Page 49 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 12 February 2019
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support how that curriculum is delivered in our schools. That is how that it is deeply embedded across all of our classrooms.
MS LAWDER: Minister, why do school leaders with many years of learning experience prior to becoming school leaders need additional training to understand the curriculum?
MS BERRY: Like any profession, the teaching profession needs to continually upgrade and make sure they have the most up-to-date, researched-based evidence-supported programs in place in their schools to deliver the curriculum. Just as a medical professional would be updating their professional requirements and training every year, so will teachers and school leaders to ensure that they have the most up-to-date programs, policies and procedures in place to ensure that our children get the best possible education.
MS LEE: Minister, what is the financial cost of that proposal?
MS BERRY: I am sorry, I did not catch the last word of the sentence.
MS LEE: What is the financial cost of that proposal?
MS BERRY: For the schools?
MS LEE: For the proposal that was quoted in Ms Lawder’s first question.
MS BERRY: Embed in the curriculum?
Ms Lawder: Investment in leadership capabilities and curriculum.
MS LEE: Yes.
MS BERRY: I can provide that. Of course it has been announced as part of the budget; so I can refer members to the budget papers which provide exactly the amount of money that has been invested in supporting continued education and development for learning professionals, including school leaders.
The university affiliated schools program, I think, was around $6 million. I can clarify that and make sure that that is the correct amount. There was an additional $4 or $5 million, I think, around making sure that there are mentors who provide that extra support to beginning teachers to ensure that when they leave university they come into our schools ready to learn and are supported by professional educators on the ground, can give them the support in the classroom and, in addition to the affiliated schools program and our relationship with the University of Canberra, this can all feed back to make sure that teachers are ready before they leave university and that they are supported with the most up-to-date, research-based policies and programs to implement curriculum in our schools and give our children the best possible education.
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