The workload and work intensification crisis is driving teachers out of the profession.

For graduates, it is acting as a key reason not to pursue a teaching career.

Queensland Catholic school employers need to take ACTION NOW! to address these issues and protect the future of their schools.

Queensland Catholic school teacher and support staff wages and allowances have not kept pace with the real value of the work they perform. Nor have they addressed the continuing rise in the cost of living.

School support staff are taking on more responsibility, greater complexity and higher expectations than ever before. Yet their wage structures are outdated and have not been properly reviewed for over 30 years.

Queensland Catholic school employers need to take ACTION NOW! to ensure teachers and school support staff are paid wages that reflect the value of their work and the quality of education they provide.

Contemporary workplaces require contemporary rights at work.

Some working rights in Queensland Catholic schools have not kept pace with those in other non-government school sectors, with community expectations or with contemporary standards.

Queensland Catholic school employers need to take ACTION NOW! to ensure their employees are not left behind the rest of the sector.

Catholic schools rely on a wide range of specialist roles including instrumental music tutors, counsellors, specialist teachers, Support Teacher Inclusive Education (STIEs), boarding school staff and library teachers. These roles often underpin a school’s unique identity and the reasons why parents and students choose to enrol, yet their work is often under‑recognised and/or not properly resourced in the current agreement.

Staff working in flexi schools support some of the most complex and vulnerable students in the system, yet some of their working conditions remain out of step with those of their colleagues in other Queensland Catholic schools.

Queensland Catholic school employers need to take ACTION NOW! to properly recognise the diverse range of specialist and leadership roles and provide the working conditions they need to do their jobs.