We know the teacher shortage is a problem, all around the country, at all year levels. But beyond this, it is hard to get specific details.
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Australia’s education ministers have asked their departments to come up with a new plan to address the teacher shortage by December.
Difficulties in attracting and retaining teachers have a lot to do with the conditions they find themselves working in. Here are 3 ways to develop a school system that’s fairer and better for all.
The first challenge is to attract new teachers, the second is to keep them. More pay might help with recruitment, but research suggests we need to look at the conditions of work to stem the losses.
Newly qualified teachers who aren’t involved in a good induction program are more likely to leave the profession within their first five years of teaching. And most don’t get these inductions.
Teacher turnover is higher among Black and Latino teachers than white teachers. An education policy expert explains what schools can do to reverse the trend.
Our top-scoring students aren’t choosing to become teachers, and that has flow-on effects for the students who come after them.
In our research, we offer teachers the chance to hone their skills in their teaching discipline, such as art. Those part of the program say it makes them better teachers, and more likely to stay.
Gratitude for and celebrating of the accomplishments of teachers is essential to keeping them motivated and engaged in the profession.
The continuing decline in the numbers of male primary school teachers suggests more attention needs to be placed on retaining those already in the profession.
As Canada’s French language teachers flee the profession, online Professional Learning Communities promise to reverse this trend, stimulating creativity, camaraderie and leadership.
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Lecturer in Education, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Professor, School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Monash University
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Dean of Education, Western Sydney University
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, University of South Australia
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Professor of Education, Southern Cross University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director, School Education, Grattan Institute
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Professor, School of Education, Queensland University of Technology
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PhD student in Language and Literacies Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Arts Education, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer, Visual Arts Education, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Assistant Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley
