DETE A4 Minutes Portrait

Rural and Remote Education Reference Group

Date/Time: Thursday, 05 June 2014 10.00am – 12.00pm Location: Boardroom, Level 12, 30 Mary Street Brisbane & in-person Gary Francis, Director, Workforce Futures (Chair), Attendees: Jessica MacPherson, Senior Project Officer, Workforce Futures Becky Walsh, Director, State Schools – Operations Vera Zappala, Queensland Catholic Education Commission Denise Kostowski, Principal, Spinifex State College John Clark, Principal-Primary, Charters Towers School of Distance Education Sharon Bright, Infrastructure Management and Support Services Mai Lupo, Queensland Association of State School Principals Liam Smith, Regional Director, North Queensland Region - Townsville Office Sharon Schimming, Regional Director, North Queensland Region Aleksandr Taylor-Gough, Research Officer, Queensland Teachers’ Union Wendy Hick, Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association (QLD) Mark Cooper, Principal Program Officer, Regulation Assessment and Service Quality Luke Glyde, Manager, Web and Digital Delivery Loris Doessel, P&Cs QLD Duncan McKellar, Executive Director, Workforce Services Apologies: Cathy Heffernan, Assistant Director-General, Office of the Assistant Director-General Human Resources Catherine O’Malley, Executive Director, Regulation Assessment and Service Quality (RASQ) Joe Willis, Director, Infrastructure Management and Support Services Raelene Fysh, Principal, State Schools – Performance Chesleigh Hargreaves, Queensland Association of Special Education Leaders Jeff Backen, Queensland Teachers’ Union Michele Walliker, Manager (Funded Programs), Association of the Independent Schools Queensland Catherine Clark, Manager, Strategy and Policy Susan Todhunter, Director, Regulation Assessment and Service Quality John Lockhart, Director, Digital and Web Delivery

Secretariat: Angelita Howell, Executive Services Officer, Workforce Initiatives Discussion/Outcomes

Agenda Item 1: Welcome and Apologies

Chair welcomed the members to the meeting and noted apologies received.

Agenda Item 2: Confirmation of previous minutes

The minutes from the meeting of 11 March 2014 were accepted by members.

Agenda Item 3: Actions arising from previous meeting

 Update on Remote Area Tuition Allowance Submission o Association received correspondence from the Minister re RATUA submission to the Treasurer. o The Treasurer did not support untying RATUA from CPI.  Update regarding WHS guidelines for ICT in classrooms o Guidelines are being drafted and will be available for the next RRERG meeting.  Update on Teacher Quality Reference Group o An overview was provided on two significant reform actions: . Great teachers = Great results . A Fresh Start (new approach to working with Universities across all sectors).

Agenda Item 4: Terms of Reference 2014

 Updated membership was noted.

 Members discussed potential for the group to input to policy.

 Chair noted and committed to seeking opportunities for the group to provide early feedback and input.

Agenda Item 5: Other Business

 Allied health capacity was discussed. DETE continues to work towards solutions regarding therapy, including exploring options for Tele-health (QLD Health) partnering to work towards whole of government approach.

 ICPA noted that there is a pilot commencing through the North West Hospital Board of using Tele-health through DETE infrastructure.

 Chair will provide information to Members regarding outcomes of the geographically Isolated families review.

 Concerns were flagged regarding RREAP funding. Chair advised no awareness of any changes to RREAP funding.

 Loris enquired about Project 600 (Schools Distance Education). John advised that, through Project 600, schools receive considerable funds towards literacy and numeracy.

Action Item Actions Responsible Ideal Due Date Ref Officer

1 March 2014 Minutes to be uploaded to the Department’s Secretariat 19 June 2014 website.

4 ICPA to provide further information about the tele-health ICPA 19 June 2014 pilot with North West Hospital Board.

2 Terms of Reference 2014 to be updated and distributed Jessica 21 August 2014 prior to the next meeting. MacPherson

3 Next meeting – discuss the viability and sustainability of Mark Cooper 21 August 2014 pre-prep programs in rural and remote areas.

5 Next meeting – provide guidelines on students’ devices. Luke Glyde 21 August 2014

Meeting closed at: 10:55 am These minutes are a public record. However the Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE) may redact information from the publicly released version of these minutes if DETE intends to claim an exemption from disclosure under the Right to Information Act 2009. If such a claim is made by DETE it will be noted at the relevant part of these minutes.