Teacher of Sydney, Reader's Comment, 'Toxic teacher' warning as debate rages on

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Six New South Wales Public School Teachers: submission 241 to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Workplace Bullying.

In the past five years six teachers at one New South Wales public School have experienced workplace bullying which resulted in them being unable to return to that school.

Their experience is outlined in submission 241 to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Workplace bullying: G. M (PDF 1,448KB)

A NSW Government Minister recently stated in Parliament that there is no evidence of workplace bullying in NSW Department of Education and Community schools.

But workplace bullies use the system.

The DEC allows, enables and protects the perpetrators of workplace bullying in a culture where the victims are afforded no real right to procedural fairness, duty of care or protection from these illegal behaviours.

These teachers, all but one male, all maintain that they have been targeted (mobbed) by the same core group of DEC employees in substantially the same manner.

All have been emotionally and psychologically damaged, some to the extent of the risk of suicide.

The culture of workplace bullying and mobbing at the school is so entrenched that the NSW DEC Code of Conduct is used to support the perpetrators instead of the victims.

Reporting workplace bullying in accordance with the DEC Complaints handling Policy simply results in further victimisation because those who receive the reports have a history of colluding with those being accused of the bullying.

Denial of procedural fairness has been evident at all levels of NSW DEC through all available avenues of complaint.

The failures and refusals to act of senior bureaucrats have demonstrably exacerbated the injuries of teachers who have in good faith requested and waited patiently for action.

New South Wales High School teacher: submission 187 to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Workplace Bullying.

Submission 187 to the national Inquiry into Workplace Bullying seems to be in note form and is difficult to understand in places: M. A (PDF 651KB)

Teacher 187 makes very serious allegations.

Teacher 187 was appointed to a rural, isolated NSW school in 1995.

He had been merit selected as Head Teacher English, Humanities, Music, Art, Drama.