Anonymous #214

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #214

Where are you located?

Victoria

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.

Strongly disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Instead of trying to attract so called “high achieving” graduates to the profession, the time, effort and money would be better spent on supporting and resourcing those already within the profession.
This idea has been tried in multiple guises over the years and failed every time.
The issue is not the quality of teachers or even teacher training, it is the bureaucracy and overwhelming useless administration loaded onto current professionals which takes away from there core role of teaching.
The countless hours spent resolving social issues, assisting students (and their families) without adequate support from psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists and other para professionals. The endless pointless meetings and the lack of support from administrators to reduce the load.

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 disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

See previous response

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.

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

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?

Not effective at all

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Have you considered asking any practising teachers?

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?

Most states do not encourage or promote these accreditations - time would be better spent on gaining easy mutual recognition between states, more permanent (rather than 1 year fixed term contract) positions which would allow teachers to gain some job security, rather than having to constantly reapply for their own positions.

AITSL standards are irrelevant to most of the country, because they do not impact on salary structure or provide any meaningful support to teachers want to improve their practice.