principals
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News
Teachers need ‘psychological capital’
We must acknowledge the mental fatigue teachers face...
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Teacher's Desk
Teaching is too often seen as a fall-back option, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon
A discourse that deems teaching second-rate, a fall-back position, something one does when marks fall short, speaks directly to Australia’s…
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Teacher's Desk
One in three principals are seriously stressed, here’s what we need to do about it
We need to create policies and schools that give principals what they need to use their considerable expertise to flourish,…
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News
Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions
Clearly, the concentration of women in teaching is problematic from a gender equality perspective. Parents, students and schools value the…
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Industry voices
‘Finish strong’ should be your mantra
Now is the time to watch our words, resist temptation to ‘shoot from the hip’ and make decisions on the…
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Industry voices
How glorious is the teaching profession? How lauded? How appreciated? How important?
Ahead of a new formal inquiry, Professor Apland is "well aware of how the ongoing public commentary, that often blames…
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News
Is your school too competitive? Adam Voigt talks ‘removing rules’
If instead, we sought to create a culture where participants are geared or conditioned to help each other, rather than…
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Industry voices
“Useless”, “unusable”, “should be discarded”: NAPLAN uproar following new report
A newly released, independent study found ‘incomparable’ data in this year’s NAPLAN online trial, meaning the results are useless.
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Education
Australian Principal Certification moves to ACER
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has made the following announcement that it will take over the Australian Principal…
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