| QTU issue |
ALP response
read letter from Minister Grace Grace, MP |
LNP response
Read letter form Jarrod Bleijie, MP |
Queensland Greens' response
read letter from Michael Berkman, MP |
| Increase TAFE funding |
- Continuation of the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) program
- Committed to TAFE as a strong, sustainable public VET provider
- Prepared to explore the extension of continuing secondary education model implemented at Alexandra Hills TAFE to other TAFE institutes (read letter from Shannon Fentiman MP, 24 Sep)
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- Unable to make funding commitments, but will support TAFE
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- Do not believe government funding should go to profit driven private providers
- TAFE would receive 100 per cent of the state’s VET expenditure
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| Workload |
- Implementation of outcomes of Term 3 review
- Increase NCT for beginning teachers in 2021
- Increase NCT for primary and special school teachers in 2022
- Automated school annual safety assessment for chemical management
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- Voted against pay freeze
- Will work with QTU re workload issues
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- Extra $7 billion investment over four years for smaller class sizes, more teachers, better resources and no fees
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| Increased expenditure on schools |
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- Will increase the Queensland Government’s share of the schooling resource standard (SRS) to 80 per cent
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Health and safety and workplace wellbeing (addressing occupational violence)
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- Zero tolerance for occupational violence
- Occupational violence prevention procedure
- Development of a safe and supportive school communities strategy
- Principal health and wellbeing strategy
- Establishment of three centres for learning and wellbeing (CLAWs)
- Staff wellbeing framework
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- Zero tolerance for occupational violence
- Send kids who hurt teachers straight home
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- Work with the QTU to close the legislative gaps
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Alternative learning settings
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- Regional youth engagement hubs
- Flexi-spaces in schools
- Link and launch program
- 15 positive learning centres (PLCs) continue
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- Will discuss possible expansion of PLCs
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- Supports government’s inclusion policy for students with special needs
- Supports the establishment of alternative learning settings to address behaviours
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Capital works program
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- Opened 13 new schools since 2015
- Nine new schools 2021-2025
- 30 new school halls
- 61 additional classrooms to existing schools in 2020
- Air-condition all classrooms, staff rooms and libraries
- Solar panels on schools to offset air-conditioning costs
- $220m school upgrades
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- LNP opened 11 new schools when in government (two of which were pre-planned by Bligh government)
- Air-condition all classrooms
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- Establish a $250m yearly public school infrastructure fund to upgrade existing state schools and build new schools in area of need
- Includes the ability to upgrade school ICT capacity
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| Abolition of NAPLAN in all its current forms |
- Conducted a review Will advocate for replacement of NAPLAN
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- No commitment to replace but will consult
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- Abolish NAPLAN in its current form
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| Review of school curriculum |
- Focus on P-10 review, reading, writing and mathematics
- Investment in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM)
- Local decision-making regarding the implementation of the curriculum
- Introduced the assessment and moderation hub
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- Trial phonics screening from Term 3 2021
- De-clutter the curriculum
- Review modelled on NSW reforms
- Back to basics
- Boost literacy and numeracy standards and include English in the results of the new senior assessment and tertiary entrance system
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- Support a review of the curriculum led by teachers, unions and educational experts, not politicians or commentators
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| Permanent employment |
- Amendments to the Public Service Act provide for permanency after one year
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- Will discuss as part of enterprise bargaining (EB) negotiations
- Lure of secure employment will aid recruitment
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- Guarantee of permanency at all levels of education – teachers, HoPs, principals and TAFE
- Policy to provide more secure work to those in the gig economy etc
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| School staffing |
- 6,000 additional teachers since 2015
- 3,700 teachers between 2017-2021
- Increased numbers of teacher-aides in schools by 1,500 FTE since 2015
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- 3,350 additional teachers between 2021 and 2025
- 760 more teacher-aides between 2021 and 2025
- Will encourage more school leavers to join the profession
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- Support the introduction of extra HoDCs
- Support a full-time teacher-aide in every classroom
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| Gender equity |
- Equitable access to paid parental leave
- No commitment regarding superannuation on unpaid parental leave, but will continue gender equity reforms
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- Will continue with existing arrangements and discuss superannuation contributions in EB
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- Determined to close the gender pay gap – extend paid parental leave arrangements to 6 months
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| Other statements |
- COVID-19: acknowledgment of the hard work of teachers and school leaders
- Acknowledgement of disagreement about public wage increase deferral
- Will ensure all increases occur by the end of the agreements
- End school early in 2020
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- Will continue independent public schools
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- Worked with the state government to secure a new primary school on Brisbane’s west side, to be delivered in 2023
- Spoke against and opposed salary increase freeze
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