Educators in the Northern Territory are set to receive more pay for fewer students as the new Country Liberal Party (CLP) government commits to upholding its predecessorâs pay deal for teachers. Under the pay deal announced by Labor in July, the ...
More »Bell Shakespeare training retains and inspires teachers
More than 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is playing a role in addressing Australiaâs teacher crisis. Following its success in nurturing teachers from regional and remote schools around the country, national theatre company Bell Shakespeare has expanded its Regional Teacher ...
More »Deputy and assistant principals to return to teaching
More than 4000 NSW teachers who left the classroom to take administrative roles such as assistant and deputy principal will have to return to the classroom. In one of the Minns governmentâs most significant school overhauls, the Coalition's Local Schools, ...
More »Should schools be put into “families?”
A new report says current school-improvement models aren't capable of tackling the immense challenges our education system is currently facing; including increasing teacher recruitment and retention, and improving student learning. A "goldilocks" solution â stemming not from a single, isolated ...
More »Education sector to see oversupply of jobs, starting to ‘get some teeth’
Population growth and workforce turnover will see an education sector with too many jobs and not enough graduates. Thatâs according to Griffith Universityâs Professor Donna Pendergast, speaking on the back of research that revealed the fields of education most at ...
More »Workers of tomorrow: the industries looking for new blood
What jobs will be on offer to students graduating high school this year? Thatâs the question IBISWorld hoped to help answer through a new release on the industries set to add the most new jobs to the Australian economy. The ...
More »Social media: realm of the young
Schools need to be on it to stay contemporary, so they must learn to manage the risks. By Erin Mayo. Social media. Like it or not, todayâs students are more likely to have their heads buried in their Facebook page ...
More »Health shouldnât be an exclusive club
Placing health and PE within education faculties sends a message that physical fitness is for all. By Tim Lynch. Is health a club? There are many sporting or physical activity clubs people can join to be amongst others with similar ...
More »Preaching the good words
Lyn Stone believes everyone is born a linguist. She tells Antonia Maiolo how she makes the mysteries of the English language clear to teachers and students. Melbourne linguistic specialist Lyn Stone recently launched Spelling for Life â a handbook for ...
More »Itâs not the end of days
Teachers can help students cope with the stress of end-of-school exams. By Antonia Maiolo. As high school students around Australia sit their finals, Virginia Williams, youth psychologist and honorary fellow at the school of psychology at the University of ...
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