Anonymous #016

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #016

Where are you located?

Queensland

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?

Special education

What is your occupation?

Teacher

Elevating the profession

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

Somewhat agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Reducing workload needs to be the priority. So much time is spent on paperwork. Scanning, uploading document, records of contact for every conversation. Employ more administration staff to ease this burden. I have to scan and upload every assessment item for each student. I have to scan and upload every receipt. The list goes on. During school holidays I am told I am not allowed on site as the cleaners are working. This is the only time I can do a lot of classroom organisation/office work. It feels so devaluing. I'm sure we are all professionals and I could work in the office and not get in there way.
Most of my time is spent doing pointless paperwork logging incidents, conversations. I have no time to plan quality lessons anymore. Leadership are so focussed on data we spend all our time assessing and never get time to teach.
I have been teaching for 16years and it is soul destroying. I used to spend most of my time planning and teaching now it is assessing and box ticking. No time to spend building relationships with students which leads to poor behaviour.

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.

Somewhat agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Reduce workload to keep teachers in the classroom

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?

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.

Strongly disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Box ticking non sense