❓ Hon Sue Ellery asks about secondary teacher recruitment for 2015, specifically regarding primary teacher transitions, fixed-term teachers, graduate recruitment, and interstate/overseas recruitment. The Minister provides figures on applications and selections for the 'Switch' program, interest from qualified but unemployed teachers, graduate needs, and current overseas recruitment plans.
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SECONDARY
TEACHERS — RECRUITMENT
545. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
Minister for Education:
I refer to the need to recruit additional secondary teachers
for 2015.
(1) How many existing primary school teachers have been
sourced to date to move to secondary?
(2) How many fixed-term secondary teachers not currently
employed have been sourced to date?
(3) How many graduates will need to be sourced?
(4) How many
additional teachers has it been projected will need to be recruited from
overseas and interstate?
TEACHERS — RECRUITMENT
545. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
Minister for Education:
I refer to the need to recruit additional secondary teachers
for 2015.
(1) How many existing primary school teachers have been
sourced to date to move to secondary?
(2) How many fixed-term secondary teachers not currently
employed have been sourced to date?
(3) How many graduates will need to be sourced?
(4) How many
additional teachers has it been projected will need to be recruited from
overseas and interstate?
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) Five
hundred and seventy-four primary school teachers have applied to the Switch
program and 261 have been selected to commence or have commenced to date.
(2) The
Department of Education does not collect data on the number of trained
secondary teachers who wish to work in Western Australian public schools but
are not currently employed. However, currently 1 730 qualified secondary
teachers have expressed an interest and applied to the graduate or fixed-term
teacher pool and are not currently employed.
(3) Two hundred and sixty.
(4) Nil
currently; however, interstate and overseas recruitment options are part of a
general strategy to increase supply and choice.
question.
(1) Five
hundred and seventy-four primary school teachers have applied to the Switch
program and 261 have been selected to commence or have commenced to date.
(2) The
Department of Education does not collect data on the number of trained
secondary teachers who wish to work in Western Australian public schools but
are not currently employed. However, currently 1 730 qualified secondary
teachers have expressed an interest and applied to the graduate or fixed-term
teacher pool and are not currently employed.
(3) Two hundred and sixty.
(4) Nil
currently; however, interstate and overseas recruitment options are part of a
general strategy to increase supply and choice.
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