Advisory support is provided within the Kindy Uplift program to guide and mentor services to plan, utilise and implement Queensland Government kindergarten funding in ways that uplift the kindergarten program, build teacher and educator capability and support better outcomes for Queensland children.
All Queensland kindergarten services that are delivering an Approved Kindergarten Program and are participating in the Kindy Uplift program, are expected to engage with advisory support. Advisory support organisations are to work closely with services in receipt of Kindy Uplift funding.
This involves:
- supporting services in the completion of Kindy Uplift planning including collection and analysis of data, identifying goals and priorities and engaging providers
- facilitating connections between services with similar goals and priorities to maximise funding opportunities
- providing ongoing support through implementation to ensure successful program outcomes
- working with services to undertake critical reflection and evaluation of outcomes.
Advisory support is aligned to the following key departmental and sector priorities:
- Culturally safe, inclusive and responsive kindergarten programs—embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, ensuring services are inclusion ready, culturally capable and responsive.
- Workforce initiatives—mentoring to support qualification progression and leadership capabilities for education leaders, including referrals to existing departmental qualification pathways initiatives.
- Practice improvement initiatives—providing support during Kindy Uplift planning and monitoring; teacher, educator and service capability building through professional learning; facilitating engagement and communication strategies including communities of practice; embedding evidence-based programs; using inclusion subsidies and specialist sector support services; and implementing and monitoring for impact using the kindergarten learning progressions.
Supporting resource
Advisory support guide