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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2024-09-24T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2024-09-27T16:47:09+09:30" />
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Education Department Staff</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Education Department Staff</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" referenceid="98bc9886f8ef4f70897848c1d1c59c00" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2024-09-24T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Education Department Staff</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001080">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4343" referenceid="98bc9886f8ef4f70897848c1d1c59c00">the Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (26 June 2024).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5389" referenceid="258e99f5e8a5469db1af773d39ba5018" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. B.I. BOYER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Wright</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Education, Training and Skills</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2024-09-24T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Education Department Staff</name>
          </question>
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            <by role="member" id="5389" referenceid="258e99f5e8a5469db1af773d39ba5018">The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills):</by>  I have been advised of the following:</inserted>
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        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001082">
          <inserted>Department for Education employees whose performance was identified as 'improved' as a result of performance support involvement between July 2019 and June 2024 is as follows:</inserted>
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        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001083">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Financial Year</cell>
                <cell>Teachers</cell>
                <cell>Employees</cell>
                <cell>Total</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>FY2020*</cell>
                <cell>6</cell>
                <cell>3</cell>
                <cell>9</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2021*</cell>
                <cell>8</cell>
                <cell>5</cell>
                <cell>13</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>FY2022*</cell>
                <cell>15</cell>
                <cell>11</cell>
                <cell>26</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2023</cell>
                <cell>26</cell>
                <cell>18</cell>
                <cell>44</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>FY2024</cell>
                <cell>20</cell>
                <cell>31</cell>
                <cell>51</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>TOTAL</cell>
                <cell>75</cell>
                <cell>68</cell>
                <cell>143</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell colspan="4">*Minimal data was recorded in these Financial Years.</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001084" />
        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001085">
          <inserted>Department for Education employees who were required to participate in a formal performance management process between July 2019 and June 2024 is as follows:</inserted>
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          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Financial Year</cell>
                <cell>Teachers</cell>
                <cell>Employees</cell>
                <cell>Total</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>FY2020</cell>
                <cell>15</cell>
                <cell>5</cell>
                <cell>20</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>FY2021</cell>
                <cell>11</cell>
                <cell>6</cell>
                <cell>17</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2022</cell>
                <cell>24</cell>
                <cell>12</cell>
                <cell>36</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2023</cell>
                <cell>12</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
                <cell>16</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2024</cell>
                <cell>17</cell>
                <cell>13</cell>
                <cell>30</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>TOTAL*</cell>
                <cell>79</cell>
                <cell>40</cell>
                <cell>119</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell colspan="4">Above data has been manually captured and as such are an approximation.</cell>
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        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001088">
          <inserted>DfE employees who resigned as a result of performance support involvement between July 2019 and June 2024 is as follows:</inserted>
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        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001089">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Financial Year</cell>
                <cell>Teachers</cell>
                <cell>Employees</cell>
                <cell>Total</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>FY2020</cell>
                <cell>26</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
                <cell>36</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2021</cell>
                <cell>24</cell>
                <cell>22</cell>
                <cell>46</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2022</cell>
                <cell>35</cell>
                <cell>20</cell>
                <cell>55</cell>
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                <cell>FY2023</cell>
                <cell>31</cell>
                <cell>28</cell>
                <cell>59</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2024</cell>
                <cell>27</cell>
                <cell>29</cell>
                <cell>56</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>TOTAL</cell>
                <cell>143</cell>
                <cell>109</cell>
                <cell>252</cell>
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        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001090" />
        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001091">
          <inserted>Department for Education employees that did not have their contract renewed following performance support involvement between July 2019 and June 2024 is as follows: </inserted>
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          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Financial Year</cell>
                <cell>Teachers</cell>
                <cell>Employees</cell>
                <cell>Total</cell>
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                <cell>FY2020*</cell>
                <cell>1</cell>
                <cell>1</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2021*</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2022*</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>3</cell>
                <cell>5</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2023</cell>
                <cell>3</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>5</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>FY2024</cell>
                <cell>6</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>TOTAL</cell>
                <cell>12</cell>
                <cell>14</cell>
                <cell>26</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell colspan="4">*Minimal data was recorded in these Financial Years</cell>
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        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001094">
          <inserted>Department for Education employees that had their employment terminated as a result of performance support involvement between July 2019 and June 2024 is as follows:</inserted>
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          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Financial Year</cell>
                <cell>Teachers</cell>
                <cell>Employees</cell>
                <cell>Total</cell>
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                <cell>FY2020</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2021</cell>
                <cell>6</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2022</cell>
                <cell>3</cell>
                <cell>7</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2023</cell>
                <cell>8</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>FY2024*</cell>
                <cell>1</cell>
                <cell>7</cell>
                <cell>8</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>TOTAL</cell>
                <cell>22</cell>
                <cell>20</cell>
                <cell>42</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell colspan="4">*Focus on early support resulting in fewer terminations </cell>
              </row>
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          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2024092435d3d95a21aa410080001096" />
      </talker>
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