Anonymous #195

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #195

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?

Other

Elevating the profession

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

Neither agree nor disagree

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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 disagree

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Strengthening Initial Teacher Education (ITE)

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

Somewhat disagree

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Lantite test should be removed, it does not measure an individuals ability to teach. Many student teachers are still paying HECS fees and can’t receive their degree because they haven’t met the standard for lantite. This is impacting our teaching shortage. The lantite test has different tests with different levels of difficulty each time and works off luck. There is still no data that proves lantite is working. Many student teachers with the perfect teaching qualities are being refused to teach because of one test. Lantite never existed before 2016, and there are thousands of teachers who currently teach without lantite. This test is unnecessary as student teachers already complete relevant assignments and placement during their course. It is ridiculous that if you’re studying primary school teaching, you are required to do a test that is late high school level. The entire point of going to university is to obtain a degree which allows you to work in the field you studied. However in the current teaching degree, it is set up for failure and leads into a meaningless course, hecs fees, no degree and unemployed. This is adding to our teaching shortage unfortunately. If we had a test for every job, we would have shortages in every field.

Maximising the time to teach

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

Somewhat agree

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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?

Slightly effective

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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.

Neither agree nor disagree

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