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The Education, Training, and Employment Reform Youth Bill2011

Drafted by:

y Youth Member for Chatsworthy Youth Member for Cleveland

y Youth Member for Dalrymple

y Youth Member for Ferny Grove

y Youth Member for Mermaid Beach

y Youth Member for Mudgeeraba

19.05.2011


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Introduction

The Education, Training, and Employment Reform Youth Bill 2011 is a bill thathas been created by the sponsoring committee to address problems in areasconcerning education, training, and employment.

In education, this bill wishes to address the growing inability for Queenslandstudents to receive quality education, wherever they may live. Addressing thisneed will enable Queensland to be a state o f future economic growth, througha growing skilled workforce able to meet future demands. This bill also aims toaddress the growing distance between EQ and students by engrainingstudent voice and choice in the work of Education Queensland.

In regard to training, the bill aims to train up the future workers of the statewith a skillset for the future. This will entail a greater integration betweenschools and training centres, and requiring trainees to attain basic english andmathematics qualifications.

The bill also seeks to open the doors to private enterprises and third sectororganisations to open training colleges, and school in communities ofsignificance. This takes the burden off government of funding, and allowstargeted skills growth in regional communities.

It would also allow third sector charities to open schools for those studentsrequiring specialist care, such as autistic students. Following a similar modelas academies in the United Kingdom, and charter schools in the UnitedStates.

Concerning employment, the bill aims to further develop the young workforce

and to hinder the growth in youth unemployment through greater integration,and incentive. The bill also wishes to give young people better world s kills fortheir future careers such as a course in first aid training, as to allow youngpeople to address emergencies.


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Education

In the area of education this bill covers a variety of agreed provisions to beplaced in their bill. Their composition is up for debate. The following are theagreed provisions and details on similar real world schemes/systems.

School Inspections

This bill will include provisions to allow the Federal regulator in cooperationwith the State regulator to inspect schools across Queensland regularly.

These inspections will be similar to audits where, experts come to inspect theschool and hand over their findings and recommendations to the school, andthe State and Federal governments.

If a school fails the inspection then that school will first have to take action tofix the problems found within the school. This will mean problems can be

found quicker and sorted out sooner.

Schools who continuously fail to fix problems will be forced to fix the problemsat threat of being taken over by the Federal Government/regulator.

Student Advisory ouncil

A student advisory council would be, as its name suggests an advisorycouncil of students who would liaise with the Government of the day. Possibleissues the council could advise on are:

1. Student support (counseling, academic support)2. Healthy eating campaigns, health awareness3. Curriculum changes (could feed into National Curriculum)4. School administration5. General student issues

A similar system exists in Victoria, the Victorian Student RepresentativeCouncil, which forms part of a wider network of student councils. It acts as acentral organisation that works with secondary school student councils toexpress views at a statewide level. A similar style could be used inQueensland.

The Victorian SRC has an executive of young people who act as the bodysrepresentatives; they are selected on open application, and merit. It operatesin a similar way to a charity, with objectives, and goals.

The SAC could be made up of a group of Queensland secondary studentswho could be supported by Education Queensland to advise on changes ineducation.


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There could be regional representatives on the council, representingQueensland regions. (E.g.,West, Far North, Central North, South andSouthwest, etc.) This would allow regional schools greater say in theireducation.

The Student Advisory Council could also be able to make contributions to

parliamentary committees relating to education. So if the Education committeewere having an inquiry the Council could make a formal contribution todebate.

The Council would be formalized through this bill, which would also say thatthe Minister and EQ must consult the council on major changes relating tostudent life. This would be to engrain a student voice in EQ, as there isnt one!

Independent Academies

The major pillar of the bill will be the independent academies portion of thebill. An independent academy is a school that is independent of thegovernment, run by a third party, and is academic in focus.

Academies are known across the globe under many names, whether it beCharter Schools in the US, or Free Schools in Sweden.

Under the proposal, academies would either be schools started by privatecompanies, or charities.

Enterprise Academy

An EA could be a school that is started by a private sector organisation. Itwould be initially funded by the private enterprise building the school or takingover an abandoned or soon-to-be closed school. After that, the school wouldbe partially funded by the government through the transferable student grant.

