Partners for Success Action Plan 20032005

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Partners for SuccessAction Plan 2003-2005

• Curriculum Strategy Branch

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Partners for Success Strategy

• History
• Original strategy developed in 2000 as a result
  of the review of education and employment
  programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
  Islander people
• Review found that there were substantial gaps in
  the educational outcomes for Aboriginal and
  Torres Strait Islander learners
• Stronger links needed to be developed between
  schools and Indigenous communities
• New policies being developed needed to address
  the lack of interconnectedness between all areas
  of the department

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Partners for Success Strategy

• Is based on a model of rights and
  responsibilities which acknowledges that
• achieving student outcomes commensurate with the
  general population is a right which is
  fundamental to justice, equality of opportunity,
  and quality of life.
• a successful society requires both rights and
  responsibilities in balance.
• improving student outcomes is the shared
  responsibility of schools and communities.

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• It also recognises
• the right of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
  Islander peoples to security of culture and
  identity.
• that partnerships between schools and
  communities must be based on trust, mutual
  responsibility and personal and group
  empowerment.

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Partners for Success Strategy

• The Partners for Success Strategy initiatives
  were initially trialled within 38 trial state
  schools across Qld in 2000, which focused on the
  areas of
• Partnerships between EQ and the greater
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
  of Queensland
• Development of Compacts between schools and
  communities to address issues at the local level
• Development of a framework of shared
  responsibility for the educational outcomes of
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
  between schools and communities
• Establishment of the Community Partnerships Unit
  and related district officers in order to assist
  in the implementation of Partners for Success

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Partners for Success Strategy

• The Partners for Success Action Plan 2002-2005
  focuses on the following key elements
• Priority action areas and targets
• Strategies for improvement - alignment and
  innovation
• Strategies for celebrating and sharing success
• Partnership with key stakeholders
• Accountability mechanisms and processes

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Partners for Success Strategy

• Priority Action Areas and Targets
• Attendance
• Achieved by parents and community working with
  schools to get more students at school, more
  often
• Retention and Completion
• Achieved by ensuring that the curriculum
  delivered in schools is more engaging of
  Indigenous students and increasing
  parental/community involvement in classroom
  activities
• Literacy attainment
• Achieved by increase PDT opportunities in
  teaching practices promoting literacy development
  and otitis media needs of Indigenous students,
  and providing parents/community with increased
  awareness of classroom practice
• Workforce and leadership in Indigenous culture
• Creating a culturally responsive workforce and
  the promotion of leadership in Indigenous
  education. This shall be achieved via cultural
  awareness training
• for all EQ staff, and increasing Indigenous role
  models in education.

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• The logical sequence for the implementation of
  these priority areas is as follows

Get kids to school
Keep them at school
Improve attainment particularly literacy
Build positive role models through employment and
leadership
To drive and deliver
Improved achievement and completion rates
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Partners for Success Strategy

• Targets
• Statewide targets have been set in each of the
  priority areas
• School targets and/or strategies will negotiated
  annually by the principals and the Executive
  Director (Schools)
• School Indigenous Education Profiles allows
  schools to examine the progress of Indigenous
  students. Specific targets and or strategies are
  then developed.
• Targets are outlined within the Action Plan
  2003-2005 and can be found at the following
  address - http//education.qld.gov.au/students/jnt
  -venture/atsi/success/index.html

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• All Schools are required to address the planning
  requirement
• Schools have strategies to implement the
  Partners for Success Action Plan 2003-2005 using
  the following 5-point Indicator scale
• No Appreciable Start - (Attendance,
  retention,literacy, workforce leadership)
• Limited Progress - (Attendance, etc..
• Planning Exists -
• Significant Progress -
• Embedded in Practice -

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• What Strategies will be used to implement the
  Action Plan?

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• Strategies for improvement - Alignment
• Learning and Engagement Centres - each of the
  five LECs across the state will assist
  principals and school communities by
• Helping them to form and maintain partnerships
  with Indigenous communities
• Providing parents and community members with
  advice on school initiatives
• Providing advice to school staff on all priority
  areas with emphasis on effective practices in
  curriculum, pedagogy and assessment for
  Indigenous learners
• Operating a statewide resource service providing
  culturally appropriate resource materials for
  teachers, parents and community
• The five Learning and Engagement Centres are
  located at -
• Inala, Nambour, Rockhampton, Townsville, and
  Cairns

