Anonymous #028

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #028

Where are you located?

Australian Capital Territory

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?

School leader

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?

More needs to be done to support teachers in particular with the relationship with parents. Parents need to work with teachers and not against them.

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 agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Teacher supply would improve if there was a direct and purposeful working relationship between universities and schools. Studies and degree courses should be linked directly with schools. Increase the amount of face to face contact in the first year of studies. Introduce an apprenticeship or scholarship whereby preservice teachers spend at least one day a week in the classroom and increase this to two or three days a week for the remaining years of study.
Currently preservice teachers do not have enough experience in the classroom.
An added incentive to current teachers would be a financial incentive / payment to take on the role of mentor to support and guide the preservice teachers.

Strengthening Initial Teacher Education (ITE)

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

Strongly agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

See previous comment.

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 agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Increase teacher salaries by about 50% and teachers would be taken seriously as professionals doing a job that benefits the whole country now and into the future.