Archive · Issues · Dismissed, forced out or career ended
Stories where the account states that employment ended or was seriously threatened: dismissal, resignation under pressure, ill-health retirement, contract non-renewal, suspension, transfer under pressure, or leaving teaching. Outcome wording reflects what the page reports, not an independent finding.
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How a Victorian teacher was bullied into retirement. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria A Victorian teacher's own story. Hi there, I have visited the Bad Apple Bullies website on and off …
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Another devastated academic, Reader's Comment, 11 July 2011, Bullying at Work, Hagar Cohen, Background Briefing, ABC Radio, 10 July 2011 http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2011/325768…
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The teacher who took a transfer to Wilcannia Central School, NSW. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - and ou…
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A NSW science teacher has been refused Workers Compensation for 'workplace bullying'. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health…
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Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School students 'buy drugs, including marijuana, speed and ice with their lunch money' - but their teachers are blamed for their poor behaviour. - Bad Apple Bullies B…
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Matthew McDermott, teacher at Temora High School, NSW, suicided after allegations were made concerning him. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Matthew McDermott went to teach …
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1989: Karen Carey was appointed Director of Music at MLC. In 1989 Karen Carey was appointed Director of Music at MLC School in Burwood. She set about developing a comprehensive music program for all s…
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A Queensland teacher's true story of workplace bullying, mobbing, harassment, defamation, victimisation, 'payback', falsification of my official Department of Education records and the Queensland Labo…
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In November 2000 a mob of local people in the Queensland Department of Education and the Queensland Labor party seemed to have agreed that they were going to destroy me - to destroy my health and…
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Reader's Comment, The human cost of NSW's teacher oversupply, Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 2014 NSW education graduate: the NSW Department of Education is not telling us the truth…
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Ex-teacher, Reader's Comment, Hey politicians, leave those teachers alone, Jane Caro, The Drum, ABC News, 12 March 2013: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4565396.html Wilcannia Central School: allegati…
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(1) Teacher training numbers should be seriously curtailed to the numbers that are required plus a fudge factor of about 15% to account for those who may drop out. (2) Permanent teachers who are inten…
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He arrived to find the school was very dysfunctional. The principal working at the school before 1995 had verbally abused the children, especially 12-year-old girls. "During his time child molesters a…
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uptightoutasight, Reader's Comment, The reality of teaching 'in the trenches', Lachie Gaylard, The Drum, ABC, 25 January 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3790748.html A NSW student threatened to …
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Posted by Walter, Reader's comment, Rookie teachers call it quits, Donna Page, 25 June 2011, The ( Newcastle ) Herald: http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/rookie-teachers-call-it-quits…
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Editor: This is the first time that I have heard of the police arresting a person for making false allegations against a teacher. Well done, NSW police! It is far, far too easy for a classroom…
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Bec, Reader's Comment, Teachers are powerless to stop schoolyard violence, NSW High School Teacher, 01 September 2009: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/teachers-are-powerless-to-stop-schoolyard-vio…
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Gapuwiyak School in Arnem Land: Stephen Ferguson, teachers' union representative, asks the school principal to stop pestering the teachers for money. The principal threatens to spear him and burn his …
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Another bashed up ex teacher of Darwin, Comment 20 of 81, Spear threat to NT teacher, Nigel Adlam, NT News, 24 January 2012: http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2012/01/24/285031_ntnews.html Northern Ter…
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As a teacher, I am well aware of this problem. Teachers lack the tools to be able to discipline these children sufficiently. As others have said, they lack respect as they know they can get away…
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Coober Pedy Area School, South Australia. - Bad Apple Bullies Coober Pedy Area School: a 'tough gig' for principals. Sue Burtenshaw joined Coober Pedy Area School in 2008 on a five-year tenure, after …
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On Tuesday 29 November 2011 a 56-year-old Hamilton Secondary College teacher asked a student from another school to leave the school grounds. The 16-year-old male student punched the Hamilton Secondar…
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Teacher's husband of Adelaide, Reader's Comment 27 of 60, Why our teachers want to leave, Martina Simos, The Advertiser, 5 April 2011: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/why-our-teachers-want-to-leave/stor…
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Terry Polglase of The Australian Education Union: teachers suffer their whole life after being accused of 'assault'. Three Tasmanian teachers, from three different schools, were each accused of assaul…
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Tas, Reader's Comment: A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket science, Jane Caro, The Drum, Opinion, ABC, 4 October 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4293550.html Tasmanian teache…
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Australian teachers: their stories of classroom violence, workplace bullying, harassment, etc. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Teachers' Stories: Australian teachers talk a…
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Reader's comment: Jan Wositzky: I sympathise with the teacher awarded compensation last week, The Age, 11 September 2014. Teacher being forced into early retirement: what a joke it all is! Just consid…
