Prepared in 2006, The Australian Country Background Report for the OECD's Improving School Leadership Activity Report provides information on school leadership in Australia, including school governance, the links between leadership and learning outcomes, the attractiveness of the leadership role, and training and professional development for school leaders.
This project identifies ways to improve learning outcomes of students with disabilities enrolled in mainstream classes in the early, middle and post-compulsory years of schooling.
A report in two volumes setting out priority actions for Australian school science education.
The 2008 Administrative Guidelines set out the objectives, administrative requirements and funding allocations for Australian Government programs for schools for 2008.
Quality Teachers, Collaborative Communities, Effective LearningThe 2006 Highlights Publication of the Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme (AGQTP). The highlights describe successful and effective AGQTP teacher professional learning activites undertaken in 2006, with the aim of sharing good practice in teacher professional learning.
Report of the National Music Workshop
The National Music Workshop, held on 27-28 August 2006 in Melbourne, was attended by 170 participants from every State and Territory. A majority were practising teachers of music, school principals and representatives of government and non-government education authorities.
Parents Attitudes to SchoolingThe Parents’ Attitudes to Schooling survey report discusses the results of a national telephone survey on parents’ attitudes to schooling conducted by DEST during January and February 2007. The survey was conducted to ascertain parents’ views on a range of issues including schooling choices, content that should be compulsory, school reports, bullying and manners, improvements that could be made to schools, traditional apprenticeships, core skills, and post-school priorities.
Research on Performance Pay for TeachersThe report, commissioned by DEST and undertaken by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) provides an overview of the current pay arrangements for teachers in Australian schools, particularly in relation to performance-based pay; attitudes to performance-based pay for teachers; and the results of the introduction of performance-based pay arrangements for teachers both in Australia (if applicable) and internationally.
Performance-Based Rewards for TeachersThis report was prepared to guide DEST’s consideration of a broad range of issues relating to performance pay for teachers. It provides a synthesis of selected research on performance pay for teachers and a summary of different types of performance-based pay schemes that have been trialled or implemented.