Question on Notice No. 236 Asked on 9 March 2005 MR HOPPER ASKED THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS (MS BLIGH) - QUESTION: (1) For each of the last two financial years and for the year to date (reported separately), will she provide a breakdown of the number of (a) approved and (b) actual full-time permanent classroom teachers, broken down by school and electorate? (2) For each of the last two financial years and for the year to date (reported separately), what is the number of (a) classroom teacher vacancies, (b) classroom teachers on stress leave or (c) classroom teachers seconded to corporate or head office roles, broken down by school and electorate? ANSWER: (1a) There is no specific approved allocation of permanent classroom teachers per school. The Department has committed to maximising permanency of employment in the teaching workforce through the Teachers’ Certified Agreement 2003. However, the Agreement acknowledges the genuine need for temporary and casual teachers to replace permanent teachers who take leave, resign, retire or transfer. The representation of permanent teachers in the workforce of any school is influenced by a range of workforce management considerations. (1b) Attachment A provides, by school and electorate, permanent classroom teachers classified at Band 1, 2, 3 and senior teacher levels in accordance with the Teachers’ Award State, who work full time. The count is taken from the Minimum Obligatory Human Resource Information (MOHRI) that is provided quarterly to the Department of Industrial Relations. Quarter 2 (June) 2003 and Quarter 2 (June) 2004 information from MOHRI are used to represent the last two financial years. The latest available data set for MOHRI for the 2004-05 financial year is Quarter 4 (November) 2004. The MOHRI methodology determines employee categorisation on the basis of their principal occupational role. That is, employee categorisation is determined by the categorisation in which the employee serves most of their time. The employment fraction is determined on the basis of all occupational roles. The MOHRI methodology may result in categorisation of full-time employees in a specific category where they may practically work only part of their full employment fraction in that role. The attachments do not include employees working on a temporary basis or less than full time. (2a) Vacancies occur as schools grow throughout the year and as teachers take leave, resign, retire and transfer. The filling of vacancies is a task performed by local staffing officers in Corporate Services Units in consultation with schools. Classroom teaching positions must be filled to ensure that students are receiving appropriate instruction and therefore must not be left vacant. Records of classroom teacher vacancies are not kept centrally. (2b) The Department has data on the number of WorkCover stress claims accepted but it is not possible to provide data on the reasons why employees used their personal sick leave or long service leave balances, if these related to stress issues, as employees are not required to provide such specific information. Refer to Attachment B for numbers of WorkCover stress claims accepted for each financial year by electorate for the last two financial years and for the year to date. Data is only provided at the electorate level as, due to the low numbers in individual schools, any further disaggregation of data may lead to the identification of individual employees. Education Queensland has programs to minimise stress in its workforce, including an Organisational Health Unit with a network of employee advisors, rehabilitation consultants and health and safety consultants. Support includes therapeutic referrals and confidential psychological counselling for all staff and advice to managers about workplace trends and ways of improving organisational health. (2c) The following table shows those teachers seconded to an Education Officer (Special Duties) role in non-school locations, including District Offices. Education Officers (Special Duties) undertake special projects such as the development, implementation and staff training of initiatives, processes and systems to improve the education delivered to students. Given that these employees are not based in school locations, it is not possible provide data by school or electorate location. Year FTE^~ 2003 (June 2003) 115.7 2004 (June 2004) 64.4 2005 (November 2004) 63.8 ^ Payfile data drawn from The Solution Series HRMIS ~ Data base on EOSD position title count in non-school locations ATTACHMENT A Due to the size of Attachment A, it is available for viewing in the Bills and Papers Office. ATTACHMENT B WorkCover Stress Claims accepted for Teachers employed by the Department of Education and the Arts State Electorate 