❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding teacher availability and subject offerings in York District High School and other schools, with a focus on mathematics, foreign languages, and Tertiary Entrance Examination (TEE) subjects. The response indicates some teacher shortages and limitations in providing detailed information due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 3029Legislative Assembly
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(2) Did York District Junior High School not have a Mathematics teacher in 2007?
(3) Does York District Junior High School not have a Foreign Language teacher in 2008?
(4) In the 2008 school year how many metropolitan high schools will not have a:
(a) Mathematics teacher; or
(b) Foreign Language teacher?
(5) In the 2008 school year at the district high schools of Northam, York and Toodyay:
(a) how many Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will not be taught;
(b) what are these subjects;
(c) how many of Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will be taught by those without the obligatory qualification(s) to teach that subject; and
(d) what are these subjects?
(6) In the 2008 school year at each metropolitan high school:
(a) how many Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will not be taught;
(b) what are these subjects;
(c) how many Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will be taught by those without the obligatory qualification(s) to teach that subject; and
(d) what are these subjects?
(3) Does York District Junior High School not have a Foreign Language teacher in 2008?
(4) In the 2008 school year how many metropolitan high schools will not have a:
(a) Mathematics teacher; or
(b) Foreign Language teacher?
(5) In the 2008 school year at the district high schools of Northam, York and Toodyay:
(a) how many Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will not be taught;
(b) what are these subjects;
(c) how many of Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will be taught by those without the obligatory qualification(s) to teach that subject; and
(d) what are these subjects?
(6) In the 2008 school year at each metropolitan high school:
(a) how many Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will not be taught;
(b) what are these subjects;
(c) how many Tertiary Entrance Examination subjects will be taught by those without the obligatory qualification(s) to teach that subject; and
(d) what are these subjects?
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Answered
1 May 2008
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
65 days
(1) No. They are not considered as part of the metropolitan area. They are country schools managed by the Department of Education and Training.
(2) York District High did have a mathematics teacher during Semester 1 2007, during Semester 2 2007, students completed mathematics studies through the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education under the Supervision of a qualified teacher on site at York District High School.
(3) No
(4a) No metropolitan high schools are presently without a mathematics teacher. However, as of 27 February 2008, one mathematics vacancy is unfilled in a metropolitan high school.
(b) One metropolitan high school is without a Foreign Languages teacher.
(5a-b) [see tabled paper no]
(5c) In order to answer this query and to ascertain the TEE subject being taught by schools, every senior high school and campus would need to be contacted individually. Each site would need to nominate those subjects being offered at their school from the extensive array of TEE subjects. Administrators at these sites would need to confirm that teachers delivering these programs had been deployed within their area of qualification at the school level.
(d) As the completion of this task would be hugely labour intensive and resources exhaustive, it is not possible to supply this information as a response to these questions.
(6a-d) Please refer to question on notice 2979.
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(2) York District High did have a mathematics teacher during Semester 1 2007, during Semester 2 2007, students completed mathematics studies through the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education under the Supervision of a qualified teacher on site at York District High School.
(3) No
(4a) No metropolitan high schools are presently without a mathematics teacher. However, as of 27 February 2008, one mathematics vacancy is unfilled in a metropolitan high school.
(b) One metropolitan high school is without a Foreign Languages teacher.
(5a-b) [see tabled paper no]
(5c) In order to answer this query and to ascertain the TEE subject being taught by schools, every senior high school and campus would need to be contacted individually. Each site would need to nominate those subjects being offered at their school from the extensive array of TEE subjects. Administrators at these sites would need to confirm that teachers delivering these programs had been deployed within their area of qualification at the school level.
(d) As the completion of this task would be hugely labour intensive and resources exhaustive, it is not possible to supply this information as a response to these questions.
(6a-d) Please refer to question on notice 2979.
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