❓ A parliamentary question addressing the difficulty in attracting and retaining teachers in Geraldton government schools, specifically questioning location-related allowances and interstate recruitment incentives. The Minister acknowledges the issue and outlines existing incentives and future negotiation plans.
AnsweredQoN 913Legislative Council
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TEACHERS - GERALDTON 913. Hon BRIAN ELLIS to the minister representing the Minister for Education and Training: I refer to the difficulty in attracting teachers to government schools in Geraldton, and the fact that those who are attracted are often lost to private schools. (1) Is the minister aware that there is no location-related allowance for teachers in Geraldton? (2) Do teachers in Northam, which is only one hour from Perth, receive a location-related allowance? (3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
TEACHERS - GERALDTON
I refer to the difficulty in attracting teachers to government schools in Geraldton, and the fact that those who are attracted are often lost to private schools. (1) Is the minister aware that there is no location-related allowance for teachers in Geraldton? (2) Do teachers in Northam, which is only one hour from Perth, receive a location-related allowance? (3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(1) Is the minister aware that there is no location-related allowance for teachers in Geraldton? (2) Do teachers in Northam, which is only one hour from Perth, receive a location-related allowance? (3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(2) Do teachers in Northam, which is only one hour from Perth, receive a location-related allowance? (3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
TEACHERS - GERALDTON
I refer to the difficulty in attracting teachers to government schools in Geraldton, and the fact that those who are attracted are often lost to private schools. (1) Is the minister aware that there is no location-related allowance for teachers in Geraldton? (2) Do teachers in Northam, which is only one hour from Perth, receive a location-related allowance? (3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(1) Is the minister aware that there is no location-related allowance for teachers in Geraldton? (2) Do teachers in Northam, which is only one hour from Perth, receive a location-related allowance? (3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(2) Do teachers in Northam, which is only one hour from Perth, receive a location-related allowance? (3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(3) What incentives has the minister offered to teachers in Victoria and Tasmania in a bid to recruit them to regional areas in Western Australia? (4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(4) Could the minister be persuaded that providing a location-related allowance to attract teachers to Geraldton would be cheaper and more productive than attempting to recruit and relocate teachers from other states; and, if not, why not? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(2) No. (3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(3) The minister announced a new graduate commencement salary, which is available to all graduate teachers. Teachers appointed from interstate may be eligible for relocation and associated allowances as prescribed in the School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006. (4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
(4) The Department of Education and Training will soon commence negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of WA for the replacement of the current School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006, which is due to expire in March 2008. Consistent with the government’s public education commitment, the department’s priority is to ensure the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient to attract and retain high-quality teachers and administrators, particularly those who work in hard-to-staff remote, rural and metropolitan schools.
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