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 Historical link preserved from the original page.
Tasmanian teachers: many are being physically, verbally and sexually assaulted by their students.
About 1213 individual Tasmanian students committed more than 2000 physical, verbal or sexual assaults on their teachers in the past 14 months
But the true figure may be much higher, Education Minister Lin Thorp said yesterday, because the department only records incidents which result in the suspension of a student.
61 teachers recorded the assaults as workplace injuries.
23 teachers required first aid.
Eight teachers required medical attention or the treatment of a doctor for an injury.
Australian Education Union state president Leanne Wright was not surprised by the number of assaults. Historical link preserved from the original page.
Teachers hit by assaults, Danielle McKay, The Mercury, 14 April 2011: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/04/14/222401_tasmania-news.html Historical link preserved from the original page.
How many Tasmanian teachers are being assaulted by parents?
How about the number of assaults on Tasmanian teachers by parents?
I know my wife was assaulted by a parent (and their child too for that matter).