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Student behaviour and lack of administrative support

Pages describing student violence or extreme behaviour where the account also criticises administrative response, or focuses on lack of support for classroom management.

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Stories (25)

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A workers’ compensation loss

New South WalesMultiple outcomes reportedpersonal_accountTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalcontent warning

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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…

11,442 words · 57 min read

Mr Arnold’s story

Northern Territory2008Unresolved or unknownnamed_caseViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachers

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Katherine High School teacher David Arnold had to have his leg amputated after a brutal student attack. - Bad Apple Bullies Bad Apple school principals and departmental officers bully classroom teache…

873 words · 4 min read

Mrs GR, acting principal

Queensland29 February 2012Unresolved or unknownnamed_caseWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teacherscontent warning

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Mrs GR - Acting Principal and Labor Party Campaign Manager. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria Help Robina The Labor party destroys people. If you are thinking of joining the Labor party …

3,393 words · 17 min read

My own true story

Queensland2000Dismissedpersonal_accountDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscrimination

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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…

5,046 words · 25 min read

The human cost of NSW's teacher oversupply, Anna Patty, The Sy

New South Wales20 October 2014Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teacherscontent warning

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Reader's Comment, The human cost of NSW's teacher oversupply, Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 2014 East Hills Boys High: teachers worried about security. A group of teachers at East …

1,071 words · 5 min read

Ash, Reader's Comment 44 of 56, School management gets the power to hire and fir

New South Wales11 February 2012Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teacherscontent warning

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Ash, Reader's Comment 44 of 56, School management gets the power to hire and fire dud teachers, Simon Benson, The Daily Telegraph, 11 February 2012: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/schools-to-hi…

275 words · 1 min read

Jan C, Reader's Comment 18 of 22, SOS sent to young teachers across NSW, Kate Si

New South Wales8 December 2011Unresolved or unknownhub_extractStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Jan C, Reader's Comment 18 of 22, SOS sent to young teachers across NSW, Kate Sikora, The Daily Telegraph, 8 December 2011: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/sos-sent-to-young-teachers-…

211 words · 1 min read

Rob of Cardiff, NSW, Readers' Comment 11 of 42, Trendy teachers cheat the poor a

New South Wales23 September 2011Unresolved or unknownhub_extractStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Rob of Cardiff, NSW, Readers' Comment 11 of 42, Trendy teachers cheat the poor and lay the groundwork for riots, Katharine Birbalsingh, The Australian, 23 September 2011: http://www.theaustralian.com.…

344 words · 2 min read

Experienced, Reader's Comment, Rookie teachers call it quits, Donna Pa

New South Wales25 June 2011Unresolved or unknownhub_extractStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachers

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Posted by Experienced, 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-…

142 words · 1 min read

John and Doni of Gove, ex teachers, Reader's Comment 74 of 81, Spear threat to N

Northern Territory24 January 2012Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachers

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John and Doni of Gove, ex teachers, Reader's Comment 74 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 Norther…

973 words · 5 min read

Daniel, Reader's Comment

Queensland4 March 2018Unresolved or unknownhub_extractStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Universities blame a new requirement of five-year study for drop in teacher training enrolment, Natasha Bita, The Courier-Mail, 4 March 2018 The Queensland teacher transfer system is a problem. The tr…

214 words · 1 min read

Australian teachers: their stories of classroom violence, workplace bullying, harassment, etc……

National / generalLeft teachinghub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportDiscrimination

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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…

440 words · 2 min read

: Jan Wositzky: I sympathise with the teacher awarded compensati

National / general11 September 2014Forced retirementhub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachers

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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…

442 words · 2 min read

Robyn, Reader's Comment, Teacher entry ranking tumbles, Benjamin Preiss and Crai

National / general18 January 2013Left teachinghub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalcontent warning

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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…

548 words · 3 min read

We need to fight for change in

National / general20 June 2013Left teachinghub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalcontent warning

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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…

739 words · 4 min read

A Reader's Comment: A little respect: attracting top teachers is not rocket scie

National / general4 October 2012Transferredhub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersDiscriminationcontent warning

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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…

1,773 words · 9 min read

Here's a post from March 2012

National / general2012Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Exhaustion. Fatigue. Overwhelmed. Lack of support. No wonder I don't feel like writing much these days. School is chewing me up and going to spit me out. Overly dramatic, yes, but that's how I feel. T…

328 words · 2 min read

Vic Toria (working interstate), Comment 52 of 62, Five teachers a day assaulted

National / general16 July 2012Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Vic Toria (working interstate), Comment 52 of 62, Five teachers a day assaulted by students, Callie Watson, Adelaide Now, 16 July 2012: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/five-teachers…

803 words · 4 min read

Tas, Reader's Comment, The reality of teaching 'in the trenches', Lachie Gaylard

National / general25 January 2012Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Tas, 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 abandoned teaching after twelve years -…

218 words · 1 min read

Failing to suspend him after the March incident

National / general2009Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teacherscontent warning

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and enrolling him in the school when it is not safe for his teachers or for the other students. Nine-year-old dragged teacher by hair, court said, Kim Arlington, The Independent Weekly, 13 Oct 2009: h…

341 words · 2 min read

The Bad Apple Bullies webmaster comments

National / general2008Multiple outcomes reportedhub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failurecontent warning

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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…

