Anonymous #224

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #224

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?

This will only bring competitiveness back to the profession. Rather than focussing on building teacher capacity, collaboration and collegiality you want to encourage staff to be better than their peers. This will only work towards increasing stress levels on staff already pulling from buckets that are empty!

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.

Somewhat disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

The teaching degree needs to be completely overhauled. There needs to have a paid internship at the end of the degree wherein teachers are required to complete at least 6 months of paid on the job training. At the completion of their degree they should have to undertake at least 12 months of CRT work - this builds experience in every aspect of teaching; particularly behaviour management which is crucial to successful teaching.

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?

Unless you minimise the curriculum there will never be enough time to complete the administrative or other duties associated with teaching.

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

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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

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