❓ The Minister for Education outlines strategies to ensure a sufficient supply of teachers, including recruitment programs, financial incentives, and support for teachers in rural and remote areas. The answer highlights salary increases and the cessation of overseas recruitment due to improved teacher supply.
AnsweredQoN 4091Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(1) What strategies has the Minister put in place to ensure a sufficient supply of teachers for future years?
(2) How do these strategies vary from those put in place by the former Minister?
(2) How do these strategies vary from those put in place by the former Minister?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 November 2010
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
47 days
(1) The Department of Education's current strategies to ensure a sufficient supply of future teachers include:
· the Teacher Advocacy Program where outstanding classroom teachers conduct regular presentations at all five Western Australian universities promoting teaching as a career;
· presentations to Year 10 to 12 secondary students promoting teaching as a career;
· career expos that promote teaching as a career to 10 000+ visitors, including special school groups;
· a collaborative agreement between the Department and the Universityof Tasmaniasupports final year Tasmanian education students to access the Rural Teaching Program and Final Year Teaching Scholarships. These graduate teachers are deployed to rural locations;
· Final Year Teaching Scholarships for subject areas of need offered to attract teachers to work in rural and difficult to staff schools;
· the Rural Teaching Program which offers a stipend to pre-service teachers completing their practicum experience in a rural or remote school;
·financial and professional incentives as part of
The School Education Act Employees' (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2008
(General Agreement 2008) e.g. salaries, leave entitlements, flexible working arrangements, additional allowances for teachers participating in the Metropolitan and Country Teaching Programs and Remote Teaching Service; and
·the Entry and Orientation Program which supports returning, interstate and overseas-trained teachers with two days of professional learning to familiarise teachers with the Western Australian public school system.
(2) The present Government addressed the key issue of attraction and retention, by negotiating significant salary increases ranging from 15.85% to 21.64% over three years in the General Agreement 2008. This remuneration has had the effect of both attracting people to the profession and retaining them. An overseas recruitment program through Visa 457 sponsorship was also in place until 2009. The shortages of 2007 have not been repeated.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
· the Teacher Advocacy Program where outstanding classroom teachers conduct regular presentations at all five Western Australian universities promoting teaching as a career;
· presentations to Year 10 to 12 secondary students promoting teaching as a career;
· career expos that promote teaching as a career to 10 000+ visitors, including special school groups;
· a collaborative agreement between the Department and the Universityof Tasmaniasupports final year Tasmanian education students to access the Rural Teaching Program and Final Year Teaching Scholarships. These graduate teachers are deployed to rural locations;
· Final Year Teaching Scholarships for subject areas of need offered to attract teachers to work in rural and difficult to staff schools;
· the Rural Teaching Program which offers a stipend to pre-service teachers completing their practicum experience in a rural or remote school;
·financial and professional incentives as part of
The School Education Act Employees' (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2008
(General Agreement 2008) e.g. salaries, leave entitlements, flexible working arrangements, additional allowances for teachers participating in the Metropolitan and Country Teaching Programs and Remote Teaching Service; and
·the Entry and Orientation Program which supports returning, interstate and overseas-trained teachers with two days of professional learning to familiarise teachers with the Western Australian public school system.
(2) The present Government addressed the key issue of attraction and retention, by negotiating significant salary increases ranging from 15.85% to 21.64% over three years in the General Agreement 2008. This remuneration has had the effect of both attracting people to the profession and retaining them. An overseas recruitment program through Visa 457 sponsorship was also in place until 2009. The shortages of 2007 have not been repeated.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.