Predicting Maintenance Requirements for School Assets in Queensland

Schooling is an important facet of the basic needs approach to development. Higher education has been shown to influence a decrease in both the infant mortality rate and the fertility rate, and furthermore appears to influence an individual's access to more remunerative employment. The provision of schools for black people in Natal by the Department of Education and Training (DET) is still far from adequate for all children of school‐going age. Moreover, in many areas, particularly rural areas and for levels above Junior primary, distances are too great for the children readily to be able to attend school. Particular problems which require confronting are farm schools (the location of which is not determined by DET and which are not always open to all neighbouring children): the inadequacy of secondary schooling in many census districts and in most rural areas; and the spatial fragmentation of Natal KwaZulu.

The current study considers grade repetition rates in the early years of schooling in Queensland state schools with specific focus on the pre-schooling year, Prep. In particular, it provides empirical evidence of grade repetition in Queensland state schools along with groups of students who are more often repeated. At the same time, much of the educational research literature, drawn mainly from the United States, argues that grade repetition has limited, long-term value and may be harmful (Jimerson, 2001, 2004). Little is known about grade repetition rates or the groups of children who may be repeated in Australian schools as almost all research on grade repetition has been done overseas. To better understand grade repetition in Australia, the study draws on data from the Queensland Government's Department of Education and Training (DET), which looks specifically at grade repetition rates in Queensland state schools. While grade repetition rates remain low in Queensland states schools, the possible negative academic, social and emotional consequences for students who are repeated warrants serious re-evaluation of this long-term, early intervention practice in Australian schools. An alternative strategy would include promotion of all students to the next year level with a range of interventions to enable groups of low achieving students meet minimum national standards.

A federal report released by the Department of Families and Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA, 2009), entitled Closing the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage: The Challenge for Australia, highlighted the inequality that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students based on a restricted access to resources, issues of isolation, staff and student retention, and cultural differences and challenges. In New South Wales (NSW), the Department of Education and Training (DET) and the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) in 2003/2004 undertook their own review of Aboriginal education in NSW Government schools that revealed significant concerns about the outcomes being achieved by Aboriginal students in NSW DET schools, confirming the more recent FaHCSIA (2009) findings. In 2006 the NSW DET implemented the Enhanced Teacher Training Scholarship Program (ETTSP) to empower 20 final-year education students to successfully engage with Indigenous students in schools and their wider community during their internship period. Using themes, this article explores the experiences of 10 University of New England scholarship holders at the end of their final year of teacher training and immersion/internship experience in 2010. The article puts forward useful recommendations for both teacher universities and students intending to teach in schools with high Indigenous student populations.

The oil and gas industry is prone to skills shortages resulting from financial cycles, as is the case with many other industry sectors. Bridging the gap in indigenous employment is in part a solution to this problem and in the Northern Territory this has become easier due to innovative developments and smart partnerships. When smart partnerships are formed that involve like-minded organisations, successful employment outcomes are inevitable. Partnerships, involving APPEA, Industries Services Training Pty Ltd (IST), the Australian Government through the National Shills Shortage Strategy (NSSS), plus the Structured Training and Employment Program—Employment Related Services (STEP ERS), which are funded through the Department of Employment Education and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and the Department of Education and Training (DET) in the Northern Territory, have provided funding for Indigenous pre—employment training programs that are leading to positive employment outcomes in the oil and gas Industry. The model developed and implemented in the Northern Territory by IST ensures Indigenous employment outcomes follow the delivery of the Indigenous pre-employment training programs. Key factors include: Indigenous mentors; culturally appropriate trainers; Monitoring employment activities; and, Specialist project management from APPEA and IST. Methodologies and strategies employed by various partners ensure employment outcomes through the cooperation of principal subcontractors who require staff and who can service contracts let by major APPEA members. Of the 18 Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander participants who commenced the eight-week program in 2008, 16 graduates received their nationally recognised Statements of Attainment at the graduation ceremony held at the Darwin Convention Centre in October 2008. There were six female graduates of the program. Competencies included first aid, dogging, safe working at heights and OHS including risk and hazard analysis training. You may ask yourself why these courses were so successful when many others have failed. The presentation will outline difficulties; successful methodologies and strategies used by IST to ensure employment outcomes are achieved. These strategies include full-time Indigenous mentors throughout the course plus culturally appropriate trainers, smart recruitment strategies, dedicated employment service brokers soliciting employment opportunities, industry site visits, industry guest speakers and the commitment of Governments and APPEA. As a result of the successes to date, the relevant government departments have committed to further courses throughout 2009.

