Inclusive Education

Education Queensland is committed to achieving excellence by enhancing educational opportunities for all students. To this end, schools create environments where:

all students feel a strong sense of belonging
all students learn to interact respectfully with others
all students learn to understand and appreciate diversity, and
all parents and carers in the community can take an active role in the life of the school.

Student Services supports the delivery of inclusive education by providing quality support and services to students, teachers and parents. This support enhances the learning and teaching experienced by all students, regardless of circumstance.

Through providing advice and advocacy and by developing policies and programs, the directorate:

assists schools to improve the achievement, participation and retention of marginalised students, and
ensures that all students acquire the knowledge and skills for
- working and living productively and respectfully with people from a range of backgrounds and cultures
- developing healthy and satisfying personal relationships, and
- actively shaping social, economic and political life.

The programs and policies provided by Student Services are closely aligned with those of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Unit and the Disability Service Support Unit within a broad framework supporting inclusive education. In this way, Student Services contributes to the following organisational priorities:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education
Responding to the needs of students with a Disability
Delivering effective programs of Special Education
Responding to the needs of At-risk Groups

Under the Framework for Gifted Education, (new window) 148k all state schools are required to meet the learning needs of students who are gifted. The Framework consists of:

The Policy for the Education of Students who are Gifted
Guidelines for Acceleration within the compulsory years of schooling.

Regions develop and deliver models of professional development to support students who are gifted. Information and practical tools to support student who are gifted, their educators and parents/carers is available in the Professional Learning Community for Gifted Education.

Further information relating to Inclusive Education can be found in the Education Policy and Procedures Register CRP-PR-009: Inclusive Education

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