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 ...

Top performing teachers in NSW could land a six-figure salary to stay in the classroom under new proposals by the state government. The new policy proposal released on Tuesday would see educators who are assessed as ‘experts’ be rewarded with ...

The Federal Government’s inquiry into the ‘Status of the Teaching Profession’ presented a summary report in April this year which took written submissions and held several public hearings. The report supported and complimented the findings of several recent inquiries into ...

Ahead of the Ministerial Teacher Workforce Roundtable (to be held on Friday August 12), one expert has urged the participants to address educators' pay and working conditions as a priority.  Education ministers, teachers, principals and education experts will come together ...