Anonymous #133

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #133

Where are you located?

South Australia

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?

Early childhood education and care

What is your occupation?

School leader

Elevating the profession

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

Strongly agree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

The profession needs to be lifted. The quality of graduates coming through is quite low with poor skills and knowledge. The social standing of teachers is low. More needs to be done to lift this. Lift the ATAR so we get better quality graduates, create better working conditions by cutting all the administration and red tape, then you might find the profession is more attractive.

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?

Specific Early Childhood Education degrees need to be returned to Universities and not have them mixed in with Primary School teaching. It's a totally different curriculum and students are not being supported in this field. Increasing the number of teachers must also come with increasing the ATAR to get better teachers. At the moment the entry is so low we are getting lots of students into teaching because they couldn't get into their desired profession so this is the fall-back job.

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?

Please bring back specific Early Childhood Teaching degree's in SA. UniSA have dropped the ball big time on this and the quality of teacher's coming through to Preschools is shocking, they have little understanding of the Early Years and it's curriculum and pedagogy.

Maximising the time to teach

The actions proposed will improve retention and free up teachers to focus on teaching and collaboration.

Strongly agree

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.

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?