❓ A parliamentary question regarding the potential loss of 500 temporary high school teachers due to a 'half cohort' and the Minister's response, which includes the possibility of teachers transitioning to primary schools. The exchange reveals disagreement and political point-scoring.
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TEACHERS — EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS FOR GRADUATES
As a supplementary question, given that the minister has acknowledged that there will be a shortage of teachers in Australia in the next few years, why is she letting more than 500 temporary teachers leave our high school system this year because of the half cohort? Dr E. CONSTABLE
As a supplementary question, given that the minister has acknowledged that there will be a shortage of teachers in Australia in the next few years, why is she letting more than 500 temporary teachers leave our high school system this year because of the half cohort? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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I do not know whether that figure is correct because many of those teachers will be employed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You and the director general acknowledged it during the estimates committee. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I do not know whether that figure is correct because many of those teachers will be employed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You and the director general acknowledged it during the estimates committee. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
I do not know whether that figure is correct because many of those teachers will be employed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You and the director general acknowledged it during the estimates committee. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You and the director general acknowledged it during the estimates committee. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I do not know whether that figure is correct because many of those teachers will be employed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You and the director general acknowledged it during the estimates committee. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
I do not know whether that figure is correct because many of those teachers will be employed — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You and the director general acknowledged it during the estimates committee. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You and the director general acknowledged it during the estimates committee. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will need 500 fewer teachers in secondary schools but many of those teachers will be taken up in primary schools because we know that a large number have put up their hands to change from secondary to primary teaching. They will be very valuable primary school staff members because of their expertise. The teachers that the member is talking about are on one-year contracts. Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : Some of them have been on one-year contracts for the past 10 years. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : That is when the member was in government, if she does not mind me saying so. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : We kept them on. We renewed the contracts year after year. Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : This issue is being managed very carefully by the department. We wish to employ as many of our teachers as we can next year.
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