Public hearing in Brisbane - 8 October 1999
Witnesses giving evidence in Brisbane were
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jann Piasecki,
INDEPENDENT EDUCATION UNION: Teacher incentives; staff accommodation;
professional development; staff retention
- Leo Dunne, Executive
Officer, PARENTS AND FRIENDS FEDERATION, QLD: Rural and remote Catholic
education; boarding; financial assistance; Indigenous education; boarding
schools; Indigenous participation
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Patrick Costigan and Caroline Anderson (President),Queensland Chapter, AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: Support staff; professional development; technologies
