QLD ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL REGISTRARS CONFERENCE 20151. Introduction & Acknowledgement

2. Cultural Identity

3. Funding

4. Scholarships

5. Q & A

QLD ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL REGISTRARS CONFERENCE 2015

Mr Steven Jeffery• Chief Financial Officer QCEC

• NSW supporter

Mrs Yve Rutch• Originally Mackay, grew up in Inala

• Trained Secondary teacher

• 20 years teaching(State & Independent schools Qld & UK)

• Executive Officer, QCEC

CULTURAL IDENTITY Identity

• According to the Commonwealth definition “an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander is:

• a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent,

• who identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin and

• who is accepted as such by the community with which the person associates".

(http://www.whatworks.edu.au/1_1_1.htm)

IS YOUR SCHOOL …• A culturally aware

school• A community

partnership school• A RAP school

Funding is now very different

We were once funded in buckets

Base SWD ISANational

Partnerships ESL

We now receive ONE bucket of funding

Base

ESL

School Location

School Size

Indigenous

SWD

Entitled to or Eligible for?

School Funding or System Funding?

Australian Government Funding

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What does the future look like?Reviews of:• Low SES• English Language Proficiency• SWD Loading• Indexation• Indigenous Boarding

Years 5 and 6 of Gonski Model will not materialise – the majority of funding increases

SCHOLARSHIPS

• QATSIF (www.application.qatsif.org.au)

• YALARI – specific schools (www.yalari.org)

• Aspiration Initiative

• University scholarships

• Aspiring teacher grants

• Pearl Duncan teaching scholarships

• Step into Teaching scholarship

• Lambert McBride Perpetual Bursary

• T J Ryan Memorial medal