Rural and Remote Education - Qld

Rural

and Remote Education - Qld

Public hearing in Brisbane

- 8 October 1999

Witnesses giving

evidence in Brisbane were

1. Lorrie Maher (Executive

   Officer, Education Services) and Nigel Fairbairn (member, Standing Education

   Committee), ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS OF QUEENSLAND: Choice;

   accessibility; distance education; information technology; staffing;

   vocational education and training; students with disabilities; Indigenous

   students; staff recruitment and incentives; subsidies; cross-sectoral

   collaboration

2. Bob McHugh (Assistant

   Director General of Education Services), Jo Deissel (Director, Teaching

   and Learning Branch), Gary Barnes (Acting General Manager, Open Access

   Unit), Peter Blatch (Co-ordinator, Low Incidence Service) and Shane

   Williams (Director, Students at Risk), EDUCATION QUEENSLAND: Demography;

   administration; teacher incentives; vocational education; curriculum;

   literacy and numeracy; distance education; students with disabilities;

   staff training - students with disabilities; other resources - students

   with disabilities; students at risk; behaviour management; equity programs

   - boys; gifted and talented; Indigenous students; Indigenous staff;

   Indigenous teacher training; Indigenous programs and policies; staff

   accommodation

3. Bob Rasmussen,

   Principal, SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION: Distance education; sport via

   distance education; work experience for DE students; guidance counselling

   for DE students; achievements of DE students; visits to DE students;

   DE modes of delivery; DE student population; telecommunications

4. Jann Piasecki,

   INDEPENDENT EDUCATION UNION: Teacher incentives; staff accommodation;

   professional development; staff retention

5. Leo Dunne, Executive

   Officer, PARENTS AND FRIENDS FEDERATION, QLD: Rural and remote Catholic

   education; boarding; financial assistance; Indigenous education; boarding

   schools; Indigenous participation

6. Larry Laikind,

   WELFARE RIGHTS CENTRE: Disability discrimination; accessibility; travel;

   disability harassment; students with disabilities; support groups and

   information for families; disability and distance education; wheelchair

   access; discrimination complaints

7. Ian Mackie, President,

   QUEENSLAND TEACHERS UNION: Retention rates; secondary schooling availability;

   vocational education; technology; professional development; staff incentives;

   staff recruitment and preparation; female staff; Indigenous students;

   students with disabilities; staff diversity; tertiary access; staff

   accommodation; flexible school year; other curriculum issues

8. Dan Bolton, QUEENSLAND

   CATHOLIC EDUCATION COMMISSION: Rural and remote Catholic schools; staffing;

   support staff; information technology; distance education; boarding;

   internet access; cross-sectoral co-operation; community relations; staff

   incentives and transfers

9. Terry McDermott,

   Director, Youth Detention Operations, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY, YOUTH AND

   COMMUNITY CARE: Education in detention; Indigenous staff; inter-departmental

   co-ordination; leaving detention; vocational education

10. David McSwan,

    Director, Rural Education Research and Development Centre, School of

    Education, JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY: Limitations of technology; vocational

    education; staff recruitment and retention; role of the school in the

    community; calculating student retention and tertiary participation;

    wheelchair accessibility; literacy and numeracy; first language teaching;

    otitis media; Remote Area Teacher Education Program; rural policy; staff

    preparation; retention data

11. Patrick Costigan

    and Caroline Anderson (President),Queensland Chapter, AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE

    OF EDUCATION: Support staff; professional development; technologies

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