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Submitter information
Name
Anonymous #172
Where are you located?
South Australia
What type of area do you live in?
Regional or rural
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.
Neither agree nor disagree
Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?
It's the paperwork that is killing teachers. They spend more time filling in data than teaching and often it's for nothing other than paper pushers in head office. Behaviour management is the other serious issue. We are not going to improve results until parents are held more accountable.
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.
Neither agree nor disagree
Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?
The wages are not competing enough for the work teachers do.
Strengthening Initial Teacher Education (ITE)
The actions proposed will ensure initial teacher education supports teacher supply and quality.
Neither agree nor disagree
Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?
More time should be spent on practical teaching experience in the classroom.
Maximising the time to teach
The actions proposed will improve retention and free up teachers to focus on teaching and collaboration.
Neither agree nor disagree
Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?
Collaboration is important IF adequate time is given for teachers to do it.
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.
Neither agree nor disagree
Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?
Professional development is extremely important. Again teachers need time to do it. Hard to do in regional areas. More PRTS are needed in country areas to release teachers to attend. TRB has become a joke. The amount of work we need to do to register is ridiculous and unnecessary.