The department has a broad range of professional resources and supports available to all staff to support them in responding and dealing appropriately to student behaviour and ensuring their own, and others, safety while doing so.
OneSchool
OneSchool supports schools to run safe, secure, sustainable and consistent reporting and administrative processes. This includes the timely and accurate reporting and management of student behaviour records.
All Queensland state school students have a secure profile within OneSchool, with individual information being used to ensure the needs of each individual student are being met.
MyHR Workplace Health and Safety
MyHR Workplace Health and Safety is the department's health, safety and wellbeing management system for recording and managing incidents, hazards and student first aid records. Recording of incidents is necessary for the department to meet requirements of the
health, safety and wellbeing incident management procedure and its obligations under the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld).
Principal wellbeing
Through Lifeworks, the department provides principal coaching and support services for principals, deputy principals and heads of campus (school leaders). The service provides the opportunity to confidentially discuss strategies to deal with and manage stress associated with leading staff and the school community following a critical or traumatic incident. Department of Education employees can access this resource on OnePortal by searching 'wellbeing support for school leaders'.
Staff wellbeing learning and resources
The department has a comprehensive Staff Wellbeing Framework that includes multiple initiatives, information, resources and interactive training modules covering 5 key focus areas of wellbeing—physical, psychological, social and community engagement; occupational wellbeing and financial wellbeing. Department of Education employees can access resources on OnePortal by searching 'staff wellbeing'.
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on school students with disability
There are a range of
NCCD professional learning resources available to support schools and educators gain confidence in the NCCD model.
Professional development
Since 2020, the Department of Education has provided online professional development sessions to support staff with student behaviour in Queensland state schools.
Aligned with Queensland state school procedures and the latest research, Department of Education employees can access these interactive sessions (including slide decks, speaker notes and links to research) on OnePortal by searching 'school discipline and risk management resources'.
Prevention and management of occupational violence and aggression arising from student behaviour
The Department of Education, in collaboration with schools and regions, will develop a state-wide professional development program to prevent and manage occupational violence and aggression arising from student behaviour. The program and its resources are expected to be available during 2025.
The
occupational violence prevention procedure provides the minimum standard for the prevention and management of occupational violence risks across with the department.