Nationwide, the number of teachers contemplating getting out overtook last year the proportion committed to staying, the institute’s survey data shows.
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Thirty-four per cent said they were considering leaving and 31 per cent said they were committed to the profession, with the rest unsure. Just 25 per cent said they were considering leaving in 2019, and 41 per cent said they were committed to staying.
Misson said workload was by far the biggest issue for teachers contemplating leaving. Almost 90 per cent cited it as their main motivation, with issues of reward and recognition second, followed by classroom factors such as student behaviour.
But 70 per cent of those who are committed to staying said this was mainly because of their love of face-to-face teaching.
The data was released on Wednesday, the same day federal Education Minister Jason Clare announced the scope of the next review of state and federal funding for Australian schools.
The review will focus on students from low socioeconomic backgrounds; from regional and remote areas; First Nations students; students with disability; and students from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
Clare said he was committed to working with state and territory governments to get every school on a path to fair funding.
“If you’re a child today from a poor family, or from the bush, or you’re an Indigenous child, then you’re three times more likely to fall behind at school, he said.
“Fifteen years ago, the gap in the reading skills of eight-year-olds from poor and wealthy backgrounds was a bit over a year. Now it is over two, and with every year that gap grows bigger.”
The panel would work to put reforms in place to help turn this around, Clare said.
It will be chaired by Dr Lisa O’Brien, the current chair of the Australian Education Research Organisation and former chief executive of the Smith Family.
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Other panellists include Professor Stephen Lamb, emeritus professor at the Centre for International Research on Education Systems at Victoria University; Dr Jordana Hunter, school education program director at the Grattan Institute; Pasi Sahlberg, professor of educational leadership at the University of Melbourne; and Dyonne Anderson, president of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Principals Association.
The Albanese government extended the current school reform agreement by one year to the end of 2024, provoking a sharp rebuke from public education advocates.
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Nationwide, the number of teachers contemplating getting out overtook last year the proportion committed to staying, the institute’s survey data shows.
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Thirty-four per cent said they were considering leaving and 31 per cent said they were committed to the profession, with the rest unsure. Just 25 per cent said they were considering leaving in 2019, and 41 per cent said they were committed to staying.
Misson said workload was by far the biggest issue for teachers contemplating leaving. Almost 90 per cent cited it as their main motivation, with issues of reward and recognition second, followed by classroom factors such as student behaviour.
But 70 per cent of those who are committed to staying said this was mainly because of their love of face-to-face teaching.
The data was released on Wednesday, the same day federal Education Minister Jason Clare announced the scope of the next review of state and federal funding for Australian schools.
The review will focus on students from low socioeconomic backgrounds; from regional and remote areas; First Nations students; students with disability; and students from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
Clare said he was committed to working with state and territory governments to get every school on a path to fair funding.
“If you’re a child today from a poor family, or from the bush, or you’re an Indigenous child, then you’re three times more likely to fall behind at school, he said.
“Fifteen years ago, the gap in the reading skills of eight-year-olds from poor and wealthy backgrounds was a bit over a year. Now it is over two, and with every year that gap grows bigger.”
The panel would work to put reforms in place to help turn this around, Clare said.
It will be chaired by Dr Lisa O’Brien, the current chair of the Australian Education Research Organisation and former chief executive of the Smith Family.
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Other panellists include Professor Stephen Lamb, emeritus professor at the Centre for International Research on Education Systems at Victoria University; Dr Jordana Hunter, school education program director at the Grattan Institute; Pasi Sahlberg, professor of educational leadership at the University of Melbourne; and Dyonne Anderson, president of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Principals Association.
The Albanese government extended the current school reform agreement by one year to the end of 2024, provoking a sharp rebuke from public education advocates.
The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up here.