Advancing education action plan new system will commence for students consultation and #codingcounts entering Year 11 in 2018. discussion paper released 14 October 2015 10 week statewide consultation process Continuous quality improvement concluded 23 December 2015 through evidence-informed practices, more than 1000 Queenslanders good governance and accountable participated in the consultation process decision making refreshed Advancing education action plan, a consultation report, #codingcounts and Good governance and evidence-informed STEM supporting plans released to the practice are essential for the department to public 30 June 2016. carry out its operations effectively. The department continues to improve its National Agreements frameworks to balance its performance and Successful negotiation of the: accountability requirements. National Partnership Agreement on Key achievements in 2015–16: Universal Access to Childhood developing a quick guide for the Education 2016 and 2017 department’s Corporate Governance National Partnership Agreement on the Framework to provide users with ongoing National Quality Agenda for Early confidence in service integrity. The guide Childhood Education and Care maps the department’s governance practices to the seven good governance elements and improves accessibility to this review of the National Partnership information. Agreement on Skills Reform implementing the Evidence Framework Project Agreement for the Schools bringing together the essential elements for Security Programme building better practice and underpinned by the Standards of Evidence to provide a Project Agreement for Online Safety common language to discuss, generate Programmes in School. and critique evidence. Information about the outcomes, objectives, launching the Education Horizon priority targets and performance indicators in National research grant scheme to support research Agreements and National Partnership aligned with the department’s education Agreements under the Intergovernmental and training priorities. Agreement on Federal Financial Relations is available at . The department also facilitates a number of statutory bodies and entities to table separate The department has also continued to work in annual reports in Parliament. partnership with key stakeholders across the education, training and higher education Further information about these statutory sectors. During 2015–16, the department bodies and portfolio entities is available in supported the establishment of the Ministerial Appendix H. Senior Secondary Assessment Taskforce. The Boards and committees Taskforce included representatives from across the schooling and tertiary education sectors. It Further information about our boards and met on occasions to guide the committees is available in Appendix G. development of new Queensland senior assessment and tertiary entrance systems. The Public Sector Ethics Act, 1994
Advancing education action plan consultation and #codingcounts discussion paper released 14 October 2015 10 week statewide consultation process concluded 23 December 2015 more than 1000 Queenslanders participated in the consultation process refreshed Advancing education action plan, a consultation report, #codingcounts and STEM supporting plans released to the public 30 June 2016. National Agreements Successful negotiation of the: National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Childhood Education 2016 and 2017 National Partnership Agreement on the National Quality Agenda for Early Childhood Education and Care review of the National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform Project Agreement for the Schools Security Programme Project Agreement for Online Safety Programmes in School. Information about the outcomes, objectives, targets and performance indicators in National Agreements and National Partnership Agreements under the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations is available at . The department has also continued to work in partnership with key stakeholders across the education, training and higher education sectors. During 2015–16, the department supported the establishment of the Ministerial Senior Secondary Assessment Taskforce. The Taskforce included representatives from across the schooling and tertiary education sectors. It met on occasions to guide the development of new Queensland senior assessment and tertiary entrance systems. The new system will commence for students entering Year 11 in 2018. Continuous quality improvement through evidence-informed practices, good governance and accountable decision making Good governance and evidence-informed practice are essential for the department to carry out its operations effectively. The department continues to improve its frameworks to balance its performance and accountability requirements. Key achievements in 2015–16: developing a quick guide for the department’s Corporate Governance Framework to provide users with ongoing confidence in service integrity. The guide maps the department’s governance practices to the seven good governance elements and improves accessibility to this information. implementing the Evidence Framework bringing together the essential elements for building better practice and underpinned by the Standards of Evidence to provide a common language to discuss, generate and critique evidence. launching the Education Horizon priority research grant scheme to support research aligned with the department’s education and training priorities. The department also facilitates a number of statutory bodies and entities to table separate annual reports in Parliament. Further information about these statutory bodies and portfolio entities is available in Appendix H. Boards and committees Further information about our boards and committees is available in Appendix G. Public Sector Ethics Act, 1994
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