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Robyn, Reader's Comment, Teacher entry ranking tumbles, Benjamin Preiss and Craig Butt, 18 January 2013 Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/data-point/teacher-entry-ranking-tumbles-20130117-2cwb5.html#ix…
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Mawson, Reader's comment, Hey politicians, leave those teachers alone, Jane Caro, The Drum, ABC News, 11 March 2013: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4565396.html I got hit, kicked, spat on, head-butte…
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Reader's Comment, A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket science, Jane Caro, The Drum, Opinion, ABC, 4 October 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4293550.html A message from a teac…
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I have been suspended indefinitely without pay pending the outcome of an enquiry into allegations of "misconduct" in my role as a relief teacher with the Education Department. The suspension order was…
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1) the way WA public schools manage behavioural issues at the school level; 2) workplace bullying - often in relation to concerns and issues about / related to student behaviour management; and 3) the…
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Deon, Reader's Comment, A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket science, Jane Caro, The Drum, Opinion, ABC, 4 October 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4293550.html After eight yea…
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A Reader's Comment: A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket science, Jane Caro, The Drum, Opinion, ABC, 4 October 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4293550.html Graeme Sleeman, for…
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Webman, Reader's Comment, Are our teachers making the grade?, Jewel Topsfield, Education Editor, The Age, 18 August 2012: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/are-our-teachers-making-the-grade-20120817-2…
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Mad Mike, Reader's Comment, The reality of teaching 'in the trenches', Lachie Gaylard, The Drum, ABC, 25 January 2012: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3790748.html I left teaching after only four year…
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Disgusted by Principal's Bullying, Reader's Comment 16 of 79, Staff room turns into war zone as Indooroopilly State High School calls in mediators, Tanya Chilcott, The Courier-Mail, 26 November 2010: …
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I send a student who has just told me to go 'F*** Yourself' down to the office. Half the time they're back within ten minutes as no one wants to mind them down there. In one…
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Lynda Smith: 29 Apr 2010 10:40:41am, Reader's Comment: The Drum Unleashed: A day in the life of a teacher, Winston Smith, ABC, 29 April 2010: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2884844.htm There…
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Teaching Widower: 30 Apr 2010 2:13:05pm, Reader's Comment: The Drum Unleashed: A day in the life of a teacher, Winston Smith, ABC, 29 April 2010: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2884844.htm T…
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DB, Reader's Comment, Teachers are powerless to stop schoolyard violence, NSW High School Teacher, 01 September 2009: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/teachers-are-powerless-to-stop-schoolyard-viol…
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"I resigned after teaching for 6 years and have now been a police officer for 10 years. As nice as it is to be all warm and fuzzy about what a rewarding job teaching is, the…
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I taught in Sydney primary schools during the 70's and 80's. Children simply were not disruptive and violent in those days. I began teaching in Queensland at about the time that the cane was banned in…
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Building bridges of spaghetti is not enough, John Diacopoulos, On Line Opinion: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au:80/view.asp? article=6932 Tuesday, January 15 2008 Louise Boyle of Toowoomba, Queensland…
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He got out of the NSW system the day he turned 55. He doesn't get much in the way of superannuation but he is a lot healthier and a lot happier. At his last school, the…
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Coober Pedy Area School, South Australia. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina A message for Coober Pedy Area School principal Sue Burtenshaw and all South Australian public ser…
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How false allegations ruined one young teacher's life. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teachers into ill health and out of work. A Workers Com…
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How your Education Queensland "official records" can be extensively falsified. And how decisions concerning you can be based on these falsified "records". An abusive school principal can "edit" the do…
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Preshil, Melbourne's oldest and most prominent ''alternative'' school, is the creation of two extraordinary educators — its founder Greta Lyttle, and her niece Margaret Lyttle, who was principal for 5…
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Teacher Tracy Marshall became stressed at work, drove into a cyclone and vanished. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria 2008 Tracy and Iain Marshall moved to Karratha, WA. In 2008 Tracy Mar…
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A University of Queensland former PhD student's story. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria A former University of Queensland PhD student's story. Editor's Note: This story was sent to me i…
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Preshil, Melbourne's oldest and most prominent ''alternative'' school, is the creation of two extraordinary educators — its founder Greta Lyttle, and her niece Margaret Lyttle, who was principal for 5…
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CW of Melbourne, Reader's Comment 5 of 25, Millions wasted training teachers, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 25 March 2013 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/millions-wasted-…
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Ballynure of Melbourne, Reader's Comment, Beware the workplace psychopath, James Adonis, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April 2011 http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/blogs/work-in-progress/beware-the-…
