‘Data is a dirty word’: teacher goes part time to cope with workload

As an experienced teacher, it is important that we exercise our professional responsibility and prioritise our teaching and students learning. Collecting data bean counter is not our role and the sooner the profession pushes back and retrieves our professionalism and others value our knowledge and expertise the sooner students learning will improve. Data collection is often used to disguise the real issue which is mistrust and disrespect of our profession and the role we play in the classroom. So much has been shifted into the teacher domain because others have shirked responsibility. I have raise my children why do i need to parent the students I teach? Government funding of schools is mis-directed: we do not need more checks and balances we need teaching to be valued and real time allocated and resources to enable us to fulfil our role which is working with children not working two jobs 8 – 5 in the classroom and 6 – 12 at home being a data technician and bean counter. If experienced teachers can not do their job any wonder early and mid career teachers flee as the expectations are unsustainable.