A Statistic, Reader's Comment 11 of 19, Exodus could lead to teacher shortages

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A Statistic, Reader's Comment 11 of 19, Exodus could lead to teacher shortages, Yasmine Phillips, Education Reporter, The Sunday Times, 5 February 2011:

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West Australia: teacher alleges that the education department overlook experienced teachers and give the jobs to new graduates - because new graduates are cheaper to employ.

I am a early childhood teacher who after 6 years has found herself unemployed by the dept for the first time.

I have done the hard miles in the hard schools and list them at the top of my list of schools to be placed at every year.

I wish I could take a country placement, but due to my child's medical condition I can't leave Perth - a fact I remind the dept of every year when I put my application in.

I believe the department are overlooking experienced teachers like myself to give the jobs to new grads to save a buck.

Why pay me 65K when you can pay a grad 56K?