Since 1999, pre‐service teachers undertaking the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) Program at the University of Western Sydney have participated in an alternate practicum called Professional Experience 3 (PE3). This practicum encourages students to engage in broader educational settings within local communities. Increasingly, a number of service‐learning opportunities have been developed, most notably, senior student tutoring programs and the involvement of students in the Plan‐It Youth project in conjunction with the Department of Education and Training (DET) and the South‐western Sydney Institute of TAFE. A focus of these programs has been to address the issues related to students at risk of leaving school early within the local South‐western Sydney community. In this paper we discuss the benefits of these programs to the university, pre‐service‐teachers, school students and school communities, and the broader local community. Specifically, we examine service learning as a conduit for the development and maintenance of meaningful symbiotic relationships between the university and the educational community, and pre‐service teachers and the local community. Finally, we look towards the future and highlight the challenges and opportunities for service‐learning programs within the practicum.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of performance of operational budgeting in Mahabad's department of education and training. In terms of type and method, the present research is a survey study and in terms of purpose, it is an applicable research. The population includes managers, vice presidents and financial employees of Mahabad's department of education and training and according to the last stats they were 59 individuals. As a result of limitation of the population, the entire population is selected as the sample. For the purpose of data collection, a researcher made questionnaire was used. Validity of questionnaires was approved by scholar professors in management field. Respectively, reliability of the questionnaires was approved through Cronbach's alpha. For analysis of data, one sample t-test was performed. Results indicated that performance of operational budgeting in Mahabad's department of education and training is feasible. Also the results showed that the ability for evaluation of performance, the ability of human resources, organization's strategic planning, feasibility and understand ability of plans, sufficient effectiveness and efficiency and categorization of budgets are towards performance of operational budgeting. Also Mahabad's department of education and training is technically capable of performance of operational budgeting.

Based on the collection and research of big data, this paper analyzes the characteristics of aging assets, analyzes the operating conditions of aging assets from different dimensions, determines optimized investment strategies, and formulates technological transformation and investment plans, which can further improve the accuracy of investment plans. Reasonably allocate operating costs, ensure investment capacity, and maximize the operating benefits of power grid enterprises.

Purpose / Context - The characterisation of the residential building stock existing in Australia in terms of attributes relevant to energy performance is increasingly an important task for planning and policy purposes. There is a lack of information and documentation on the energy performance characteristics of the existing residential stock in Australia, particularly those constructed prior to the introduction of building efficiency regulations; approximately 85% of the 9 million dwellings in Australia (ABS, 2001,2011). This lack of information creates a significant barrier for studies which have attempted to develop representative energy simulation models for existing buildings. Methodology / Approach - Statistical review was undertaken on the Australian residential sector, focussed on buildings constructed between 1970 to 2011, for the purpose of developing representative building simulation models to aid in the quantification of the potential for energy efficiency upgrades. Taguchi and ANOVA methods were used to produce a reduced number of models that incorporated significant parameters for the determination of the energy performance. Differential Sensitivity Analysis (DSA) was then undertaken on a single model to quantify the effect of design parameters on the amount of energy needed for maintaining indoor conditions within a comfortable range. Results – The Taguchi and ANOVA analysis identified floor types, floor area, climate, level of ceiling insulation and wall materials as the most important attributes to be considered in the development of representative simulation models. DSA of design parameters on an example representative model developed in this study showed the parameters with the greatest influence on building energy consumption were airtightness, air conditioning system coefficient of performance, window-to-wall ratio, level of ceiling insulation and glazing SHGC and type. Key Findings / Implications –This study showed the typical Australian residential stock characteristics and potential energy efficacy upgrade strategies. This work has implications of defining the representative dwelling types for current stock, as well as performance assessment of sample dwelling model with investigation of potential energy retrofitting parameters to address the climate change challenge. Originality - The paper provides rather informative overview of Australian residential building stock, structured new contribution in order to defining the referenced building and assessing the effectiveness of specific design parameters towards energy demand loads in dwellings.

This chapter reports on the findings of three research studies that investigated aspects of spoken language and how they relate to the performance of Indigenous Australian students in the New South Wales Department of Education and Training’s literacy tests (Year 3 Basic Skills Test 2005. Sydney, AUS: NSW Department of Education and Training, 2005a; Year 5 Basic Skills Test 2005. Sydney, AUS: NSW Department of Education and Training, 2005b). The author, a non-Indigenous descendant of the convicts brought by the first English invaders of Australia, considers herself an ally to the Indigenous populations in New South Wales (NSW). As part of her role with the NSW Department of Education, she currently works on the evaluation of education programs, including those that affect Indigenous communities. She has previously worked on student assessment programs where she was concerned to create assessment practices for Indigenous students that are culturally responsive. As the author is non-Indigenous, an Indigenous educator was consulted about findings from the first two studies, and a local Indigenous person was present during interviews with Indigenous students for the third study. The research studies focused on investigating why Indigenous students have lower mean scores than non-Indigenous students in national and state-wide reading tests.

