[On a multicoloured screen, the NCCD logo features a circle made of four stylised human bodies. Text: "Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability." A white map of Australia contains the title 'Working with Parents'. A marker appears in north-western Queensland. The sun shines on long two-storey school buildings and an electronic sign that reads, "Barkly Highway State School. 43°C." The smokestacks of a large mine tower beyond an outback town. A blond man sits in a schoolroom. Text: "Christien Payne, Principal, Barkly Highway State School, Mt Isa."] CHRISTIEN PAYNE: Barkly Highway State School has 430 kids. We are located in the centre of Mount Isa which is in north-western Queensland. We have a wonderful parent and community engagement in our school which is something we're very proud of and we really encourage and foster our parents coming into our school and being part of the learning and having a say in their child's education. [Small students in blue and yellow uniforms amble through the school grounds. Christien Payne is interviewed.] CHRISTIEN PAYNE: We absolutely make sure that we offer those opportunities for our families and parents to be able to communicate those changes that are going to be happening in the school. That information goes out very early with all of our families about what the NCC Data collection process is about and what it will look like in our school. Then we’re communicating with individual families, particularly if there's significant adjustments in the classroom and explaining that process and how it is going to benefiting their child that we need to be collecting that information. [In a classroom, a teacher reads with a girl who has Down syndrome. A teacher and two small children work with letter blocks.] CHRISTIEN PAYNE: I think I talk to parents about the fact that we don't offer one to one teacher aide support in our school. We have to think about the needs of all of our students and based on priority and needs in the school. [A blonde woman is interviewed in a classroom. Text: "Kamrynn Roberts, Teacher, Barkly Highway State School, Mt Isa."] KAMRYNN ROBERTS: It's very beneficial to have the parents involved. They have a completely different background to what we know of the child being outside of school, and some of that knowledge of what they bring in is very helpful for us to understand that child as a whole child, not just someone at school. [In a classroom, small boys play with large jigsaw pieces.] KAMRYNN ROBERTS: Conversations happen daily, they check in to see how their child's coping in school. We talk about things like how they've slept through the night, how they've coped at lunchtime at school and what their day has looked like in general, whether it be academic or just them personally. [In a classroom, the boy using a wheelchair shares a smile with a teacher. Two students work nearby.] KAMRYNN ROBERTS: I think the rapport that you have with a child with a disability's family or parents is very powerful, to work with that parent. Because we really do want the same goals for that child, but also to be working with your Head of Special Needs or the special needs teacher aides to really get to the same goal or the same vision for that child. [A teacher shows a letter block to the boy who's using the wheelchair, then helps him write using a large pen. A sandy-haired woman is interviewed in a classroom. Text: "Donna Freestone, Teacher, Barkly Highway State School, Mt Isa."] DONNA FREESTONE: I've got several ways that I communicate with parents. We do parent-teacher interviews twice a year. I have an open-door policy. I will invite parents in for face-to-face meetings, telephone calls, emails. I personally use even just a class dojo. Some parents, they're very busy, you communicate with whatever forum suits them. [The NCCD logo appears onscreen. Text: "Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability." Text: "Supported by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. © 2019 Education Services Australia Ltd, unless otherwise indicated. Creative Commons BY 4.0, unless otherwise indicated." The logos for Creative Commons BY 4.0, Education Services Australia and Australian Government Department of Education and Training.]