This declaration is our commitment to that goal. It comes from a far reaching process of consultationinvolving staff, parents, community groups, government agencies, business, industry and tertiaryinstitutions. Most importantly it reflects the voices of the many students who took part in futuresforum discussions throughout the state.The declaration builds on the existing strengths of our system.

This report presents findings from an ARC Linkage Study, titled ‘Punish them or engage them? Identifying and encountering productive and unproductive student behaviours in South Australian schools’ (LP110100317), more commonly referred to as the Behaviour at School Study (BaSS). This second report focuses on teachers’ views on student behaviour around the school.

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The DECS Improvement and Accountability Framework, working within the context of the SA Strategic Plan and DECS Statement of Directions supports our organisation to achieve and sustain high performance. It integrates processes of improvement and accountability to achieve effectiveness. It articulates the way in which our schools, preschools and children’s centres, supported by district and...

The roadmap focuses on economic development that adds value to the social and environmental capital of local communities. The measure for success in the roadmap is the maintenance of sustainable communities as defined by the Commonwealth Government's Sustainable Australia: Sustainable Communities Strategy.