❓ The Minister for Education outlines the government's strategy to address violent and disruptive students in secondary schools, including trialling behaviour centres with specialised management and curriculum.
AnsweredQoN 319Legislative Assembly
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VIOLENT AND DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS - GOVERNMENT STRATEGY 319. Mr P.W. ANDREWS to the Minister for Education and Training: Will the minister please outline to the house what measures are being taken to address extremely violent and disruptive students in government secondary schools? Mr M. McGOWAN
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I thank the member for Southern River for the question and for his undoubted knowledge of matters to do with education. We are determined to ensure that all students around Western Australia in our public school system will have a very good education and that they will benefit from the extraordinarily good education system that we have. However, we have an issue in our public schools - in fact, in all schools - with students who exhibit extremely violent and disruptive behaviour. Until now, various measures have been put in place, many of which are very good. The government has put in place the behaviour management and discipline strategy, but we are going further than that. I announced on Saturday that we are going to trial behaviour centres. Those students who have not responded to all the other measures that we have put in place in secondary schools will be able to be placed in a behaviour centre in which there will be specialised management of their issues. Coping strategies and a specialised curriculum will be developed for them, and there will be intensive efforts to get those students back on track. We are going to trial three of these centres, one in the Fremantle-Peel district, one in the Canning district, and one in Kalgoorlie, so that we can see how they work with these students who are causing these sorts of problems. I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
VIOLENT AND DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS - GOVERNMENT STRATEGY
Will the minister please outline to the house what measures are being taken to address extremely violent and disruptive students in government secondary schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question and for his undoubted knowledge of matters to do with education. We are determined to ensure that all students around Western Australia in our public school system will have a very good education and that they will benefit from the extraordinarily good education system that we have. However, we have an issue in our public schools - in fact, in all schools - with students who exhibit extremely violent and disruptive behaviour. Until now, various measures have been put in place, many of which are very good. The government has put in place the behaviour management and discipline strategy, but we are going further than that. I announced on Saturday that we are going to trial behaviour centres. Those students who have not responded to all the other measures that we have put in place in secondary schools will be able to be placed in a behaviour centre in which there will be specialised management of their issues. Coping strategies and a specialised curriculum will be developed for them, and there will be intensive efforts to get those students back on track. We are going to trial three of these centres, one in the Fremantle-Peel district, one in the Canning district, and one in Kalgoorlie, so that we can see how they work with these students who are causing these sorts of problems. I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question and for his undoubted knowledge of matters to do with education. We are determined to ensure that all students around Western Australia in our public school system will have a very good education and that they will benefit from the extraordinarily good education system that we have. However, we have an issue in our public schools - in fact, in all schools - with students who exhibit extremely violent and disruptive behaviour. Until now, various measures have been put in place, many of which are very good. The government has put in place the behaviour management and discipline strategy, but we are going further than that. I announced on Saturday that we are going to trial behaviour centres. Those students who have not responded to all the other measures that we have put in place in secondary schools will be able to be placed in a behaviour centre in which there will be specialised management of their issues. Coping strategies and a specialised curriculum will be developed for them, and there will be intensive efforts to get those students back on track. We are going to trial three of these centres, one in the Fremantle-Peel district, one in the Canning district, and one in Kalgoorlie, so that we can see how they work with these students who are causing these sorts of problems. I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question and for his undoubted knowledge of matters to do with education. We are determined to ensure that all students around Western Australia in our public school system will have a very good education and that they will benefit from the extraordinarily good education system that we have. However, we have an issue in our public schools - in fact, in all schools - with students who exhibit extremely violent and disruptive behaviour. Until now, various measures have been put in place, many of which are very good. The government has put in place the behaviour management and discipline strategy, but we are going further than that. I announced on Saturday that we are going to trial behaviour centres. Those students who have not responded to all the other measures that we have put in place in secondary schools will be able to be placed in a behaviour centre in which there will be specialised management of their issues. Coping strategies and a specialised curriculum will be developed for them, and there will be intensive efforts to get those students back on track. We are going to trial three of these centres, one in the Fremantle-Peel district, one in the Canning district, and one in Kalgoorlie, so that we can see how they work with these students who are causing these sorts of problems. I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
VIOLENT AND DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS - GOVERNMENT STRATEGY
Will the minister please outline to the house what measures are being taken to address extremely violent and disruptive students in government secondary schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question and for his undoubted knowledge of matters to do with education. We are determined to ensure that all students around Western Australia in our public school system will have a very good education and that they will benefit from the extraordinarily good education system that we have. However, we have an issue in our public schools - in fact, in all schools - with students who exhibit extremely violent and disruptive behaviour. Until now, various measures have been put in place, many of which are very good. The government has put in place the behaviour management and discipline strategy, but we are going further than that. I announced on Saturday that we are going to trial behaviour centres. Those students who have not responded to all the other measures that we have put in place in secondary schools will be able to be placed in a behaviour centre in which there will be specialised management of their issues. Coping strategies and a specialised curriculum will be developed for them, and there will be intensive efforts to get those students back on track. We are going to trial three of these centres, one in the Fremantle-Peel district, one in the Canning district, and one in Kalgoorlie, so that we can see how they work with these students who are causing these sorts of problems. I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question and for his undoubted knowledge of matters to do with education. We are determined to ensure that all students around Western Australia in our public school system will have a very good education and that they will benefit from the extraordinarily good education system that we have. However, we have an issue in our public schools - in fact, in all schools - with students who exhibit extremely violent and disruptive behaviour. Until now, various measures have been put in place, many of which are very good. The government has put in place the behaviour management and discipline strategy, but we are going further than that. I announced on Saturday that we are going to trial behaviour centres. Those students who have not responded to all the other measures that we have put in place in secondary schools will be able to be placed in a behaviour centre in which there will be specialised management of their issues. Coping strategies and a specialised curriculum will be developed for them, and there will be intensive efforts to get those students back on track. We are going to trial three of these centres, one in the Fremantle-Peel district, one in the Canning district, and one in Kalgoorlie, so that we can see how they work with these students who are causing these sorts of problems. I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question and for his undoubted knowledge of matters to do with education. We are determined to ensure that all students around Western Australia in our public school system will have a very good education and that they will benefit from the extraordinarily good education system that we have. However, we have an issue in our public schools - in fact, in all schools - with students who exhibit extremely violent and disruptive behaviour. Until now, various measures have been put in place, many of which are very good. The government has put in place the behaviour management and discipline strategy, but we are going further than that. I announced on Saturday that we are going to trial behaviour centres. Those students who have not responded to all the other measures that we have put in place in secondary schools will be able to be placed in a behaviour centre in which there will be specialised management of their issues. Coping strategies and a specialised curriculum will be developed for them, and there will be intensive efforts to get those students back on track. We are going to trial three of these centres, one in the Fremantle-Peel district, one in the Canning district, and one in Kalgoorlie, so that we can see how they work with these students who are causing these sorts of problems. I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
I believe that this has been welcomed by the teaching community; in fact, I know that it has been welcomed as an innovative idea by the teaching community and something that will make a difference in our public schools. We are not throwing these students on the scrap heap; indeed, quite the opposite. We will try to work out what their issues are in an environment that suits them, so that we can try to get them back into the school system. This comes on top of some other issues that we are trialling, such as Saturday morning counselling and some refocused psychological assistance in schools for these sorts of students.
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