations

Early Childhood

The Office for Early Childhood Education and Care is taking the lead responsibility for children's early development, bringing together responsibility for early education and child care services under one agency.

The immediate priority for the new Office is to plan and provide access to Kindergarten Programs for children aged between 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 years of age in the year prior to starting Prep.

The Office is also leading Queensland's input into the national early childhood reform agenda that is being progressed through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG).

Early Childhood; National Early Childhood Reform Agenda

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