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relevant Enterprise Agreement. Individual schools resource time release for a staff member to mentor Associates. TFA co-ordinate professional learning sessions during the midyear semester break for the Associates and conduct periodic workshops for mentors. Commencing with the 2018-19 cohort, a co funding model applies with the Directorate contributing $15,000 per associate placed and commencing in an ACT public school on completion of their initial intensive study period. This funding is being met centrally and not from the budgets of individual participating schools.
(4) In the period 2011 to 2017 (completed cohorts), 41 associates participated in the TFA program, of whom 21 remain teaching in the Directorate in 2018 or are accessing approved extended leave such as parenting leave.
A further 12 associates are in the 2017-18 cohort and seven in the 2018-19 cohort.
(5) Cohort 2011-12 – 60 percent retention initially but none sustained by 2018
Cohort 2012-13 – 71 percent retention initially, reducing to 33 percent
Cohort 2013-14 – 66 percent retention initially, reducing to 17 percent
Cohort 2014-15 – 80 percent retention initially, reducing to 40 percent
Cohort 2015-16 – 86 percent retention initially, reducing to 71 percent
Cohort 2016-17 – 82 percent retention initially, reducing to 73 percent
(6) The average length of employment is 1.8 years.
(7) Associates placed in the period 2011–2018 represent the learning disciplines of maths, science, English, Studies of Society and Environment, specific languages and music.
(8) Data on the nationality of each associate is not maintained by the Directorate.
(9) A formal review of the TFA program has not been conducted by the Directorate or ACT Government although People and Performance Branch contributed to an external review of the TFA program in 2017.
(10) Dandolo Partners was commissioned to conduct an evaluation of the TFA program in 2017.
(11) The Directorate is not accepting further associate intakes from 2019 and formally ceases the program with the graduation of the most recent cohort in December 2019.
• Retention rate has been variable and investment is not necessarily providing longer term benefit.
• The current co-funding model is not sustainable.
• There are a limited number of ACT public schools that met the core TFA eligibility criteria of an Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) value equal to or below the national median.
• The Strategic Plan 2018 – 2021: A Leading Learning Organisation and outcomes of the Future of Education consultation are defining a long term strategy for government education in the ACT. This includes approaches to teacher recruitment, retention and talent management.
Arts—event fund
(Question No 2113)
Ms Lawder asked the Minister for the Arts and Cultural Events, upon notice, on 30 November 2018:
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