Anonymous #369

Submitter information

Name

Anonymous #369

Where are you located?

New South Wales

What type of area do you live in?

Regional or rural

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?

Awards don’t mean a thing to anyone unless there is already a level of respect. Sports people or celebrities have more repeat shown to them than teachers so don’t bother trying to use awards to elevate respect.
Teachers need to be spoken about respectfully in the media and shown for the actual hard work they do.

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

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

Pat teachers more. Money matters
People want to be doctors because they care- they do the hard work of training and continuation of learning because they are well paid. They too suffer burnout by they are not slammed by the media when they do.

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?

Maximising the time to teach

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

Somewhat disagree

Would you like to provide feedback about these actions?

The actions are not realistic.
To retain good, hard working teachers who will continue to want to stay in the profession we need to lift the standards of what the entry to teaching is at uni. Teaching is hard. To retain people who can and want to continue to do the hard work- better pay and more respect for the workforce is necessary
By paying teachers better wages this will attract more candidates to teaching. Making it a sought after profession to get into will make the job force stronger. That will help bolster the number of quality teachers. We need to attract quality teachers. Who are prepared to stay in the profession to help each other and do the hard work. Not people who are unsuitable because it’s the only uni degree they could get into.

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

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?

This is the most ridiculously disrespectful idea to the teaching profession. It will divide teachers and in a system that is already suffering and is not managed well it will create more unrest.
It’s crazy to think ‘highest’ paid teachers in classrooms will out earn assistant principals and middle leaders.
This will see many young, inexperienced teachers race to the top award only to not have the substance behind them to actually do the job well enough. Those who are in the favour of their leaders will exploit this initiative and those poor teachers in schools where bully principals and exec teams lead will be further punished by this reform.
Many schools are led by principals who are not morally competent and create divides amongst their staff. This initiative will add to it. There is genuine fear and disgust from many teachers that this will go ahead and ruin the collaborative nature of the profession