❓ Hon George Cash questions the Minister for Education and Training regarding incentives for interstate and overseas teachers, including criteria, monetary value, potential salary discrepancies, and the number of teachers recruited under these incentives. The Minister, Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich, repeatedly states she does not have the answers readily available.
AnsweredQoN 8Legislative Council
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TEACHER RECRUITMENT — INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS
I indicate that the Minister for Education and Training has proposed that some interstate and overseas qualified teachers be able to receive special incentives, including a one-off payment, to encourage them to join the teaching staff at the Western Australian Department of Education and Training. (1) Will the minister provide the criteria for such incentives and payments? (2) What is the monetary value of these special incentives, including the one-off payment? (3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
I indicate that the Minister for Education and Training has proposed that some interstate and overseas qualified teachers be able to receive special incentives, including a one-off payment, to encourage them to join the teaching staff at the Western Australian Department of Education and Training. (1) Will the minister provide the criteria for such incentives and payments? (2) What is the monetary value of these special incentives, including the one-off payment? (3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(1) Will the minister provide the criteria for such incentives and payments? (2) What is the monetary value of these special incentives, including the one-off payment? (3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(2) What is the monetary value of these special incentives, including the one-off payment? (3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(1) Will the minister provide the criteria for such incentives and payments? (2) What is the monetary value of these special incentives, including the one-off payment? (3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(2) What is the monetary value of these special incentives, including the one-off payment? (3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(3) Is it intended that interstate or overseas qualified teachers be paid salaries greater than current teachers; and, if so, by what amount? (4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(4) Will these special incentives create a two-tier payment system for interstate or overseas qualified teachers when compared with WA qualified teachers? (5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
(5) How many interstate or overseas qualified teachers have joined the teaching staff of the WA Department of Education and Training as a result of these special incentives in the past three months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
I thank the honourable member for the question. Unfortunately, I do not have a response for Hon George Cash. I have asked for it to be doubled-checked and if it is somewhere, I will certainly present it by the end of question time.
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