Training the next generation of teachers is a significant responsibility.
Attrition rates among early career teachers and ongoing issues with professional experiences (such as practicum, internships or Permission to Teach engagements) highlight the need to overhaul the current framework.
Our union held consultation sessions last year with Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers (HALTs) and beginning teachers (in their first five years).
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Significant opportunity to modernise standards, manage psychosocial hazards and better engage with First Nations education.
A recent summit hosted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Microsoft was an opportunity for the IEU to share the feedback and lived experience of members throughout Australia as they engage with artificial intelligence (AI) in education settings.
IEU members should remain alert to potential misleading advice from employers in our sector when it comes to existing Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) evidentiary requirements.