❓ Dr. Woollard asks about initiatives to help schools find relief teachers quickly. The Minister details several programs including district coordination, employing relief teachers centrally, transporting retired teachers, dedicated pools, return-to-teaching programs, international recruitment, and allowing schools to use non-teaching staff for administrative tasks like contacting relief teachers.
AnsweredQoN 3180Legislative Assembly
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(2) What initiatives have been implemented by the Department of Education and Training to enable schools to obtain relief teachers on short notice?
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Answered
1 May 2008
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
42 days
I am aware that at times some schools do find it difficult to identify suitable relief teachers and that a relatively large number of telephone calls may need to be made before a relief teacher is employed.
All schools develop a register of local teachers who are available for relief assignments at short notice. In addition, a number of established measures are now in place to assist schools with finding suitable relief teachers. These include:
District education offices coordinating the allocation of relief teachers across schools within the district.
Districts education offices employing relief teachers to work across schools within a district.
Transporting retired teachers to country locations to be available across a number of schools for particular periods of time;
A dedicated pool of relief teachers available to cover short-term vacancies (2-10 weeks) in difficult to staff locations, coordinated by the Department's Staffing Directorate;
The Entry and Orientation Program to encourage former teachers to return to the Department thereby increasing the number of teachers available for relief work; and
An active international and interstate teacher recruitment campaign which will increase the number of teachers available for long-term and relief appointments.
Schools also have the flexibility to employ non-teaching staff to carry out a number of administrative duties, including the contacting of relief teachers when required.
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All schools develop a register of local teachers who are available for relief assignments at short notice. In addition, a number of established measures are now in place to assist schools with finding suitable relief teachers. These include:
District education offices coordinating the allocation of relief teachers across schools within the district.
Districts education offices employing relief teachers to work across schools within a district.
Transporting retired teachers to country locations to be available across a number of schools for particular periods of time;
A dedicated pool of relief teachers available to cover short-term vacancies (2-10 weeks) in difficult to staff locations, coordinated by the Department's Staffing Directorate;
The Entry and Orientation Program to encourage former teachers to return to the Department thereby increasing the number of teachers available for relief work; and
An active international and interstate teacher recruitment campaign which will increase the number of teachers available for long-term and relief appointments.
Schools also have the flexibility to employ non-teaching staff to carry out a number of administrative duties, including the contacting of relief teachers when required.
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