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 Albert 4 3 3 Algester 7 Ashgrove 1 1 Aspley 5 1 Barron River 4 2 Beaudesert 1 Brisbane Central 2 1 Broadwater 1 Bulimba 2 1 Bundaberg 1 2 1 Bundamba 2 1 Burdekin 4 2 Burnett 1 Cairns 5 1 Callide 3 3 Caloundra 3 2 Capalaba 1 1 Charters Towers 3 Chatsworth 1 2 Cleveland 1 1 Cook 3 4 1 Cunningham 1 1 Currumbin 1 Darling Downs 1 2 Everton 3 Ferny Grove 1 Fitzroy 1 2 Gaven 3 Gladstone 1 2 1 Glass House 3 Greenslopes 1 Gregory 2 Gympie 1 5 Hervey Bay 4 Hinchinbrook 1 Inala 2 1 Indooroopilly 1 Ipswich 1 1 Ipswich West 1 Kallangur 1 4 Kawana 2 Keppel 1 Kurwongbah 2 2 Lockyer 1 1 Logan 2 6 Mackay 1 Mansfield 3 2 Maroochydore 1 1 Maryborough 1 1 Mirani 1 Mount Coot-tha 1 ATTACHMENT B State Electorate 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 Mount Gravatt 2 6 Mount Ommaney 1 1 Mudgeeraba 1 1 Mulgrave 4 1 3 Mundingburra 3 Murrumba 1 2 Nanango 2 1 Nicklin 1 1 Noosa 1 1 3 Nudgee 1 2 Pumicestone 2 1 Redcliffe 5 Redlands 2 3 Robina 2 1 Rockhampton 1 Sandgate 1 1 2 South Brisbane 1 2 1 Southern Downs 1 1 Southport 2 2 Springwood 1 1 Stafford 1 Stretton 2 Surfers Paradise 2 Tablelands 3 1 3 Thuringowa 1 Toowoomba North 3 1 1 Toowoomba South 1 2 2 Townsville 3 3 Warrego 3 Waterford 3 2 1 Woodridge 3 3 2 Yeerongpilly 1 1 Grand Total 123 125 38 Parameters: Data WorkCover Data as at 28/2/05 CIS State Electoral Data as at 07/4/05 Where Only accepted claims are included Occupation = Teachers Assumptions: The Category of "Teacher" may include classified teaching personnel as the WorkCover category of "Teacher" includes Classroom Teacher and other personnel at all classification points under the Teachers Award State. ATTACHMENT - FULL TIME PERMANENT CLASSROOM TEACHERS, 2002-2003 CENTRE_FULL_NAME STATE ELECTORATE DISTRICT COUNT Abergowrie State School Hinchinbrook Townsville District 2 Acacia Ridge Special Education Developmental Unit Algester Coopers Plains Dist 2 Acacia Ridge Special Education Unit Algester Coopers Plains Dist 2 Acacia Ridge State Preschool Centre Algester Coopers Plains Dist 1 Acacia Ridge State School Algester Coopers Plains Dist 25 Agnes Water State Preschool Centre Burnett Bundaberg District 1 Agnes Water State School Burnett Bundaberg District 10 Airville State School Burdekin Townsville District 4 Aitkenvale State School Mundingburra Townsville District 24 Albany Creek State High School Everton Geebung District 49 Albany Creek State Preschool Centre Everton Geebung District 1 Albany Creek State School Everton Geebung District 40 Albany Hills State Preschool Centre Everton Geebung District 2 Albany Hills State School Everton Geebung District 38 Albert State Preschool Centre Maryborough Isis-Burnett Dist 1 Albert State School Maryborough Isis-Burnett Dist 12 Aldridge Secondary Special Education Unit Maryborough Isis-Burnett Dist 1 Aldridge State High School Maryborough Isis-Burnett Dist 41 Alexandra Bay State School Cook Cairns & Cape Dist 3 Alexandra Hills Secondary Special Education Unit Capalaba Bayside District 3 Alexandra Hills Special Education Unit Capalaba Bayside District 2 Alexandra Hills State High School Capalaba Bayside District 71 Alexandra Hills State Preschool Centre Capalaba Bayside District 1 Alexandra Hills State School Capalaba Bayside District 23 Algester State Preschool Centre Algester Coopers Plains Dist 2 Algester State School Algester Coopers Plains Dist 37 Allenstown Special Education Unit Fitzroy Rockhampton Dist 1 Allenstown State Preschool Centre Fitzroy Rockhampton Dist 2 Allenstown State School Fitzroy Rockhampton Dist 29 Alligator Creek State Preschool Centre Mirani Mackay Hint & North 1 Alligator Creek State School Mirani Mackay Hint & North 17 Allora State Preschool Centre Southern Downs Warwick District 1 Allora State School Southern Downs Warwick District 12 Alloway State School Burnett Bundaberg District 2 Aloomba State School Mulgrave Cairns & Cape Dist 3 Alpha State School Charters Towers Longreach District 10 Amamoor State School Gympie Fraser-Cooloola Dis 2 Amaroo Environmental Education Centre Darling Downs Darling Downs Dist 1 Amberley State School Ipswich West Ipswich District 12 Ambrose State School Gladstone Gladstone District 1 Amiens State School Southern Downs Warwick District 2 Anakie State School Gregory Emerald District 4 Andergrove State Preschool Centre Mackay Mackay Hint & North 2 Andergrove State School Mackay Mackay Hint & North 32 Annandale State Preschool Centre Mundingburra Townsville District 2 Annandale State School Mundingburra Townsville District 46 Applethorpe State School Southern Downs Warwick District 1 Aramac State School Charters Towers Longreach District 6 Aratula State School Beaudesert Ipswich District 1 Arundel Special Education Unit Southport Gold Coast Nth Dist 2 Arundel State Preschool Centre Southport Gold Coast