Teacher Retention

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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