Anonymous #197

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #197

Where are you located?

Australian Capital Territory

What type of area do you live in?

Metropolitan

Are you an education professional?
(e.g. teacher, school leader, learning support assistant, teacher’s aide)

Yes

Which sector do you work in?

Secondary

What is your occupation?

Teacher

Elevating the profession

The actions proposed recognise the value teachers bring to students, communities and the economy.

Strongly disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Splitting teachers by salary does not keep teachers in the industry.
Parents and students who respect teachers keep teachers in the industry. Stop OV.
Governments that provide every need a teacher has from luxury office materials to superior classroom facilities that is what will keep teachers in the profession. Stop teachers buying their own supplies.
A curriculum that is relevant and well resourced is required.
Senseless paperwork like TQI reflections should be done away with. Teachers do more than 20 hours of PL every year regardless of TQI so stop needlessly counting it.

Improving teacher supply

The actions proposed will be effective in increasing the number of students entering ITE, number of students completing ITE and the number of teachers staying in and/or returning to the profession.

Strongly agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Do away with HEC fees
Do away with the masters and get preservice teachers into the classroom for more than 3 weeks at the most.
6 weeks is a placement of value. And pay them so they can afford to do placement.

Strengthening Initial Teacher Education (ITE)

The actions proposed will ensure initial teacher education supports teacher supply and quality.

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Maximising the time to teach

The actions proposed will improve retention and free up teachers to focus on teaching and collaboration.

Strongly disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

You can’t magically get teachers out thin air.
Relief teachers are impossible to find where do you think all these extra teachers are going to come from?
Young teachers studying while learning how to teach is ridiculous hard

Better understanding future teacher workforce needs

How effective are the proposed actions in better understanding future teacher workforce needs, including the number of teachers required?

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Better career pathways to support and retain teachers in the profession

The proposed actions will improve career pathways, including through streamlining the process for Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher (HALT) accreditation, and providing better professional support for teachers to retain them in the profession.

Strongly disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

We have enough paper work to fill out the requirements to get lead teacher is ridiculous. No one has time for that and the money is not worth it.