Teachers will soon get access to three free short courses on classroom management and teaching strategies developed by the University of Adelaide. The short courses will be developed by the University of Adelaide Profesional and Continuing Education (PACE)  and will ...

The 2024 recipients of the NSW Premier's Teacher Scholarship were announced last Wednesday, and each will receive either $10,000 or $15,000 to fund a five-week study tour either in Australia or overseas. Successful applicants submitted research proposals about how the ...

A new policy from the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), effective from November 1, aims to lessen administrative workloads for NSW teachers by scrapping principal signatures on accreditation renewal paperwork. Teachers are still required to complete 100 hours of professional ...

Public school counsellors will receive a $27,000 pay rise and teachers a $10,000 pay rise after negotiations between the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) and the NSW government reached an agreement on Tuesday. Acting president of the NSWTF Henry Rajendra announced the ...

Schools are being told to stop pressuring students into taking up university degrees and instead urge them to get a headstart on a skill or trade, as new figures reveal another drop in the number of vocational education students in ...

Nearly half of teachers in Australian schools are considering quitting their jobs within the next 12 months due to heavy workloads, staff shortages and teaching out-of-field, a new survey has revealed. A survey of 4000 Australian educators by the Black ...

NSW teachers' wages should be increased up to 25 per cent over the next seven years to counter low salaries and inflation, a new report shows. A report by the University of Sydney analysed teachers' pay over the past 30 ...

The creation of a new ‘expert teacher’ role in NSW schools could create a divide among teaching staff and exacerbate shortages, an education expert has said.   Set to begin in 2023, the role of the ‘expert teacher’ will see educators ...

School counsellors in NSW have been forced to ‘select’ which students they see due to severe shortages staffing across the state. In October, more than 70 full-time positions for counsellors were vacant in state schools, with only one counsellor available ...

A new NSW Government program aiming to tackle the teacher shortages will assist school support staff to become teachers in regional, rural and high demand metropolitan schools. Announced on Tuesday, the Grow Your Own Teacher Training program will support 100 ...