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Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Department of Education and Early Childhood Development ANNUAL REPORT 2007_08 October 2008 The Hon. Bronwyn Pike, MP Minister for Education Maxine Morand, MP Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development Dear Ministers I am pleased to submit the 2007–08 annual report for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in accordance with the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 and the Financial Management Act 1994. Yours sincerely Professor Peter Dawkins SECRETARY Adolescent Outputs and Early Later years Services Acronyms About this Secretary’s Compulsory health Policy and Financial Contents Overview performance childhood and youth to Appendices and report report years services regulation report measures services transitions students abbreviations (schools) Contents About this report 4 Secretary’s report 5 Creation of the new Department of Education and Early Childhood Development 5 Growing Victoria Together – goals and measures 5 A new Blueprint for Education and Early Childhood Development 6 Implementation of the Victorian Schools Plan for school infrastructure 6 Commonwealth – State relations – promoting collaborative federalism 7 Implementation of major policy commitments and projects 7 Legislation reform 8 Statutory authorities 8 Priorities 2008–09 8 Overview 10 About the Department 10 Corporate governance 11 Organisation chart as at June 2008 15 Human resources 16 Summary of financial results 16 Goals and targets 18 Outputs and performance measures 19 Early childhood services 19 Compulsory years 21 Later years and youth transitions 24 Services to students 25 Adolescent health services (schools) 27 Policy and regulation 27 Early childhood services 29 Strengthening the health, development and learning of 0–5-year-olds 29 Enhancing the provision of early childhood education and care services 32 Improving the early years workforce 34 Compulsory years 36 2003 Blueprint for government schools 36 Non-government schools 51 Later years and youth transitions 52 Expanding pathways and transitions 52 Student support initiatives 53 Cross-sectoral initiatives 55 Commonwealth–State partnerships 56 Services to students 58 Student wellbeing 58 Drug education 58 Contents 3 Adolescent Adolescent Outputs and Early Later years Services Acronyms Outputs and Early Later years Services Acronyms About this Secretary’s Compulsory health Policy and Financial About this Secretary’s Compulsory health Policy and Financial Contents Overview performance childhood and youth to Appendices and Contents Overview performance childhood and youth to Appendices and report report years services regulation report report report years services regulation report measures services transitions students abbreviations measures services transitions students abbreviations (schools) (schools) Students with disabilities 59 Support for families 59 Adolescent health services (schools) 61 Policy and regulation 62 International education 62 Information and promotion 64 Services to Ministers and policy 65 Financial report 68 Appendices 124 1 Consistency of budget and financial reporting 124 2 Portfolio statistics 131 3 Human resources policies 133 4 Workforce statistics and senior officers 139 5 Statutory bodies 147 6 Whole-of-government reporting on target groups 155 7 Office-based environmental impacts 159 8 Freedom of Information 168 9 Statement of support to whistleblowers 170 10 Portfolio responsibilities 172 11 Contracts and consultancies 174 12 Other statutory requirements and Department policies 176 13 Risk management attestation 178 14 Disclosure index and additional information 179 Acronyms and abbreviations 182 About this report This report sets out the key activities and • adolescent health services (schools) achievements of the Department of Education (page 61) and Early Childhood Development from 1 July • policy and regulation (pages 62–67). 2007 to 30 June 2008 against the outputs and Performance measures against these output the Departmental objectives detailed in the groups are detailed on pages 19–28. The 2007–08 Victorian State Budget Papers. The financial report (pages 68–123) provides report of operations is organised according to information on the financial position and the major output groups: performance of the Department in 2007–08. • early childhood services (pages 29–35) Fourteen appendices (pages 124–181) provide • compulsory years (pages 36–51) supplementary financial and non-financial • later years and youth transitions (pages information. 52–57) The report is also available on the Department’s • services to students (pages 58–60) website <www.education.vic.gov.au>. 4 DEECD Annual Report 2007—08 Adolescent Adolescent Outputs and Early Later years Services Acronyms Outputs and Early Later years Services Acronyms About this Secretary’s Compulsory health Policy and Financial About this Secretary’s Compulsory health Policy and Financial Contents Overview performance childhood and youth to Appendices and Contents Overview performance childhood and youth to Appendices and report report years services regulation report report report years services regulation report measures services transitions students abbreviations measures services transitions students abbreviations (schools) (schools) Secretary’s report In August 2007, the Premier, John Brumby, new Department of Education and Early announced the establishment of the new Childhood Development has been a key Department of Education and Early Childhood priority throughout 2007–08. To date, work on Development, to be created by the merger integration has included: of the Department of Education and part of • a realignment of Department structures: the Office for Children, in the Department of – a new head office structure took effect Human Services (DHS). in December 2007 that included an The new Department was given the task of Office for Children and Early Childhood supporting two ministers, the Minister for Development (with an interim regional Education, Bronwyn Pike, and the Minister for operations division and a new policy Children and Early Childhood Development, division), for which a Deputy Secretary Maxine Morand. In supporting these two has been recruited Ministers, the new Department is responsible – an Establishment Board chaired by the for developing and implementing a new birth-to- Deputy Secretary for Planning, Strategy adulthood learning and development agenda. and Coordination was created to The creation of the new Department signals progressively oversee the merger greater opportunities to improve the learning, process and associated change development, health and wellbeing of Victorian management plan children. It also recognises the importance of – agreement was reached, following a early childhood development as a foundation review in May 2008, on the approach to for optimal life outcomes. merging two sets of regional offices and Throughout 2007–08, the Department has an associated accountability framework successfully pursued a range of programs, (to commence in January 2009) strategies and initiatives designed to fulfil the • the development of a new Corporate Plan Government’s vision and meet the objectives for 2008–09 to 2010–11 which embraces outlined by the Government. A key focus the new opportunities and challenges that has been maintaining and, where possible, accompany the Department’s broadened accelerating the rate of progress of Victoria’s responsibilities human capital reform agenda. An overview • the development, on behalf of our two of key achievements for 2007–08 is provided Ministers, of a new Blueprint for Education below. and Early Childhood Development Creation of the new (see page 6). Department of Education Growing Victoria Together and Early Childhood – goals and measures Development The Department has continued to make As indicated above, integrating the progress towards the achievement of the designated part of the Office for Children Government’s goals and targets for education and the Department of Education into the and early childhood development. Secretary’s report 5 Adolescent Adolescent Outputs and Early Later years Services Acronyms Outputs and Early Later years Services Acronyms About this Secretary’s Compulsory health Policy and Financial About this Secretary’s Compulsory health Policy and Financial Contents Overview performance childhood and youth to Appendices and Contents Overview performance childhood and youth to Appendices and report report years services regulation report report report years services regulation report measures services transitions students abbreviations measures services transitions students abbreviations (schools) (schools) Year 12 (or equivalent) completions Implementation of the A noteworthy achievement in 2007 was the significant increase in the proportion Victorian Schools Plan for of 20–24-year-olds achieving Year 12 or school infrastructure equivalent for the second year in a row. The proportion increased from 85.5 per cent in The Department is on track with the delivery 2006 to 86.1 per cent in 2007 – a significant of the Victorian Schools Plan, which has a move towards the 2010 target of 90 per cent. target of 500 schools to be built, rebuilt or modernised by 2011. The 2007–08 State Literacy and numeracy Budget funded the first stage of the plan, The percentage of Victorian Year 3 and Year 5 which involved 131 schools receiving funding. students achieving the national literacy and Planning and construction is underway for numeracy benchmarks has been at or above the majority of these
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