Frameworks and Standards

The Department of Education and Training utilises frameworks to support and guide employees in developing high standards of practice throughout their career.

These frameworks articulate core values, knowledge, skills and attributes that, when incorporated into practice, enable employees to deliver high quality outcomes in their work.

The Capability and Leadership Framework provides a common language to support consistent whole-of-government capability and leadership development, and is designed to help ensure that the Queensland Public Service (QPS) has the capability and leadership skills to meet future challenges.

The Developing Performance Framework is a process supported by tools and resources that assists all employee groups to develop their performance. It aims to promote and maintain a positive workplace culture that is based on quality conversations and constructive feedback about work related practice and performance.

Training's Performance Planning and Management Best Practice Guide (new window) 1.5M is designed as a resource to help managers successfully plan and manage individual team member performance. The guide provides both employees and managers with simple, easy to use tools to assist them.

Leadership Matters aims to establish a shared understanding of the evolving roles of the principal in Education Queensland schools. The framework highlights five key interdependent and interrelated capabilities. National standards for principals will replace Leadership Matters in 2010.

Professional Standards for Teachers is an aspirational framework, which describes the capabilities required by teachers to effectively perform their role in Queensland state schools. National Standards for graduate, competent, accomplished and leading teachers will replace the Department's Professional Standards for Teachers in 2010.

The Professional Framework for public sector employees preceded the Capability and Leadership Framework. It enabled staff to clearly identify the capabilities required of them to deliver high quality outcomes as well as professional development to support career goals and key work tasks.

The Executive Capabilities Framework also preceded the Capatility and Leadership Framework. It articulated the capabilities required of Executive and Senior Officers in the Department to deliver on priorities and strategic objectives.

Smart Classrooms Professional Development Framework is a guide for planning professional learning with ICT. The framework is designed for teachers to reflect on and strengthen their beliefs and practices in using ICT for teaching and learning, regardless of which key learning area or phase or learning they teach. This framework reflects the statements and indicators set out within Standard 6 of the Professional Standards for Teachers.

The Standards for professional development make explicit the expectations held by the Department in relation to the design and delivery of professional development activities initiated or undertaken by all Departmental personnel.

It is intended that each of these key documents will inform professional development programs devised for all employees within the Department of Education and Training.

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