A WA parliamentary question seeks data on unqualified teachers in the Department of Education and Training, including their numbers, experience, disciplines, and salary progression opportunities. The answer provides specific figures and clarifies the limitations and possibilities for salary advancement based on the certified agreement.

AnsweredQoN 3226Legislative Assembly
Asked
15 September 2004
Portfolio
Education and Training

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(1) How many unqualified primary teachers are currently employed by the Department of Education and Training?
(2) How many unqualified secondary teachers are currently employed by the Department of Education and Training?
(3) How many of these teachers have served five years or more with the Department?
(4) How many of these teachers have served ten years or more with the Department?
(5) In what disciplines are these teachers employed?
(6) What capacity exists for an ‘unqualified’ teacher with over 10 years experience to be assigned a level higher than 1.6?
(7) What capacity exists for an ‘unqualified’ teacher with over 10 years experience to be assigned a level higher than 1.8?

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Answered
26 November 2004
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
72 days
(2) Thirty four (34) unqualified secondary teachers are currently employed by the Department of Education and Training. (3) Twenty (20) unqualified teachers have served five years or more with the Department. (4) Three (3) unqualified teachers have served ten years or more with the Department. (5) Untrained teachers placed by the Department are employed in the following disciplines: · Language other than English (43 teachers); · Primary (7); · Music (4); · Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
(3) Twenty (20) unqualified teachers have served five years or more with the Department. (4) Three (3) unqualified teachers have served ten years or more with the Department. (5) Untrained teachers placed by the Department are employed in the following disciplines: · Language other than English (43 teachers); · Primary (7); · Music (4); · Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
(4) Three (3) unqualified teachers have served ten years or more with the Department. (5) Untrained teachers placed by the Department are employed in the following disciplines: · Language other than English (43 teachers); · Primary (7); · Music (4); · Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
(5) Untrained teachers placed by the Department are employed in the following disciplines: · Language other than English (43 teachers); · Primary (7); · Music (4); · Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Language other than English (43 teachers); · Primary (7); · Music (4); · Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Primary (7); · Music (4); · Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Music (4); · Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Education Support (3); · Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Physical and Health Education (3); · Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Aboriginal Education (3); · Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Low Achievers (2); · Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Business Education (2); · Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Science (1); · Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Mathematics (1) · Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Agricultural Education (1); · Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Home Economics (1); · Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Aboriginal Language (1); · Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Design and Technology (1) · Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Secondary (1); and · Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
· Senior College (1). (6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
(6) The Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 provides at clause 47.7 that "An unqualified teacher may not proceed beyond Level 1, point 6, of clause 45 - Teacher Salary Increases except that the employer may at his/her discretion, and under such terms as he/she thinks fit, allow an unqualified teacher to progress to Level 1, point 8." Accordingly, the Director General has the authority to allow an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.6 up to a maximum of Level 1.8. (7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.
(7) There is no capacity within the Government School Teachers' and School Administrators' Certified Agreement 2004 for an unqualified teacher to progress beyond Level 1.8 except in clause 47.7 of the Agreement which provides that an unqualified teacher shall advance one increment on gaining approved teaching qualifications.

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