Australian Technical Colleges
The Australian Government will fund the establishment and operation of 25 Australian Technical Colleges
providing high quality tuition in both academic and vocational education for students in years 11 and 12. The Technical Colleges will be located in regions with skills needs, a high youth population and a significant industry base.
Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme
The Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme
is implementing the Teachers for the 21st Century initiative. The website provides an information exchange for the programme, particularly best practice in teacher professional development.
Bullying, No Way!
The Bullying no way! website
offers information on making informed responses to bullying, harassment, discrimination and violence based on understanding of the issues. Helps us to create safe school communities.
Capital Grants Data Exchange
The Capital Grants Data Exchange Project
is used to manage schedule and project information relating to the non-government component of the Capital Grants Programme.
Civics and Citizenship Education (Discovering Democracy)
The Civics and Citizenship Education website
promotes the knowledge, skills and values that prepare students to be informed and active citizens of Australia's democracy.
Education Portal
The Government Education Portal
is the online entry point to a comprehensive array of government information and services concerning all aspects and levels of education in Australia.
Going to Uni and the Course information system
The Course Information system is the first searchable online database of courses offered by all eligible higher education providers in Australia. You can search for courses and compare them on a nation-wide basis by a variety of criteria, including location, provider, indicative course fees and previous cut-off scores. You can access Course Information through the Going to Uni
website.
Helping children with autism
The Helping Children with Autism package announced on 3 October 2007 will provide a number of initiatives designed to help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), their families, carers and schools.
The Indigenous Portal
The Indigenous Portal
is your window to resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.
Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme
The Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme
provides basic Language, Literacy and numeracy training for eligible job seekers whose skills are below the level considered necessary to secure sustainable employment or pursue further education and training.
Literacy Assessment: Strategies from the National School English Literacy Survey
The Literacy Assessment website
provides teachers with the opportunity to use and explore the Survey assessment materials. They provide a model which can be used at the school level and can form a springboard for teachers to examine their own student work.
My Future
myfuture
is Australia's online career information service with a wealth of useful information on careers, courses, training providers, financial advice, support services, industries, labour market information, awards, scholarship and much more.
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education website
is aimed specifically at educators and those training to be educators it contains much of interest to those outside the education professions.
National Literacy and Numeracy Week
National Literacy and Numeracy Week
is an Australian Government initiative, run in collaboration with the States and Territories. Find out about the Week, who is involved, key activities, and the sponsors for 2008.
National Science Week
National Science Week
is Australia's largest national festival. National Science Week began in 1997 to raise the profile and increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the role of science, technology and innovation in maintaining and improving our society, economy and the environment.
Australian Apprenticeships
Australian Apprenticeships
combine practical work with structured training to give an apprentice a nationally recognised qualification and the experience they need to get the job they want. New Apprenticeships are now available in over 500 occupations in an increasing range of industries.
Questacon – Making Science Fun!
Questacon
shows how science and technology are relevant and important to our everyday lives. Whether you're making a telephone call, cooking a meal or throwing a ball, with the use of everyday examples science becomes easier to understand". For kids, parents and teachers.
Quality Teaching
Teacher quality and the strength of school leadership are recognised as the greatest determinants of educational success. Quality teaching
has a measurable impact on student outcomes.
Resilience Education and Drug Information (REDI)
The Resilience Education and Drug Information website's
key feature is a comprehensive database of information about resources, policies and materials for drug education and incident management.
Success for Boys – Helping boys achieve
Success for Boys
is an Australian Government initiative that aims to help schools improve boys' learning outcomes and engagement nationally, by providing teachers with access to high quality professional learning.
Year 12 – What Next?
Year 12-What Next?
is a guide to help you plan your post-school education and training. It includes information about working life in the future, course options and where to get help and information.