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• Strategies for improvement - Alignment
• Indigenous Education and Training Alliance (IETA)
• The major focus for IETA under the Partners for
  Success Action Plan is the development and
  implementation of cross-cultural training for all
  staff of EQ
• IETA shall work closely with Aboriginal and
  Torres Strait Islander communities in developing
  locally customised training packages based upon
  local history/knowledge, in order to provide
  training to staff in that area
• IETA can also support schools to meet targets in
  all priority areas by providing training under
  the Partners for Success framework

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• Strategies for improvement cont.
• Extension of the Remote Area Teacher Education
  Program (RATEP)
• During 2004 a review of the present RATEP model
  will be conducted, with a view to investigating
  extending beyond teacher training into other
  specific needs industry areas, and the
  possibility of delivering from other centres
• Flexible Human Resourcing arrangements
• EQ shall review current practices for recruiting
  teaching staff in the 23 identified Indigenous
  schools, with a view to increasing the number of
  schools in the process in 2004

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• Strategies for improvement cont.
• Recruitment and employment strategies
• The implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres
  Strait Islander Peoples Strategy for employment,
  along with the establishment of a statewide
  support network for Indigenous employees.
• Funding for success - incentive and structured
  support
• Schools, districts and Central Office will
  develop strategies in consultation with parents
  and community to ensure funding has the greatest
  impact in the priority areas. Consideration will
  also be given on how to utilise supplementary
  funding to support and reward schools/districts
  achieving targets.

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• Innovations
• Centres for Excellence in Indigenous Education
• EQ will commence the identification of up to
  eight schools as Centres of Excellence in
  Indigenous Education, who can showcase practices
  enabling them to meet or exceed the priority
  targets
• 7 schools have already been identified, those
  being
• - Cherbourg State School
• - Badu Island State School
• - Cunnamulla State School
• - Mitchell State School
• These schools shall be exemplary leaders in the
  improvement of educational outcomes for
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

• Durack State School- Cairns West State School-
  Western Cape College

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• Innovations cont.
• High Achiever Principals Network
• EQ will commence the establishment of a network
  of high achieving principals to foster leadership
  in Indigenous education. The network will
  consist of up to 10 principals, and they shall
  receive funding to share practices and innovative
  strategies to others via programs such as work
  shadowing, mentoring, PD workshops and
  teleconferencing.
• 7 principals have already been identified to be
  part of the group, those being
• Chris Sarra, Cherbourg
• Steve Foster, Badu Island
• Chris Jewel, Cunnamulla
• Angela Douglas, Woorabinda

Don Anderson, Weipa Anne Mauger, Cairns West Jill
Hole, Durack
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• Strategies for sharing and celebrating success
• A critical component of the Action Plan is
  identifying activities, practices and initiatives
  that are working towards achieving across all
  priority areas. The key innovations for
  identifying, rewarding and sharing success
  include
• - the rejuvenation of the Partners for Success
  website to support the implementation of the
  Action Plan
• - the creation of a Partners for Success portal
  within the Curriculum Exchange, in order to
  provide schools with best practices ideas across
  all KLAs
• - the development of a success stories template
  for schools to input and share ideas with other
  teaching staff

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• Partnerships with key stakeholders
• It is imperative that long-lasting partnerships
  are formed with
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and
  community.
• Schools and districts should be guided by the
  efforts of their Indigenous Education Workers
  (IEWs), who form the critical linkage between
  the community and school.
• This linkage will also be further enhanced via
  the establishment of the EQ Aboriginal and Torres
  Strait Islander Advisory Group, who shall provide
  the department with advice relating to all
  aspects of Indigenous education, including the
  implementation of
• Partners for Success.

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• Accountability mechanisms and processes
• In order to ensure a transparent and rigorous
  approach to accountability at all levels of the
  department occurs, mechanisms shall be introduced
  to provide this structure. Some of these
  measures include
• School Indigenous Education Profile
• Targets/strategies negotiated with schools by the
  Executive Director (Schools)
• Partners for Success component of School Annual
  Report and Operational Plan
• 5 point indicator scale
• These processes shall enable schools and
  districts to identify specific areas of need, and
  encourage future planning on how
• best to combat these issues.

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• In summary - How do we implement the Action Plan?
• Utilising existing and developing resource
  materials that shall assist staff to achieve the
  priority targets. Resources include
• - Indigenous Education Workers
• - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents
  and community
• - Learning and Engagement Centres
• - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  Resource Centres
• - Partners for Success Curriculum Exchange
  portal
• - What Works program
• - Dare to Lead initiatives
• - IETA
• - Cross-cultural awareness training for all
  staff
• - sharing and celebrating success with each
  other