Education Queensland Initiatives
The following Education Queensland initiatives have relevance to early childhood education.
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- Reading Recovery
Reading Recovery is an early literacy intervention program providing intensive, individual help for children having difficulties in learning to read and write. Through daily individual lessons, children achieving at very low levels are helped to make rapid progress, catching up to their classmates in surprisingly short periods of time. - Year 2 Diagnostic Net
The Year 2 Diagnostic Net is a process of assessment and intervention to support children's literacy and numeracy development during the early years of schooling in Queensland. It identifies and provides additional support for those children who are experiencing difficulties in literacy and numeracy. - Spelling: Improving learning outcomes [CD-ROM]
This professional development resource outlines current research and literature in the area of spelling. The CD-ROM has been developed on the basis that students need to acquire four kinds of knowledge: phonological, visual, morphemic and etymological - KITE Theatre Program
KITE is a long standing Education Queensland funded program that promotes excellence in Arts education for young children in State schools. The KITE program is supported by and located at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). Education Queensland and QPAC work collaboratively to develop and implement a program that provides quality theatre experiences for young children linked to the current curriculum, a workshop program for teachers and curriculum support materials that extend the theatre experience.
- Health and Wellbeing
The health and wellbeing of students is an important factor their overall achievement at school. Education Queensland has initiated a number of policies and programs aimed at supporting students health and wellbeing. - Homework in State schools
Education Queensland has developed a comprehensive policy and guidelines for schools on the appropriateness of homework. The policy includes indicative allocations for year levels. - Students with Disabilities
This site provides information, support and resources relating to students with disabilities and their active participation in learning. Further information can be obtained from your local school or district education office. - Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Education
Partners for Success is Education Queensland's key strategy for the continuous improvement of education and employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Education Queensland.
- New Basics
The New Basics is about improving the learning outcomes of our students. It allows community members, teachers and students to work together to ensure that the richness and relevance of students' academic and social growth are enhanced. - Literacy-the Key to Learning: Framework for Action 2006-2008 (new window)
Literacy is an important focus for Education Queensland because it is integral to effective learning across all years of schooling. While many students perform well in literacy, significant challenges remain as we attempt to assist all students to develop the capabilities to lead literate lives in the 21st century.
All teachers are teachers of literacy, and literacy is integral to all areas of learning. Literacy-the Key to Learning: Framework for Action 2006-2008 details the practical steps being taken to improve literacy outcomes in Queensland State schools. - Literate Futures
The Literate Futures Project is responsible for implementing recommendations of Literate Futures: Report of the Literacy Review for Queensland State Schools within Education Queensland across the following priority areas: - student diversity
- whole-school planning and community partnerships
- the teaching of reading
- future literacies.
- Productive Pedagogies The Productive Pedagogies project is the first stage of the learning and development program to support curriculum renewal, through the Curriculum Framework planning process, in all Queensland schools and is a strategy to engage schools in professional development in Productive Pedagogies and productive assessment.
- Queensland School Reform Longitudinal Study
The Queensland School Reform Longitudinal Study is the most extensive observation study of classroom practices conducted in Australia. It was commissioned by Education Queensland and conducted by researchers from the School of Education, The University of Queensland, from 1998 to 2000.
- Year 3 Test
The Queensland Studies Authority manages the Queensland Years 3, 5 and 7 Testing Program. The program covers aspects of literacy and numeracy in standard Australian English that will allow reporting against the Queensland curriculum and approved national benchmark standards. All eligible students in Years 3, 5 and 7 in participating schools sit the tests. The Testing Program is mandatory for students attending schools in the state sector and almost all schools in the non-state sector participate in the program.
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