Strategy for Building an Asia Literate Australia – Towards 2040 Budget allocation estimates summary Phase One – 5 years
Item Details Estimated required budget allocation over 5 years for Phase One (estimates in $ million)
Establishment of The National Institute for Asian Languages (see below) Building lease and lease/purchase of equipment for Canberra office Building lease and lease/purchase of Equipment for state/territory based offices Human Resources for Canberra based National Institute
National Institute will co-ordinate 8 state based offices housing 10 teams on the ground. Costing for the state/territory based teams is included in the costing to give an overall estimate. Administration support costs have been calculated at 15% of total staff costs. Inclusive of 3 language labs, meeting room, IT fit out, office space for 13 staff, furniture, utilities and maintenance for 5 years $1
Based on the establishment of locations across Australia, based on need, of approximately 10 teams over 8 office locations
$5
CEO, Language Directors, National Based Language Teams co-ordinators and Administration. Anticipated staffing for Canberra is approximately 13.
$ 7.5
Human Resources for state/territory based implementation teams
10 teams across 8 locations based on current office rental and fit out expenditure estimates
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$ 37.5
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Estimated required budget allocation over 5 years for Phase One (estimates in $ million) $ 20
Set Up/other ongoing operating Costs
Inclusive of relocation expenses, Publications, travel, conferences/ workshop activity, environmental scanning, professional development for staff, grants to support ongoing incentive programmes with schools, individual students and teachers etc Estimated cost for administering the tendering process for phase one of the program
Tendering Process for phase one of the program Funding allocation to participating schools
$.5
Based on an average of 330 schools per year take up for the program at an average funding of $1000 - $5000 per school per year over the life of the project According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2007 there were 9581 schools in Australia with a total of 3.5 million students. This budget estimate is based on the premise of 150 minutes per week minimum tuition for each student and beginning with one specialised language teacher/aide per school, building up over time as students move through the primary years. The estimate is based on employing 2140 new asian language teachers over 5 years at an average of 428 recruits per year. Based on training new recruits over phase one of 5 years at 500 per year. (Based on a 3 year program for each recruit)
$ 25
Salary costing for employment of new teachers to implement Asian language programs from P-12
$ 481.6
Funding required to Universities to train new Language teachers Salary costing for employment of new teacher aides/tutors to implement Asian Language programs from P-12
$ 125
Based on the employment of 1980 new teacher aides over the phase one period at an average of 396 per year.
$ 288
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Details
Estimated required budget allocation over 5 years for Phase One (estimates in $ million) $ 40
Funding required to Universities to train new teacher aides
Based on training new recruits over phase one of 5 years at 400 per year. (Based on a one year program for each recruit)
In country scholarships for students over phase one
Based on the awarding of 540 in-country scholarships to students @ $20 000 each inclusive of per diem expenses.
$ 10.8
Total for Phase One
$ 1 041 900 000
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Phase Two – 10 years
Item Details Estimated required budget allocation over 10 years for Phase Two (estimates in $million) $95 $1
National Institute of Asian Languages Review of Phase one
Maintenance of the Institute and state and territory based teams A comprehensive review with recommendations, of the first 5 years of the program
Tendering processes for Phase two of the program Maintenance of salary
Cost of administering the tendering process for phase two of the program over 10 years. This includes all processes for schools at the local level. Maintenance of salaries for teachers and teacher aides from stage one of the program indexed 4% per year and inclusive of 20% on costs. (States & territories may bear some of these costs over time therefore reducing this figure significantly) Salary costing of employment of new teachers doubling and trebling over the period of phase two of the project at an average of 428* new recruits per year for a total of 4280 new language teachers over 10 years. By the end of phase two, nearly half of all schools in Australia from Prep – Year 12 will have a dedicated Asian language teacher. *(Includes some allowance of assumptions
regarding replacing staff and that not all teachers trained will be employed)
$5
$ 924
Salary costing for employment of new teachers to implement Asian language programs from P-12 Salary costing for employment of new teacher aides/tutors to implement Asian language programs from P-12
$ 1 000
Salary costing of employment of new teacher aides doubling in the first 5 years and trebling in the following 5 years the number of teacher aides employed in Australian schools. Costing is based on the employment of 396 teacher aides per year for a total of 3960 over phase two of the program. By the end of phase two, 90% of schools in Australia should have access to either an Asian language teacher or Asian language teacher aide/tutor.
