Mr MILLS - 2005-08-17
How many of the 63 teachers recruited for Semester 2 are Teach for a Term teachers? How many of the teachers who left in Semester 1 were Teach for a Term teachers?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, it is sounding a bit like a broken record. I thank the member for Blain for his question. I am not sure if he is suggesting there is a failure around this program. From the information, advice and briefings I have had from the department, it has been a very successful, innovative program, and has captured the attention and imagination of teachers. Whether they came for a term or, in fact, undertook and sought more permanent employment with the department, is not the issue in itself. The fact that we had them for a term was the minimum objective, of course, and it was an added benefit to the program if we secured them full-time.
As I have already stated in answer to the previous question, which would have been heard and recorded, I do not have that information in relation to the costs; similarly, regarding how many of those 63 are Teach for a Term teachers. That will be part of the information I obtain before the end of Question Time and report to him.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, it is sounding a bit like a broken record. I thank the member for Blain for his question. I am not sure if he is suggesting there is a failure around this program. From the information, advice and briefings I have had from the department, it has been a very successful, innovative program, and has captured the attention and imagination of teachers. Whether they came for a term or, in fact, undertook and sought more permanent employment with the department, is not the issue in itself. The fact that we had them for a term was the minimum objective, of course, and it was an added benefit to the program if we secured them full-time.
As I have already stated in answer to the previous question, which would have been heard and recorded, I do not have that information in relation to the costs; similarly, regarding how many of those 63 are Teach for a Term teachers. That will be part of the information I obtain before the end of Question Time and report to him.
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