Donkeygod of Cardiff, NSW, Reader's Comment 21 of 25, Millions wasted training teachers, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 25 March 2013 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/millions-wasted-training-teachers/story-fn59nlz9-1226605045315 Historical link preserved from the original page.
My daughter is a 2012 education graduate. So far she has had three days casual work.
The system is certainly broken.
My daughter is a 2012 education graduate.
So far she has had three days casual work.
She apparently is lucky as not many get any work in the first term.
Every day she needs to wait around for a call that might come at 6:00 am so making it impossible to have other regular employment unless of course it is at night.
Low and behold if you are rung up and don't take the job.
You'll never be contacted again.
She is a single mum and is reliant on us (her parents) to cover for her.
On the days she has worked, she has to leave before day care opens.
This now draws us into the same web as we can not make any plans for holidays because we don't know when she will working.
It is a mess.
The first thing the government in NSW can do is get rid of all the teachers who retired to get super benefits and then were miraculously re-employed on contracts.
As for baby boomers leaving, far from it.
There is plenty of evidence of 65 to 70 year olds in charge of year 1.
Perhaps it is time to encourage some to move over and let the young ones have ago.