Student teachers are increasingly being called on to lead classes before they are fully qualified as principals struggle to recruit experienced staff. The number of exemptions allowing university students to work in public and private schools before they have finished ...

The Albanese government is giving $70.9 million to education providers to fast-track 1500 new teachers into schools across Australia. The government statement said it is "tripling the number of teachers entering the High Achieving Teachers (HAT) program, which provides financial ...

New Department of Education figures show teaching students are dropping out of university at an increasing rate as the minister moves to improve initial teacher education (ITE) through university curriculums and guidelines. A report that analysed the department's most recent ...

According to research published in the Australian Journal of Education, up to 50 per cent of teachers leave the profession within the first five to seven years, citing reasons such as job insecurity, overwhelming workloads, and insufficient support systems. For ...

It has been 40 years since teacher training colleges transformed into universities. Is it perhaps time to revisit the college's classroom-focused potential? Few teachers today will have experienced these entities dedicated to helping teaching students meet the practical demands of ...

Universities will be forced to raise the bar for enrolment in education degrees, and ensure that all graduates know how to teach children to read and write, and how to keep classrooms under control. All trainee teachers will be taught ...

Charles Sturt University (CSU) will offer paid work placement hours to final year initial teacher education (ITE) students who are willing to work in an ACT government school. The agreement with the ACT Education Directorate allows ITE students to apply ...

A student teacher test that ensures teachers are in the top 30 per cent in the country in literacy and numeracy skills has increased its number of allowed attempts from three to unlimited. The Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial ...

The federal government has committed $10.8m to a free voluntary ‘phonics health check’, with this year’s recent NAPLAN results revealing a third of year three students aren’t meeting minimum expectations for reading. The phonics health check is a seven-minute assessment ...

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) has named the principal of a small public primary school in country Victoria among the most powerful people in education in 2023. Jacquie Burrows was a teacher at Churchill Primary School (Churchill) prior to taking ...