Catholic School teachers across NSW and ACT will be on the picket lines this week asking for better working conditions and a 10 to 15 per cent salary reset. The industrial action will take place on May 27 and has ...
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An insight into teacher wellbeing: tips and strategies ahead of term 2 – podcast
A recent report from the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership reveals that nearly five hundred thousand educators have had their wellbeing impacted by the last three years of bushfires, floods, Covid-19, lockdowns and online learning. Teacher, coach, author and ...
More »A mid-career switch: what motivates career-change teachers?
Between 2019 and 2021 the Victorian and Federal Governments focused on recruiting career-change teachers to help schools facing high turnover and teacher shortages. Career-change teachers are those who have switched career to become teachers or who are currently shifting from ...
More »Teachers’ ‘lived experience’ of switching to online learning during the pandemic: new research
An international team of academics has recently published research examining how teachers experienced the swift transition to online learning as COVID-19 impacted face-to-face learning across the world. As both student enrolments and teacher shortages are expected to increase in the ...
More »La Trobe’s unique Nexus teaching program celebrates its first graduates – podcast
In an exciting development for the teaching profession, La Trobe University’s unique Nexus program has recently produced its first group of classroom-ready secondary school teachers. In their first year, students work part time in schools and receive direct mentoring opportunities ...
More »New teacher report card paints a worrying impression of teacher satisfaction, wellbeing
Joint research between the Australian College of Educators and Futurity Group has found that 84 per cent of teachers surveyed have considered leaving the profession in the past year. Futurity Group funds the NEiTA Foundation, which is responsible for the ...
More »How working in isolation has impacted teachers
The past 100 or so days for many educators around Australia have been challenging. Whilst many have enjoyed the benefits of a slower home life and more manageable commute, for others, working away from school, students and colleagues has had ...
More »How to choose the right home loan
When it comes to choosing the right home loan, it can be difficult to know where to start! There are more options available than ever before, each with benefits that can give you added flexibility, or help you to pay ...
More »From disaster to distinction: one Indigenous woman’s education journey
Carmel Debel can remember the time her mother tried to enrol her and her brothers in the local primary school. It was back in 1990, when she was seven, and when the administration staff and principal saw her mum standing ...
More »How reflective practice can prevent burnout for teachers and students: opinion
Reflective practice has been adopted by teachers for many years to ensure that they are meeting the needs of students. It helps teachers understand their personal areas of development and addresses underlying beliefs and assumptions about learning and teaching in ...
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