Optimization of the mixture of building types in a neighborhood and their energy and environmental performance

Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policyVolume 16, Issue 1 p. 14-28 LABOUR DEMAND AND EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION TOM KARMEL, TOM KARMEL Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. This paper is based on material drawn from my doctoral dissertation The impact of increasing education levels on the Australian workforce, The Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Thanks to Bob Gregory, in particular, for helpful comments and discussion.Search for more papers by this author TOM KARMEL, TOM KARMEL Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. This paper is based on material drawn from my doctoral dissertation The impact of increasing education levels on the Australian workforce, The Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Thanks to Bob Gregory, in particular, for helpful comments and discussion.Search for more papers by this author First published: 13 April 2010 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-3441.1997.tb00136.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume16, Issue1March 1997Pages 14-28 RelatedInformation

Concern over sexual violence at South African higher education institutions has been mounting since 2012. The systemic inquiry into sexual harassment at the University of the Witwatersrand that looked into the patterns, prevalence and problems in regulating sexual harassment at the campus, found that sexual harassment is prevalent and manifests in a number of different ways. In 2016, students at Rhodes University publicised a list of names of alleged sexual offenders at the university (Seddon 2016). The Department of Higher Education and Training has developed a working document, the Draft policy and strategic framework 2017, which seeks to provide a framework for universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges to deal with sexual harassment and sexual offences on campus (Department of Higher Education and Training 2017). It is useful to use the moment of this national debate to highlight the often-ignored issue of sexual relationships between staff and students. This article will consider the merits of regulating these relationships, and how regulation can facilitate mechanisms for accountability and a healthy teaching and learning environment.

This paper focuses on the empirical analysis of the closing price of gold, the SSE Index, and the China Economic Policy Uncertainty Index by means of a GARCH model to study the main characteristics of their movements. The series of gold closing price returns are analysed for linkage using the current mainstream VAR model, so as to analyse and compare the hedging function of gold. The article selects the closing price of gold, the SSE Index, and the China News-Based EPU from June 2005 to June 2019 as the sample series for the study. The background of the study and the theoretical knowledge of VAR and GARCH models are first introduced, and then, the GARCH family model and statistical analysis methods are used to derive the respective movements of the log returns of gold closing price, SSE index log returns, and China News-Based EPU log volatilities. The results show that the movements of the closing price of gold, the SSE Index, and the China News-Based EPU have the characteristics of financial assets in general, such as spikes and thick tails, agglomeration, and leverage effects. For the empirical study of the linkage between the three, this paper first considers only three variables, namely gold closing price, SSE index, and EPU. In order to investigate whether there is a co-integration relationship between them, a vector autoregressive model is established, followed by the corresponding impulse response analysis and variance decomposition. The analysis of the linkage between the closing price of gold, the SSE index, and the EPU concluded that changes in the EPU had a greater impact on the changes in the closing price of gold, while changes in the SSE index had a smaller impact on the changes in the closing price of gold. Finally, the conclusion of this article is some advice to investors on gold investment.

This research aims to analyze the discipline of work and factors driving the discipline as well as a barrier to working civil servants Education and Training Department in Central Java Province. Based on the results of the study showed that the discipline of civil servants who are working in Education and Training Department of Central Java Province have not been good. It is seen from the employees who did not arrive timely and not obedient to regulations in the works. Discipline employees work is inseparable from the supporting and restricting factors. Supporting factors from the discipline of work motivation and leadership. While the factor that inhibit employees work discipline is motivation for awarding the prize to an employee who is not clear. Restricting factor of leadership is the absence of punishment for assertiveness employees who violate discipline. Based on the existing obstacles in the achievement of a work discipline employees in Education and Training Department of Central Java Province, the author provides recommendations in the form of: (1) Did the assessment and awarding of the prize to an employee based on clear indicators. (2) Increase in an employee discipline can be exercised with firmness of punishment. Firmness of punishment carried out must be applied to employees who violate discipline work.

This research explored how different leadership styles impact employee performance in the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Cateel, Davao Oriental. The study focused on four leadership styles—transformational, transactional, authoritative, and laissez-faire—and their effects on three areas of employee performance: task performance, contextual performance, and counterproductive work behavior. Utilizing a descriptive-correlational design with a quantitative approach, data were gathered from 177 employees selected through stratified sampling. Standardized questionnaires adapted from Koopmans (2015) was used, and statistical methods such as mean, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression were applied for analysis. Among the leadership styles, transformational leadership had the highest average rating (M = 4.27), indicating it as the most favored by employees, followed by transactional (M = 4.15), laissez-faire (M = 3.97), and authoritative leadership (M = 3.80). Regarding performance, contextual performance received a "Very High" score (M = 4.24), task performance was rated "High" (M = 4.17), while counterproductive behavior was assessed as "Neutral" (M = 2.84). Correlation results showed a significant positive link between all leadership styles and employee performance. Notably, laissez-faire leadership had the strongest correlation (r = 0.486), followed by transactional and authoritative styles (r = 0.454), and transformational leadership (r = 0.377). These results indicate that although transformational leadership is the most preferred, leadership approaches that offer autonomy and clear structure tend to have a greater impact on performance. To improve organizational performance and employee productivity, the study recommends a strategic focus on leadership development. Training supervisors and department heads in transformational leadership can also enhance motivation, creativity, and employee confidence.