Great teachers = Great results
Great teachers = Great results is a direct action plan aimed at improving student outcomes in Queensland’s state, Catholic and independent schools through:
- improving the quality and standards of teaching in our schools
- providing schools with greater autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local communities.
Professional excellence in teaching
The action plan will help lift the standards of Queensland’s teachers and school leaders by:
- creating benchmarks to identify high performing teachers, leaders and principals using annual performance reviews
- helping new teachers by pairing them with experienced mentors
- rewarding high performers with fast-tracked career progression and bonuses
- lifting standards of entry to senior positions and recognising strong leadership
- encouraging more teachers, principals and deputy principals to boost their qualifications, with scholarships for Masters degrees and postgraduate courses
- deploying high performing teachers to where they are needed most with a focus on students with a disability, Indigenous students, those from low socioeconomic backgrounds and language backgrounds other than English
- boosting outcomes in early years classrooms
- making senior staff accountable through fixed-term contracts.
Boosting school autonomy
We aim to cut red tape and give schools more decision making powers by:
- giving all schools the chance to become independent
- developing capacity for schools to become independent over time through a school autonomy expansion program.
The plan will also help create safe and supportive environments to teach and learn by:
- strengthening discipline, streamlining processes for suspensions and exclusions, and introducing new student behaviour contracts
- accommodating students with chronic behavioural issues in alternative school environments.
