The purpose of Craigslea State High School is to to create a safe, tolerant and disciplined environment within which young people prepare to be active and reflective Australian citizens with a disposition to life-long learning. We will contribute to student development so that our students are able to participate in and shape community, economic and political life in Queensland and the nation and engage confidently with other cultures at home and abroad. The key school planning priorities are to continue to work on objectives and recommendations of the CIASa review and evaluation team. Other priorities include increasing information and communication technology access to provide full classroom and staffroom access to all teaching staff and to improve cross curricular staff interaction, communications and decision-making involvement of the school community. The school also aims to enact staff appraisal processes and a school-wide Professional Development agenda. A goal is to enhance school promotions and marketing and to identify, define and implement school- wide teaching and learning frameworks. Teaching goals include increasing literacy and numeracy proficiency of staff and implementing school-wide NAPLAN test wise and test readiness strategies