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Reality of Victoria, Reader's Comment, Full marks for teachers who make a difference, Dr Tanveer Ahmed, a psychiatrist, The Age, 5 April 2011 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/full-…
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I have visited the Bad Apple Bullies website on and off over the past 6 years as I found it to be a place of validation after my experience of bullying at the hands of a…
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When I met John Ryan in Brisbane on 13 October 2004, he asked me if I wanted to make a 'Victim Impact Statement'. At the time I told him that I was very reluctant to describe…
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Peter of Freo, Reader's Comment 18 of 65, Teachers flip parents the bird, Yasmine Phillips, Education Reporter, PerthNow, 13 November 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/teachers-f…
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Pete of Perth, Comment 5 of 6, Survey shows nearly two-thirds of teachers want to quit, Martina Simos, Perth Now, 5 April 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/why-our-teachers-want-to-leave/…
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You call the story again, Reader's Comment 1 and 2, Dozens of assaults on teachers each month, Daniel Emerson, The West Australian, 23 March 2011: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/9056864…
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I am a fixed term WA primary school teacher with 8 years experience and I am currently unemployed. I have called the department on several occasions only to be told that something 'may' come up soon…
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Craig, Reader's Comment 27 of 53, 280 assaults at WA schools in two terms, Yasmine Phillips, PerthNow, 26 November 2009: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/assaults-at-wa-schools-in-two…
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Australian teachers are being bullied into ill health and out of work. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into ill health - a…
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How can Queensland teachers protect themselves against workplace bullying, harassment, mobbing, victimisation, and discrimination? Are you at risk of being bullied at work? Sue Bushell writes that the…
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It is not sufficient simply to run are-training course and hope that Bad Apples will change their behaviour. Bad Apples do not understand their own behaviour. That is the problem. Any re-training cour…
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The Bad Apple Bullies webmaster has come to the conclusion that what teachers who are dealing with workplace abuse really need is good legal advice. Teachers - you need good legal advice right from th…
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Please help Robina Cosser research the workplace bullying in Australian schools. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Robina Cosser has contacted the webmaster to ask for help i…
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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | Changing the culture | Mob Theory | News | Contact | Feedback How Bad Apple Bullies investigate themselves and find t…
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In Dangerous Liaisons Robert Needham has reminded us of the words of Aldous Huxley - "the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced". If I were invited to speak to the APSACC conference…
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by senior officers of Education Queensland seems to encourage Queensland school principals to abuse the MUP and Grievance policies - and to drive good Queensland classroom teachers into ill health and…
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Bovver-boy bosses are a menace to society. Their autocratic ways and narcissistic personalities crush those who work for them. A survey of 3000 workers by the ACTU in 2000 found more than half had exp…
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There seem to be common problems with NSW and Queensland Department of Education " Investigations". Queensland teachers are not the only Department of Education employees who seem to be having problem…
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The Queensland public service cannot be held to account. Find another way to get justice. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Mark Lauchs: there is no real transparency or acco…
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Queensland teachers - be ready to deal with the Department of Education disciplinary process. The Queensland Department of Education's disciplinary process can take an extraordinary time. As the month…
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Research into the working conditions of Australian teachers. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria COAG Report: many Australian adults lack the basic literacy and numeracy required to functi…
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Half of all adults in Tasmania can't read. But they have the vote. Tasmania spends a greater proportion of its budget on schools than any other jurisdiction. But half of all Tasmanians aged 15 to 74…
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Do we need to set a minimum standard for entry to a BEd uni course? - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina Universities that allow students to enter teaching with an ATAR of…
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Australian teachers: their stories of classroom violence, workplace bullying, harassment, etc…… Australian teachers: their stories of classroom violence, workplace bullying, harassment, etc. - Bad App…
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What sort of allegations do abusive "Bad Apple Bully" administrators make against teachers? A workplace psychopath can take nothing at all and turn it into an allegation against you which is never exp…
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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | Freedom of Information | The falsified records. | EQ Discipline Files | The Queensland Ombudsman | Crime and Miscondu…
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What happens if Education Queensland appoint a Verifact Investigator to investigate your complaint about workplace bullying or harassment? Verifact investigation records are excellent. You can underst…
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Research into the working conditions of West Australian teachers. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria How many West Australia teachers are being assaulted at school? There were 464 physica…
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Teachers who have tried to report misconduct and corruption in Queensland schools. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple Bully school principals and departmental officers can bully Australian teachers into il…
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