Science Teacher of Ringwood, 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.
Mentone teacher: did I mention the corrections, the tedious meetings, having your car vandalised, doing yard duty in the rain or 40 degree heat... and the shouting and threatening parents?
Newly qualified teachers may get a contract for three or six months and not have any holiday pay at all.
During their contract they have apply with pages of references and documentation for other schools with differing criteria for the equivalent job.
The students know the contract teachers are there for the short term and don't give a d-mn for them compared to their regular teachers.
For History a Year 8 class may have had three or four different teachers since they started secondary school.
Add in the corrections done at home without any overtime,
the tedious meetings for whole of staff, year levels, curriculum, sports,
plus the frustration of having your car vandalised in the car park
and doing yard duty in the rain or 40 degree heat whilst brokering a deal between warring kids over who gets to use the tennis courts today
... did I mention the difficult shouting and threatening parents?
Did I mention that you have to have a professional development plan in triplicate?
Of course teachers some times have classes in areas that they are qualified to teach and enjoy teaching.