Government Education Portal - Australia

ACT Department of Education and Training - Home Education  

URL:  http://www.det.act.gov.au/...alternative_education/home_education

Category:  Specific student groups 

From the ACT Department of Education and Training this site outlines the process for registration of home schooling programs, the areas of responsibility for respective parties and the services available to home school students.

Alternative Education program (Northern Territory)  

URL:  http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/...pathways/alternative_education.shtml

Category:  Youth Issues  Youth Issues  Specific student groups 

The Alternative Education program (AEP) initiative has been established in Darwin's northern suburbs and Palmerston. The AEP focus is on young people aged 10-15 who have disengaged from mainstream schooling or are at strong imminent risk of disengagement. Individuals are case managed with a view to re-engaging them in education, training or employment.

Anaphylaxis  

URL:  http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/healthy/anaphylaxis.html

Category:  Specific student groups 

The interim Anaphylaxis Guidelines created for Queensland schools, provides useful information for managing severe allergic reactions in a school setting. To complement the information in the guidelines, a PowerPoint presentation, with facilitator notes, is available for download - to assist schools to develop appropriate processes for the management and treatment of anaphylactic students enrolled at their school. Information on training in the use of the EpiPen is also provided.

Australian Secondary Principals' Association - Middle Schooling Policy  

URL:  http://aspa.asn.au/...ption=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=37

Category:  Specific student groups 

This policy briefly examines adolescent development, learning and classroom organisation,teacher-student relationships, curriculum for the middle years and the Middle Schooling Network.

Bound for Success: Education strategy for Cape York  

URL:  http://education.qld.gov.au/.../strategies/bound-for-success.html

Category:  Specific student groups 

Bound for Success is an education strategy aimed at increasing opportunities for Torres Strait Islander children and young people. The strategy aims to engage as many Torres Strait Islander children as possible in early education, ensure all Indigenous students receive a grounding in literacy and numeracy so as many students as possible go on to secondary school, and help Indigenous students to complete Year 12 or its equivalent.

Boys, Gender and Schooling - Queensland Education Department  

URL:  http://education.qld.gov.au/students/advocacy/equity/gender-sch/

Category:  State and Territory  Specific student groups 

Boys Gender and Schooling has been developed by Education Queensland for school communities - teachers, administrators, parents - working to address issues in boys' education.

Boys' Education NT  

URL:  http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/...programs_initiatives/boys_education/

Category:  Specific student groups 

This page contains the Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training's response to national initiatives focusing on boys' education.

Career and Transition Services Framework  

URL:  http://www.mceetya.edu.au/mceetya/default.asp?id=12049

Category:  Specific student groups 

The Career and Transition Services Framework, developed by the MCEETYA Taskforce on Transition from School, presents a range of options which could be implemented to support young people in making effective transitions through school and between school and post-school destinations.

Career and Transition Services Framework Summary  

URL:  http://www.mceetya.edu.au/mceetya/default.asp?id=12049

Category:  Specific student groups 

The Framework from MYEETYA draws together a range of effective strategies, programs and activities that education and training authorities, schools, community service providers, government agencies and industry bodies can implement in ways appropriate to their organisational circumstances and priorities.

Country Areas Programme (CAP)  

URL:  http://www.dest.gov.au/...and_regional_assistance/cap/default.htm

Category:  Key Government Priorities and Activities  Specific student groups 

The Country Areas Programme (CAP) is administered as part of the Australian Government funding provided through the Schools Assistance (Learning Together - Achievement Through Choice) Act 2004 for the 2005-2008 quadrennium. Students attending primary and secondary schools in geographically isolated areas can be educationally disadvantaged by geographic isolation. The Australian Government recognises this by targeting funding to states and the Northern Territory under the Country Areas Programme (CAP) to assist them to enhance the learning outcomes for students in geographically isolated areas so that their learning outcomes match those of students in metropolitan areas. The government and non-government education authorities in each state and the Northern Territory are responsible for the detailed administration of the programme.