Ange Kenos, Reader's Comment, Baillieu plan to get rid of bad teachers, Jewel Topsfield, The Age, 21 June 2012: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/baillieu-plan-to-get-rid-of-bad-teachers-20120620-20oky.html Historical link preserved from the original page.
One year in a rough and under-resourced school nearly broke a decent teacher.
I have a friend with tertiary qualifications and private sector experience in science and maths.
He did a DipEd, with the ideal of developing a career as a teacher.
His first year in a rough under-resourced school nearly broke this decent bloke and he had to move on.
barfiller, Reader's Comment, 21 June 2012, Baillieu plan to get rid of bad teachers, Jewel Topsfield, The Age, 21 June 2012: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/baillieu-plan-to-get-rid-of-bad-teachers-20120620-20oky.html Historical link preserved from the original page.
Sydney teacher: most schools select their teachers on the basis of their ability to 'control the classes'. The teachers who survive in this environment do not tend to be the smartest teachers.
Its silly to expect young people with higher marks to opt for a teaching career when the vast majority of graduate teachers can only hope for decades of uncertain life on the treadmill of casual teaching jobs.
More, most schools select their teachers not so much on their ability to teach or their high marks from university but on their right demeanor to "control the classes" where unruly teenagers have all but destroyed public education for all.
Sadly, many teachers that tend to survive this harsh class room environment are not the smartest ones, but those that have the qualities to become good prison guards or a night club bouncers.
Lack of discipline & job uncertainty are the twin toxins that are killing public education.