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Smog of Smelbourne, Reader's Comment, No job security for new teachers, Jewel Topsfield and Craig But, The Age, 4 January, 2012: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/no-job-security-for-new-teachers-20120103-1pjoy.html Historical link preserved from the original page.

Victorian teacher: keeping teachers on contracts for years is all about cutting costs, not about delivering great education.

I've just completed my sixth year of teaching.

Still on a contract for next year.

But at least this time I knew a couple of months before the end of the last teaching year what I'll be doing this year.

That definitely made me a better teacher for those two months.

Didn't have to spend a big chunk of my time every day searching job vacancies and writing responses to generic selection criteria that have nothing to do with the specific needs of schools or vacancies.

I was actually able to concentrate on teaching and preparing for the following year.

It's an appalling process, all about cutting costs, not delivering great education.