Guiding principles
OneSchool is designed to align with the following principles:
- The technology ensures a consistent experience for staff, students, parents and communities interacting with Education Queensland.
- There is a consistent user interface and navigation for accessing all technology functions.
- This created efficiencies across the organisation as well as a positive and individually focused experience for system users.
- The technology allows access anywhere, any time, by those who need the information
- The system provides transparency of information throughout Education Queensland.
- This implies significant integration across Education Queensland.
- Appropriate controls to address access have been implemented.
- There is a 'single point of truth' for all information sources
- Data contained within the system is reliable, timely and accurate and is not be duplicated within the organisation.
- The system delivers data in a manner that extends its value.
- Information is fully integrated to maximise its value
- Data and processes are tightly integrated to enable more robust information to be accessed by decision-makers in to Education Queensland.
- Integration reflects 'end-to-end' business processes rather than a 'siloed' functional approach to business activities.
- Data integration across the organisation is achievable as an initial objective.
- Information is captured only once
- By capturing data once in the most appropriate location, the system enhances the timeliness and validity of information, while reducing unnecessary duplication and workload.
- At the source' may be extended to mean parents, students and staff; this implies a significant reduction in manual and paper-based processes.
- A standardised set of 'core' technology and functions are deployed to all Education Queensland sites
- All technology solutions conform to Education Queensland's enterprise architecture.
- Contextualisation by schools and groups of schools within those parameters is still enabled, so that mandatory processes are commonly applied, while school innovation complies with organisational standards and architecture.
- Business processes and accountabilities are explicit
- Business processes and data custodianship are linked to an organisation-wide business model.
- Accountability relates to control over processes and information.
- A range of alternative procedures are defined for processes that require flexibility.
- The system provides the capability for self-service to ensure human effort is invested efficiently
- This principle implies a shift from face-to-face to self-service - not only for employees, but, by extension, curriculum delivery, information exchange and other interactions.
- Self-service meets the needs of users who desire it or who could achieve better outcomes through this mode of delivery.
