National Teacher Workforce Action Plan

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From education.gov.au:

The Draft National Teacher Workforce Action Plan (Plan) has been developed to address teacher shortages by helping to attract and retain more people in the teaching profession.

The Plan includes 28 actions across six priority areas:

  • Elevating the profession

  • Improving teacher supply

  • Strengthening initial teacher education

  • Maximising the time to teach

  • Better understanding future teacher workforce needs

  • Better career pathways to support and retain teachers in the profession

Read the Plan draft here.

The current draft of the plan does not address the impact COVID has had on the workforce, or ways it will impact it in the future.

Feedback is Invited

You can provide your feedback on the plan by making a submission here. Submissions can be anonymous, and you do not need to be an education professional to respond.

To complete the form you need to complete a number of screens, be aware there is not an opportunity to review your answers before the submission is completed.

Relevant areas for feedback may include “Improving teacher supply” and ““Better understanding future teacher workforce needs”.

Feedback is due by by 11:59 pm, 1 December 2022.