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 ...

In an attempt to reduce their workload NSW educators will soon be receiving extra help as the government intends to deliver lesson plans and other learning materials.  Teachers across the state will have the opportunity to use pre-made lesson plans ...

A new coaching program directed at university students in education courses aims to reduce attrition rates and better prepare the future teachers for the classroom.  The pilot Student Success Coach Program, launched by Charles Darwin University, oversees students undertaking the ...

A recent report by Deakin University shows that the use of out-of-field teachers to reduce the current shortages can lower student’s results, sparking concern among students worried about their education and future career outcomes. "When history teachers take over science ...

Before joining his colleagues on the picket lines today, Glenn Lowe, a high school head teacher in the Wollongong Catholic diocese shared with Education Review his experience of the teacher shortage crisis. Wednesday was a busy day for Lowe. The ...

Exhaustion, stress and burnout are some of the reasons teachers are leaving the classroom, yet a simple peer support program might be the solution to keep teachers afloat. A new study by La Trobe University used peer support techniques borrowed ...