❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses teacher graduate employment rates, placement preferences, and the recruitment of teachers from the United Kingdom, particularly for rural areas, questioning potential displacement of local graduates.
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(1) Can the Minister advise how many teachers graduated in 2006.
(2) Can the Minister advise how many of these graduate teachers applied for positions with the State Education Department in 2006/2007?
(3) Can the Minister advise how many of these graduate teachers received full time positions?
(4) Can the Minister advise how many graduate teachers have not been offered positions?
(5) Can the Minister advise if graduate teachers who have not been successful in obtaining a posting in any of their three first choices are offered positions in other areas?
(a) if not, why not?
(6) Is the Minister aware of any graduate teachers who are seeking employment and have not been offered any positions in any regions within Western Australia?
(7) Can the Minister advise why teachers from the United Kingdom are being recruited when graduate teachers in Western Australia are not being offered positions?
(8) Can the Minister advise what the terms of the contract any United Kingdom or other overseas teachers will be offered?
(9) Can the Minister advise if any of the United Kingdom or other overseas teachers recruited will be able to remain in Australia after completion of their initial contract?
(10) Can the Minister please confirm if any United Kingdom or other overseas teachers will be only recruited for remote rural areas?
(11) After serving in remote areas for a period of time, will these overseas recruited teachers be allowed to transfer to metropolitan or regional areas in the future?
(12) How will the Minister guarantee that no United Kingdom or overseas recruited teachers will fill a position/posting at the expense of Western Australian teacher and graduate positions?
(2) Can the Minister advise how many of these graduate teachers applied for positions with the State Education Department in 2006/2007?
(3) Can the Minister advise how many of these graduate teachers received full time positions?
(4) Can the Minister advise how many graduate teachers have not been offered positions?
(5) Can the Minister advise if graduate teachers who have not been successful in obtaining a posting in any of their three first choices are offered positions in other areas?
(a) if not, why not?
(6) Is the Minister aware of any graduate teachers who are seeking employment and have not been offered any positions in any regions within Western Australia?
(7) Can the Minister advise why teachers from the United Kingdom are being recruited when graduate teachers in Western Australia are not being offered positions?
(8) Can the Minister advise what the terms of the contract any United Kingdom or other overseas teachers will be offered?
(9) Can the Minister advise if any of the United Kingdom or other overseas teachers recruited will be able to remain in Australia after completion of their initial contract?
(10) Can the Minister please confirm if any United Kingdom or other overseas teachers will be only recruited for remote rural areas?
(11) After serving in remote areas for a period of time, will these overseas recruited teachers be allowed to transfer to metropolitan or regional areas in the future?
(12) How will the Minister guarantee that no United Kingdom or overseas recruited teachers will fill a position/posting at the expense of Western Australian teacher and graduate positions?
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Answered
12 June 2007
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
84 days
(1) 1,975. (2) 1,500 graduates applied to the Department of Education and Training. (3) 626 graduates have full time positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (4) 634 graduates have not been offered positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(2) 1,500 graduates applied to the Department of Education and Training. (3) 626 graduates have full time positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (4) 634 graduates have not been offered positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(3) 626 graduates have full time positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (4) 634 graduates have not been offered positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(4) 634 graduates have not been offered positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(2) 1,500 graduates applied to the Department of Education and Training. (3) 626 graduates have full time positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (4) 634 graduates have not been offered positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(3) 626 graduates have full time positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (4) 634 graduates have not been offered positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(4) 634 graduates have not been offered positions as of Wednesday 28 March, 2007. (5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(5) Graduate teachers are considered for all teaching locations that they make themselves available for and are qualified to teach. (6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(6) The Department only offers positions to graduates according to the preferences they submit. Graduates that have not been offered positions to date are those that have not made themselves available for the current vacancies. (7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(7) Local graduate teachers are offered positions in those schools in which they have indicated a willingness to teach and where a vacancy occurs. The teachers recruited from the United Kingdom are appointed to teaching positions in schools that local graduate teachers have declined. (8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(8) Teachers recruited from overseas, including the United Kingdom, are sponsored for a temporary (long-stay) business visa, class 457. They are offered a three-year contract to work in public schools in rural Western Australia with salaries and conditions in line with the School Education Act Employees (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2006 . (9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(9) In the third year of the contract period, the Department of Education and Training will offer to sponsor the teachers from overseas for permanent residence in Australia, providing their service as a teacher has been satisfactory. (10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(10) Teachers from overseas, including the United Kingdom, have only been recruited for rural schools. They have taken up appointments in Hedland, Newman, Katanning, Tom Price, Manjimup, Karratha, Carnvarvon, Kalgoorlie, Halls Creek, Broome and Esperance. (11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(11) Teachers will be able to apply for positions in metropolitan or other regional schools if they become permanent residents of Australia and when they meet the Department of Education and Training requirements for permanent teacher status. (12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
(12) Sponsored overseas teachers are appointed to vacancies in learning areas of need and difficult to staff locations. These are vacancies to which the Department has not been able to attract a local teacher or graduate.
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