Appendix one: Tasmania Together

Appendix one - Tasmania Together

At 30 June 2005, the Department of Education had the coordinating agency responsibility for the following Tasmania Together benchmarks:

Goal 1 Ensure all Tasmanians have a reasonable standard of living with regard to food, shelter, transport, justice, education, communication, and health and community services

Standard 1.4 To improve access to accredited care services for dependants

Indicators

1.4.2	Carers - cost/availability
1.4.3	Provision of workplace care

Goal 4 Create a culture that encourages people to learn and develop new skills, including life skills, throughout their lives

Standard 4.1 To have affordable and flexible access to and participation in lifelong learning that is responsive to individual and community needs

Indicators

4.1.1	Proportion of people in full or part-time education or training
4.1.2	Proportion of people aged 20-24 in full or part-time education or training
4.1.3	Apparent retention rate years 7-12
4.1.5	Literacy rates against national benchmarks
4.1.6	Hours of community usage of public education facilities

Standard 4.2 To develop Tasmania as a centre of learning excellence, recognised internationally

Indicators

4.2.1	Number of postgraduate research students identified as equivalent full-time student units (EFTSU) enrolled at the University of Tasmania and the proportion that comes from interstate and overseas
4.2.2	Performance of school students against national benchmarks

Standard 4.3 To promote the coverage of life skills and non-vocational learning opportunities

Indicator

4.3.1	Coverage of life skills and non-vocational learning opportunities in the new school curriculum

Goal 7 Foster and value vibrant and diverse rural, regional and remote communities that are connected to each other and the rest of the world

Standard 7.1 To facilitate access to employment, basic services and public and private infrastructure for people in rural, regional and remote communities

Indicators

7.1.5	Access to basic services in rural areas in comparison to urban areas Estimated Year 12 completion rates Number of students who progress from Year 10 to Years 11 and 12 for major urban centres, major rural centres and other rural and remote areas based on individual student-level data from state and private education systems

Standard 7.2 To improve levels of communication between areas of Tasmania and the rest of the world

Indicator

7.2.1	Public access to internet services

Goal 8 Provide a valued role in community life for Tasmania’s young people now and in the future

Standard 8.2 To recognise and foster the positive contributions that young people make to the community and decision-making processes

Indicator

8.2.1	Participation of people under 29 in community groups

Goal 9 Foster an inclusive society that acknowledges and respects our multicultural heritage, values diversity and treats everyone with compassion and respect

Standard 9.2 To promote awareness of Tasmania’s multicultural past and present

Indicator

9.2.2	Number of schools integrating multicultural perspectives in the curriculum

Standard 9.3 To support and encourage a diverse, compassionate and socially just society that provides for the rights of all Tasmanians, including people from minority, disadvantaged and stigmatised groups

Indicator

9.3.4	Percentage of teachers who have received professional development training in racial, gender, disability and sexuality related discrimination and harassment

Goal 10 Acknowledge and respect the contribution that the Aboriginal community and its culture have made and continue to make to Tasmania and its identity

Standard 10.1 To recognise, promote, share and celebrate Aboriginal culture and heritage, encouraging mutual recognition and respect between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people

Indicators

10.1.1	Percentage of teaching staff who have received professional development specifically related to their role as teachers of indigenous studies
10.1.2	Percentage of schools integrating Aboriginal perspectives throughout all relevant areas of the curriculum

Goal 11 Have Tasmania recognised nationally and internationally for its innovation, pursuit of excellence and creativity in arts and culture

Standard 11.3To encourage creative thinking from early education and throughout life

Indicators

11.3.1	Participation in post-school arts courses
11.3.2	Participation in the creative thinking component of the curriculum

Goal 13 Have a system of government that is open, seeks and listens to people’s views and ideas, and uses them in decision making at all levels

Standard 13.1 To promote community awareness and participation

Indicator

13.1.3	Proportion of students participating in political studies/civics courses

Goal 15 Have a system of government that is accountable to the people and plans for the future at all levels

Standard 15.1 To ensure the participation of young people in employment and decision making with a view to leadership succession and service provision in planning for the future

Indicator

15.1.2	Percentage of councils with youth advisory committees

Goal 18 Ensure education and training provides our workforce with the skills to support our business and industry

Standard 18.1 To provide an education and training system which fosters innovative and creative thought and learning

Indicators

18.1.1	Level of participation in VET, tertiary education and university
18.1.2	Retention from Year 10 to 12
18.1.3	Proportion of people over 25 engaged in education and training
18.1.4	Number of accredited post-compulsory courses with learning content that fosters innovative and creative thought
18.1.5	Number of enrolments in accredited post-compulsory courses with learning content that fosters innovative and creative thought

Standard 18.2 To reduce and avoid skills shortages

Indicator

18.2.1	Level of response from registered training organisations to skills shortages as identified in the annual VET plan

Goal 21 Value, protect and conserve our natural and cultural heritage

Standard 21.5 To capture Tasmania’s stories and make them available to all

Indicator

21.5.1	Number of Tasmanian publications added to the state record

Standard 21.6 To identify, conserve and present significant representations of the built and moveable heritage and cultural landscapes

Indicators

21.6.1	Number of enrolments in cultural heritage courses
21.6.2	Percentage of significant items conserved
21.6.3	Number of heritage documents and artefacts publicly available in digital format