❓ Hon. Alison Xamon asks about the role, integration, staffing, funding, and evaluation of Child and Parent Centres being developed as part of primary school additions and improvements. The answers provide details on these aspects, including the involvement of school staff, management responsibilities, and evaluation processes.
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I refer to the Western Australian State Budget Papers 2012-13, page 398 and the Asset Investment Program, specifically the Child and Parent Centres that will be developed as part of the Additions and Improvements to Primary Schools, and I ask —
(1) What role will school staff play in the running of these Centres?
(2) How much integration will there be between the school and the centre?
(3) Will teachers be able to refer students to the Centres?
(4) Who will have primary responsibility for the management of the staff at the Centres?
(5) Are any of the Centres at Independent Public Schools?
(6) If yes to (5), which schools?
(7) What will the $10.9 million in funding provide for?
(8) Please provide a general breakdown of the expected staffing at the Centres.
(9) Will principals have a say in the staffing profile?
(10) Which other departments, if any, will have funding responsibility for the running costs of the centres?
(11) Will the centres be evaluated once they have been established and in operation for a certain period?
(12) If yes to (9), how will the centre be assessed?
(13) If no to (9), why not?
(1) What role will school staff play in the running of these Centres?
(2) How much integration will there be between the school and the centre?
(3) Will teachers be able to refer students to the Centres?
(4) Who will have primary responsibility for the management of the staff at the Centres?
(5) Are any of the Centres at Independent Public Schools?
(6) If yes to (5), which schools?
(7) What will the $10.9 million in funding provide for?
(8) Please provide a general breakdown of the expected staffing at the Centres.
(9) Will principals have a say in the staffing profile?
(10) Which other departments, if any, will have funding responsibility for the running costs of the centres?
(11) Will the centres be evaluated once they have been established and in operation for a certain period?
(12) If yes to (9), how will the centre be assessed?
(13) If no to (9), why not?
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Answered
14 August 2012
Responded by
Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Education
Response time
63 days
(1) The role of school staff will be minimal. The centre coordinator will liaise with the school principal on an ongoing basis.
(2) Initially programs and services will be co-located with schools. The schools and Centres will work towards integration in the longer term.
(3) Yes.
(4) Respective agencies will manage their own staff who will work at and through the Centres. The centre coordinator will have a coordination role, be line-managed by their employing organisation, and work in partnership with the school principal.
(5) Yes.
(6) Calista Primary School, Challis Early Childhood Education Centre, Roseworth Primary School and Warriapendi Primary School.
(7) Five new buildings, two purpose?built early childhood education facilities and three classroom refurbishments will be provided.
(8) Expected staffing at the Centres will include a centre coordinator. Department of Education school psychologist/s will work at and through the Centres, and the Department of Health child health staff will work at and through the Centres where applicable. Other staff are yet to be determined and this will be dependent on a site?by-site assessment of local needs.
(9) Yes.
(10) None.
(11) Yes.
(12) Each Child and Parent Centre will develop a delivery and performance agreement which will include improvement and performance targets.
During the first year, monitoring and evaluation tools and processes will be developed and implemented, which will inform the formal external evaluation that will be carried out during the last 18 months of the current funding round of the initiative.
(13) Not applicable.
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(2) Initially programs and services will be co-located with schools. The schools and Centres will work towards integration in the longer term.
(3) Yes.
(4) Respective agencies will manage their own staff who will work at and through the Centres. The centre coordinator will have a coordination role, be line-managed by their employing organisation, and work in partnership with the school principal.
(5) Yes.
(6) Calista Primary School, Challis Early Childhood Education Centre, Roseworth Primary School and Warriapendi Primary School.
(7) Five new buildings, two purpose?built early childhood education facilities and three classroom refurbishments will be provided.
(8) Expected staffing at the Centres will include a centre coordinator. Department of Education school psychologist/s will work at and through the Centres, and the Department of Health child health staff will work at and through the Centres where applicable. Other staff are yet to be determined and this will be dependent on a site?by-site assessment of local needs.
(9) Yes.
(10) None.
(11) Yes.
(12) Each Child and Parent Centre will develop a delivery and performance agreement which will include improvement and performance targets.
During the first year, monitoring and evaluation tools and processes will be developed and implemented, which will inform the formal external evaluation that will be carried out during the last 18 months of the current funding round of the initiative.
(13) Not applicable.
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