We are committed to assisting to deliver the Queensland Government’s objectives for the community:• Creating jobs and a diverse economy

• Delivering quality frontline services

• Building safe, caring and connected communities

• Protecting the environment

Our commitment

Strategic Plan 2015–19Inspiring minds. Creating opportunities. Shaping Queensland’s future.

Our valuesCustomers first — Creating positive experiences for children, students, families, communities and industry

Ideas into action — Recognising and cultivating innovation for better outcomes

Unleash potential — Building capability using high expectations of each other and our services

Be courageous — Promoting evidence-informed decision making, transparency and accountability

Empower people — Empowering people to make local decisions based on trust, respect and valuing diversity

We will advance Queensland through a world-class education system that supports students to develop the knowledge, skills and qualities they need for the future

Our purposePreparing Queenslanders with the knowledge, skills and confidence to participate successfully in the community and the economy

We will monitor our progress to deliver our priorities through performance indicators:

• Participation in early childhood education programs

• Early years services meeting National Quality Standard

• School attendance

• Literacy and numeracy achievement

• Retention

• Year 12 or equivalent

• Equity of outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders

• Transitions to further education, training and employment

• Parent satisfaction

• Participation and completions in training

• Graduates in employment or further education and training

• Graduate and employer satisfaction

• Implementation of the Advancing education action plan

Our performanceEmpowerment

Collaboration

Alignment

AccountabilityCapability

Supportingand developing

great people

Working together as a connected system

Recognising the role of each part

of the system

Seeking and acting on feedback

Responding to customers through

local decision making

Making it happen

● Shared responsibility for successful transitions ● Shared responsibility for disadvantaged learners ● Shared re

sponsibility fo

r Indigenous outcomes ● Shared responsibility for connecting learning pathways ●

Our prioritiesBy working together and focusing on our priorities we will lift outcomes for Queenslanders

Supporting services• Empowered staff, working together to

deliver high quality customer outcomes

• A skilled and capable workforce now and in the future

• Safe, healthy and inclusive workplaces

• Strengthened community partnerships and engagement

• Strong relationships across sectors, agencies, portfolio bodies and jurisdictions

• Regions working collaboratively with each service to deliver improved outcomes

• Planned and targeted investment to maximise outcomes

• Fit for purpose and future focused infrastructure

• Collaborative policy development

• Continuous quality improvement through evidence-informed practices

• Good governance and accountable decision making

SchoolingEarly yearsChildren engaged in quality early years programs

and making positive transitions into school

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Students engaged in learning, achieving and successfully transitioning to further education, training and work

• Successful learners supported to achieve their learning goals

• Schools improving learning outcomes by focusing on the progress of every student

• Embedding digital literacy and innovating the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics

• Globally connected students through languages and cultural experiences

• Teachers using high quality, evidence-based teaching practices

• School leaders driving school improvement and student achievement

• Schools using local decision making to engage communities and deliver accountability

Queenslanders skilled to participate successfully in the economy and the broader community

Training and skilling

• A strong economy through prioritisation of skills and training funding and incentives

• Queenslanders supported to enter the workforce through targeted skills programs

• TAFE Queensland providing sustainable and responsive training services

• Informed students making successful skilling and training choices through expanded pathway options

• Industry partnerships to identify skilling needs and prioritise training

• Quality training supporting entry into the workforce through effective monitoring of Registered Training Organisations

• Strong connections between home, early childhood services and school

• Engaged parents and carers involved in their child’s learning and development

• Increasing vulnerable children’s participation in early education

• Providing innovative options for quality early childhood programs in rural and remote communities

• Continuous quality improvement through effective regulatory practice and performance reporting

• Integrated early childhood services across community and government agencies

• Investment in evidence-based programs to support early learning and development • Independent reviews informing school improvement