2,526 words · 13 min read

NSW Ex-teacher" emailed The ABC

National / general2007Dismissedhub_extractDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscrimination

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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…

2,342 words · 12 min read

Teacher training

National / general2013Unresolved or unknownpersonal_accountWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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We need to re-think teacher training. - Bad Apple Bullies A teacher's story: Victoria West Australian teacher: We need to re-think teacher training. I am a current class room teacher, past consultant …

1,196 words · 6 min read

The falsified records

National / generalMultiple outcomes reportedpersonal_accountTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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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…

62,486 words · 312 min read

Kristine Ellis of Gosnelle, WA, Reader's Comment 6 of 6, Editorial: Lessons to e

Western Australia19 February 2011Unresolved or unknownhub_extractViolence against teachersStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Kristine Ellis of Gosnelle, WA, Reader's Comment 6 of 6, Editorial: Lessons to end teacher exodus, The Sunday Times, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/opinion/editorial-lessons-to-end-teach…

250 words · 1 min read

Background material

Research, guides, hubs and commentary — not counted in the unique-story total above.

About Bad Apple Bullies

National / general23 June 2002Multiple outcomes reportededitorialTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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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…

2,144 words · 11 min read

Bullyproof yourself

National / generalMultiple outcomes reportedguideDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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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…

6,431 words · 32 min read

EQ discipline files

Queensland2000guideTeacher improvement and performance plansViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failure

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What happens when you try to make a Public Interest Disclosure (PID) to the CMC Liaison Officer in Education Queensland Head Office? The CMC Liaison officer may not respond to your email. The people t…

3,508 words · 18 min read

For administrators

National / general2005guideTeacher improvement and performance plansViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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Bad Apple Bullies inservice: Dealing with Workplace Psychopaths - An inservice course for Queensland Department of Education and the Arts administrators. Why do Queensland Department of Education ( DE…

3,547 words · 18 min read

Freedom of information

National / general24 September 2003guideWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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Home | Bullyproof Yourself | The Early Stages | Meeting the Mob | Investigations | Freedom of Information | The falsified records. | The Queensland Ombudsman | "Other Ways" | Research | Changing the c…

3,812 words · 19 min read

Get legal advice

National / general2006Multiple outcomes reportedguideTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failurecontent warning

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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…

2,379 words · 12 min read

Home

National / generaleditorialWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Unfortunately some Education Queensland administrators are "Bad Apples". A Bad Apple is a serial bully or a "socialised psychopath". Bad Apple Bully administrators tend to attack effective teachers be…

489 words · 2 min read

Investigations

National / generalDismissedguideDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersDiscrimination

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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…

1,080 words · 5 min read

Letters

National / general23 June 2002Multiple outcomes reportededitorialTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscrimination

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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…

27,082 words · 135 min read

Ministerial briefings

Queensland17 October 2006Multiple outcomes reportedguideTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failure

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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…

9,701 words · 49 min read

News

National / general2004Multiple outcomes reportededitorialDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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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…

2,373 words · 12 min read

Research

National / general30 October 2013Multiple outcomes reportedresearchTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationTeacher shortages and loss of experienced teachers

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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…

6,464 words · 32 min read

Stage 1 grievance

National / generalguideTeacher improvement and performance plansViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureDiscriminationcontent warning

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What happens when you make a Stage 1 Grievance to an Education Queensland District Director? The person whose behaviour you are complaining about may be asked to investigate their own behaviour. Educa…

4,591 words · 23 min read

Work together to educate, Reader's Comment 61 of 97, Special Report: Teachers re

National / general19 February 2011hub_extractStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportTeacher shortages and loss of experienced teachers

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Work together to educate, Reader's Comment 61 of 97, Special Report: Teachers reveal why they walked, Yasmine Phillips, Education reporter, Perth Now, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news…

283 words · 1 min read

Teacher stories (national hub)

National / general11 September 2014Multiple outcomes reportedhubDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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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…

3,341 words · 17 min read

Verifact investigations

National / generalDismissedguideTeacher improvement and performance plansDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackFalse, secret or defective investigationsStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersUnion, regulator or departmental failureCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalDiscriminationcontent warning

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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…

28,942 words · 145 min read

Stressed-out of Perth, Reader's Comment 57 of 97, Special Report: Teachers revea

Western Australia19 February 2011hub_extractStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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Stressed-out of Perth, Reader's Comment 57 of 97, Special Report: Teachers reveal why they walked, Yasmine Phillips, Education reporter, Perth Now, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/we…

258 words · 1 min read

KH of Perth, Reader's Comment 67 of 97 Special Report: Teachers reveal why they

Western Australia19 February 2011hub_extractWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative support

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KH of Perth, Reader's Comment 67 of 97 Special Report: Teachers reveal why they walked, Yasmine Phillips, Education reporter, Perth Now, 19 February 2011: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-austr…

256 words · 1 min read

Whistleblowing in Queensland

Queensland21 August 2017SuspendedguideDismissed, forced out or career endedViolence against teachersAccounts alleging institutional gaslighting or narrative reversalWorkplace bullying, mobbing and isolationWhistleblower retaliation or paybackStudent behaviour and lack of administrative supportMental and physical harm to teachersCasualisation, insecure employment and non-renewalcontent warning

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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…

706 words · 4 min read