❓ Question regarding criteria for teacher allocation at Geraldton Senior College. Minister provides some criteria but states the school doesn't currently meet them, inviting further information from the questioner.
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GERALDTON SENIOR COLLEGE - TEACHER SHORTAGE
As a supplementary question, what is the formula or what are the criteria, as agreed between the Department of Education and Training and the State School Teachers’ Union of WA, that Geraldton Senior College does not meet to get the necessary teachers for English and social studies? Mr M. McGOWAN
As a supplementary question, what is the formula or what are the criteria, as agreed between the Department of Education and Training and the State School Teachers’ Union of WA, that Geraldton Senior College does not meet to get the necessary teachers for English and social studies? Mr M. McGOWAN
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The member for Greenough mixed two issues. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Greenough mixed two issues. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
The member for Greenough mixed two issues. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: The member for Greenough mixed two issues. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
The member for Greenough mixed two issues. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : It is interesting that when a minister answers a question from a member of the opposition or the National Party, the member who asked the question sits there and reads the supplementary question, totally oblivious to what the minister is saying. A supplementary question is supposed to be in response to what the minister said. Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr G. Woodhams : You don’t know the criteria, do you? And you’re the Minister for Education and Training. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member what the criteria are. It was announced a couple of weeks ago, and if the member wants to read it, he can. The agreement between the State School Teachers’ Union and the department was that there would be - Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr G. Woodhams : I didn’t ask for the agreement; I want the criteria. Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is what the criteria are contained within. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Continuous interjections that lengthen an already lengthy answer are unacceptable. I urge the minister to answer promptly. Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The criteria include that schools in a rural location have a shortage of three or more teachers and that the principals and deputy principals are taking up a teaching load. There were some additional criteria on top of those, but they are the principal elements. We are putting in place additional resources for those schools so that some of the administrative burden and professional development burden is taken from those teachers, and there is some additional pay. The advice I have received is that at present that school does not meet the criteria. If the member would like to provide me with some information, rather than making wild allegations, I would be only too happy to address the issue.
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