Phillip St level 1 was abuzz with all things Staffing in our last week of school. All stakeholders were in attendance looking at where the team is up to and giving feedback on very broad suggestions. The mantra of “every school has the right people, in the right place, at the right time, to meet the needs of our students” is what is driving this program.

Key principles that we used in our discussions:

• Does it place the student at the centre?
• Is it a priority? (for the people most effected)
• Will it support equity and reduce the impact of disadvantage?
• Will it make education a better place to work?
• Feasibility – can it be done?
• Will it be adaptable? Scalable?

We discussed a range of ideas including formulae driven responses; increasing targeted resources; the need for greater certainty of funding; simplifying and speeding up recruitment and allowing more flexibility to use staffing resources.