Teacher Retention
Politics & Society
Research
Improving teacher job satisfaction through job crafting ≠ longer hours
Extra school roles can boost teachers’ job satisfaction when properly recognised and balanced within existing hours, helping to ease teacher shortages
Education
Research
We still don’t know how to fix the global teacher shortage
Rigorous, independent evaluation is needed so Governments stop delivering ‘solutions’ for recruiting and retaining teachers that don't work and deliver more of those that do
Education
Research
Why collaborative mentoring for teachers is key to great education
To keep talented teachers in the profession, we need to support them in ways that are meaningful, evidence-based and grounded in trust
Education
Do on-screen teachers help or hinder real-life recruitment?
The government’s ‘Be That Teacher’ campaign aims to help address Australia’s teacher shortages, but film and TV stereotypes tell a different story
Education
Education is a torch – let teachers light the way
To fix public education in Australia we need to harness teachers’ knowledge and stop undermining their love for the profession
Education
Patching the right holes to retain Australian teachers
By looking at who stays and who leaves, we can help armour our education system to manage Australia’s teacher shortage says University of Melbourne expert.
Education
The challenge to retain second-career teachers
The COVID-19 downturn means more people will be considering career changes into teaching, but we need to be doing more to ensure that once they start teaching, they will want to stay.