3. Their financial insecurity makes it hard to get a mortgage or make long term commitments
The tenuous nature of teacher contracts makes teaching an unattractive career option for people who have spent 4 to 5 years gaining post secondary qualifications.
Billie, Reader's Comment, 19 March 2011: Pay-rises and productivity: getting the best out of teachers, Winston Smith, Unleashed, ABC, 18 March 2011: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/45264.html Historical link preserved from the original page.
Newcomb Secondary College, Victoria: principal assaulted by student's mother, sues the Victorian Education Department for negligence or breach of duty.
Former Newcomb Secondary College principal Toni Sharkey is suing Victoria's Education Department.
Ms Sharkey has lodged a statement of claim in the Victoria County Court seeking damages, the
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said.
In the statement of claim Ms Sharkey alleged she was assaulted - bashed by a student's mother - at the school in July, 2006, and the injuries, loss and damage she suffered resulted from the Department's negligence or breach of duty.
In an article in the Geelong Advertiser in March, 2007, Ms Sharkey said the alleged attack caused severe bruising and soreness as well as a neck injury that required physiotherapy. Historical link preserved from the original page.
More than the physical is the psychological (effect) you are never expecting to be assaulted in this situation, " she said.
Ms Sharkey told the Geelong Advertiser her nightmare day at work began when she interviewed the Newcomb parent about her child's behaviour. Historical link preserved from the original page.
She came in and swore and howled abuse at me and then all of a sudden she threw (a piece of paper) in my face and then leapt up and lunged at me. She had me by the throat, " she said.
Ms Sharkey said the Department of Education would benefit from employing security guards.
A departmental spokesman said last week the legal claim would be defended.
Former school principal sues over alleged attack, Peter Begg, Geelong Advertiser, Herald Sun, 24 January 2011: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/former-school-principal-sues-over-alleged-attack/story-e6frf7jx-1225993400303 Historical link preserved from the original page.
The parent trap, Elizabeth Tarica, The Age, 28 April 2008: http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/the-parent-trap/2008/04/26/1208743265926.html? page=fullpage#contentSwap3 Historical link preserved from the original page.
Victorian teacher develops mesothelioma.
A long serving Australian primary school teacher tragically developed mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos in a regional Victorian primary school. Historical link preserved from the original page.
Adviceline injury lawyers recently acted for the primary school teacher who was exposed to asbestos when renovations were done to a Victorian primary school in 1991.
These works released asbestos fibres into the atmosphere, as did additional works involving cutting an access doorway into an adjoining portable building which was lined with fibro cement sheeting.
The case is a reminder that even minimal asbestos exposure can be potentially extremely harmful.
Teachers and others should be aware of the potential for older buildings to contain asbestos and ensure that any renovations are conducted appropriately.
Any exposure to asbestos should be immediately reported and a full medical assessment including chest x-rays, should be undertaken.
Adviceline injury lawyers assisted this teacher to recover compensation for her injury.
It is necessary for decisive legal action to be taken quickly following the diagnosis of an asbestos related illness.