Page 48 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 12 February 2019
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MS BERRY: I am not aware of any issues around bullying within the Education Directorate. I might just seek clarification, Madam Speaker. The directorate or within schools?
MADAM SPEAKER: Do you want to repeat your question?
MS LEE: My understanding is that ACT government teachers are part of the directorate, so it would mean the directorate bureaucrats as well as teachers.
MS BERRY: This has been an issue that the government has been working on as far as implementing the policy in our schools to prevent violence against teachers is concerned. That includes issues around whether or not teachers have been bullied by other staff or others in the school communities, whether that is violence that has been perpetrated by staff, by parents or by children against teachers. These are very important issues that the government is keen to resolve, and we have been working very closely with the Australian Education Union to ensure that our staff—all staff—across the directorate and within our schools are appropriately supported.
Ms Lee: On a point of order, Madam Speaker.
MADAM SPEAKER: Point of order.
Ms Lee: The question was specifically about how many staff. I would appreciate it if the minister could provide that response.
MADAM SPEAKER: I think the minister has taken her seat. You have concluded your answer, I am assuming, minister?
Ms Berry: Yes, thank you, Madam Speaker.
Education—curriculum
MS LAWDER: My question is to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development. Minister, during annual reports hearings one of your officials said:
The government has invested significantly in the leadership capabilities of school leaders in understanding and deeply embedding the curriculum in every classroom in their schools.
Minister, given that understanding the curriculum in every classroom should be a fait accompli, what exactly does this quote mean in practice?
MS BERRY: As I referred to earlier, in answer to a question on notice regarding what the government was doing to support teachers and school leaders in the ACT, the government’s affiliated schools program with the University of Canberra is about how we support teachers and school leaders to understand the curriculum, to understand the most up-to-date evidence-supported programs of education, and to
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