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$ 700
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Estimated required budget allocation over 10 years for Phase Two (estimates in $million)
Funding for schools to implement program
Funding to be allocated through the National Institute to schools for phase two $100 of the program in order to double then triple the number of schools offering Asian languages throughout phase two. Anticipated average of 330 schools per year take up over the life of the project.
Funding for Universities
Funding to be allocated to universities through the National Institute for phase two training of 450 new teacher recruits per year and 400 teacher aides/tutors over 10 years. Costs of in country scholarships for students @ 100 per year @ $20 000 per scholarship inclusive of per diem costs.
$ 305
In-country scholarships for students over phase two of the program Total for Phase Two
$ 20
$ 3 150 000 000
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Phase Three – 15 Years
Item Details Estimated required budget allocation over 15 years for Phase Three (estimates in $million) $ 140 $1 $7
National Institute of Asian Languages Review of Phase Two Tendering processes for Phase three of the program Maintenance of salary for previously employed new teachers and teacher aides Salary costing for employment of new teachers to implement Asian language programs from P-12 Salary costing for employment of new teacher aides/tutors to implement Asian language programs from P-12
Maintenance of the Institute and state and territory based teams A comprehensive review with recommendations of the second 10 years of the program Cost of administering the tendering process for phase three of the program over 15 years Maintenance of salaries for teachers and teacher aides from stage one and two of the program indexed 4% per year and inclusive of 20% on costs. (States & territories should be self funding by this phase of the program and thus nullify this estimate). Salary costing of employment of new teachers over phase three of the project at an average of 428 new recruits per year for a total of 6420 new language teachers over phase three of 15 years. By the end of phase three, every school in Australia will have its own dedicated language teacher with larger schools accessing more than one. A total of 12 520 new Asian language teachers will have been employed over the duration of the project.
$ 2 500
$ 2 700
Salary costing of employment of new teachers over the course of the project $ 1 000 for phase three. Costing is based on the employment of 396 teacher aides per year for a total of 5940 over the 15 year phase of the program. By the end of phase three, the program will have trained 11 880 Asian language aides/tutors. Every school in Australia will have access to its own Asian language teacher AND Asian language aide/tutor with some schools being able to access more than one and other smaller schools sharing the resource as appropriate.
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Estimated required budget allocation over 15 years for Phase Three (estimates in $million) $ 300
Funding for schools to implement program
Funding to be allocated through the National Institute to schools for phase three of the program in order to ensure that all Australian schools are offering Asian languages. This includes top up funding for schools who have been part of the program from Phase one and Phase two as well as new schools coming on board and is estimated at approx. $1000 - $5000 per year per school over the life of the project. The figures are based on funding 10 000 schools across Australia in all sectors – Government and Non government. Funding to be allocated to universities through the National Institute for phase three training of 450 new teacher recruits per year over 15 years and 400 teacher aides/tutors per year over 15 years. Costs of in country scholarships for students @ 100 per year @ $20 000 per scholarship inclusive of per diem expenses.
Funding for Universities
$ 457.5
In-country scholarships for students over phase three of the program
$ 30
Total for Phase Three
$ 7 135 500 000
References:
Australian Bureau of Statistics – www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS 4221.0 - Schools, Australia, 2007 MCEETYA Meeting Minutes 31st October, 2008 Building an Asia-Literate Australia – draft paper - Griffith University Queensland Teacher’s Award State – 2003 www.wageline.qld.gov.au
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