The Transferable Student Grant (TSG) would be a grant that would beassigned to students from year 1 to 12.

This grant could be transferred from school to school and would be equivalentto the cost of educating that child for one year. It would allow rura l students tomove to premier Brisbane schools, with government assistance.

Enterprise Academies could be started by companies such as BHP, Rio Tinto,Google, or Macquarie Group it would allow them to support local communitiesand build future leaders, and a workforce.

It could also enable companies in areas like the Surat Basin to support localcommunities, and open academies to train local students.


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The ernment l maintainanormal level of ontrol overthe hool,howevertheacademycouldchoose itsowncurriculum.

Enterprise Academiescouldalso estarted yenterprises inordertocultivateleadershipand usiness leaders. As isshown through Britishexampleleadershipacademies.

Foundation cademy

A rd SectorAcademywould eanacademy that would ecreatedandadministrated yacharity.

Theseacademieswould focus toward theeducationofdisadvantagedanddisabledstudents. haritieswouldadministrate theschools, andwouldreceive funding through theTS and from thegovernment. It wouldbecharityrun, government funded.

oundation Academiescouldbeused inordertocurb theclosureofspecial

schools, and toprovidegreatercare tospecialisedstudents.

Autism is increasing inyoungpeople, soasanexample, Autism Australia,couldbegina foundationacademy to teachautisticstudents.

oundation Academieswouldalsobeable tobeset upbyparents, orteachinggroups. Thesegroupswouldbeable to takeoverschools, set forclosure, andreceive funding through theTS .

Independent cademies Globally

In the nited Kingdom, a largemajorityof London schoolsarebecomingacademies; examplepicturesofacademiesarebelow:

Hackney Academy, London


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Training isanarea inwhich ueenslandneeds to improveso thecommitteeagreedonsomeareas tobring forward in the bill.

Training Colleges

Currently, thereare largeprojectsabout tostart in ueenslandand there isalackofskilledworkers to fill positions. Theseprojectscentreonrural andregional ueensland, andsorural andregional ueenslandstudents shouldbeable towork in theircommunities, andsupport theirareas.

A proposal wouldbe tocreate trainingcolleges inrural andregionalueensland, toalleviatepressureonourstrainedworkforce.

Secondaryschools inrural andregional ueensland, wouldbegiven theability tochooseoneof twooptions:

. securrent facilities insecondaryschools ifsufficient to trainapprentices

. Expand facilities toaccommodate trainingof local apprentices

A trainingcollege isa Europeanconcept, whichcombines training, andeducation. hilst at college, apprenticeswouldcombine trainingwitha

mandatorycourse inbasicmathematicsand English.

Thiscouldallowapprentices tochangecareersshould theywish, as theywouldhaveamathematicsandenglish ualification.


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Raisingageofattainment

In Europe, governments are moving toward a system where all secondaryschool graduates must have mathematics and English qualifications. Anoption for the committee is to include in the bill, a gradual increase i n the ageof participation in skills training and education to 18.

This would mean students would have to stay through until year twelve ortheyre 18, what ever comes first. Students could take on an apprenticeshipbut must complete a mathematic and English course at the same time.

Employment

Employment ertificates

The ETE Bill 2011 seeks to ensure that young people have the required skillsto enter the workforce and excel. That is why as part of the employmentproponent of the bill, we seek to require young people to have a mandatory

qualification in first aid, and defensive driving.

These qualifications will ensure that students will exit the education system asa fully capable member of Queensland society. These training courses willallow students to assist fellow Queenslanders will medical emergencies andassist themselves on the road.

The first aid certificate would go further than the current CPR training and willteach students how to deal with burns, broken bones, sprains, bites/stings,etc.

This training will take place through the current psychical education portion ofthe students teaching week, or through other avenues where students donthave psychical education.

The defensive driving course would take place throughout the yea rs ofschooling between the ages of 16 18. Students would be provided thechance to sit the learners driving examination within their own school, andthen receiving defensive driving training upon passing the examination.

Students would receive 3 hours credit for every 1-hour of training theyreceive, the maximum being 15 hours. This will incentivize the training,regardless of its mandatory nature.

At the end of the training, students would receive a certificate of completionthat could be given to employers.

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