Anonymous #153

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #153

Where are you located?

Western Australia

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?

Primary

What is your occupation?

Teacher

Elevating the profession

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

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

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.

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Strengthening Initial Teacher Education (ITE)

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

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Maximising the time to teach

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

Strongly agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Education professionals ie teachers have worked hard through their unions to be given DOTT (duties other than teaching) and to increase the amount of time. Unfortunately government interference means that a chunk of that time is taken up with meetings: parent, in school, out of school professionals etc. The departments have fought to cut this time and take it from teachers and control it. This once again means that teachers have to find that taken time in their own personal time.

In class expectations such as individual education plans also take up much of a teacher's time, time that caould be used to prepare and therefore deliver quality teaching. Data collection is another example. One more assessment which takes for ever to mark. Assessment after assessment with no teaching time in between.

We are constantly reporting. The what I call John Howard reports are an exercise in repetition. The process is so cumbersome with expectation that reports are read by two or three people before being sent out and the ditting is so heavy. we start writing these reports in week one or two of term two and four to be due in week six or seven to besent out in week ten. Why do we need such wordy and time consuming reports.

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?

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

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.

Somewhat disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

To achieve any step is a massive time consuming effort for little reward. However why is it necessary to identify teachers as being outstanding or highly accomplished? How does differentiating the workforce improve the conditions?