April InBrief: Careers snippets from around the country

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published March 31, 2015

Want to highlight an award, retirement or appointment at your school? We'd love to hear from you. Email your brief 60 word story to careers@educationhq.com.au

Award

Holroyd High School principal Dorothy Hoddinott AO has won the 2014 Human Rights Medal. Hoddinott received the medal at ...

This story appeared in the April 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

Teacher - Holy Spirit College, Cooktown - Holy Spirit College

Catholic Education - Diocese of Cairns Cooktown Queensland

Holy Spirit College is seeking applications for a Full Time Permanent Teacher to join their College community!

Teaching - Primary / Mar 17, 2026

Willunga Waldorf School Willunga

Willunga Waldorf School is now inviting applications from highly organised and relationship-focused individuals for the role of Registrar to join our close-knit admini...

Non Teaching Positions/Roles / Mar 17, 2026

Year 9-10 Science Teacher

Penola Catholic College - Senior School Broadmeadows

We welcome applications for an experienced, passionate and engaging Science Teacher who has a love of learning and can impart this to our students

Teaching - Secondary / Mar 17, 2026

School news / Great expectations: stronger code of conduct for public school students

In a first for the state, NSW public school parents and students will be asked to sign or acknowledge a new Student Behaviour Code of Conduct (the Code) at the start of every school year.

School news / ‘Completely unacceptable’: teachers set to strike after rejecting pay offer

The Australian Education Union Victorian branch executive has voted to reject an Allan Labor Government proposal of a 17 per cent pay increase over four years and hold firm, it said, for a better deal.

School news / Poor or insufficient sleep a significant barrier to students’ learning progress

Sleep quality is often reduced to a simple question of 'enough' or 'not enough', but research provides metrics to objectively assess sleep quality.

School news / Australian boys groomed into despising ‘woke’ school system

Commercially-motivated influencers in the manopshere are indoctrinating Australian boys, teaching them to reject the authority of teachers and the ‘woke’ school system, one expert has warned.

School news / ‘Surface-level mastery’: cognitive atrophy a risk of schools’ unchecked AI use

The excessive and unstructured use of AI in Australian schools risks derailing students’ acquisition of foundational skills and knowledge and is setting young brains up for atrophy, an expert has warned.

School news / Ground-breaking program underway to steer children from crime

A WA Government initiative to divert young children from crime is being trialled in Armadale, a south-eastern suburb of Perth, and Geraldton a coastal city 425 kms north of the state’s capital.

School news / British breakthrough: new tool uses unique approach to support neurodivergent children

A questionnaire tool to identify the support needs of neurodivergent children and young people ahead of them potentially receiving a formal assessment, is being trialled with exciting implications.

School news / Furious Victorian public school staff receive green light for strike action

Australian Education Union (AEU) members in Victoria’s public schools have voted to take stop-work action over low pay and excessive workloads.

School news / School’s Idle Off campaign seeks to reduce toxic car fumes harming kids

It's as easy as disengaging a button or key but it's taken a long time to spread the message that idling engines near schools is a danger to children's health.

School news / NAPLAN meltdown: teachers, parents slam communication chaos

Parents and teachers have called out the chaos of NAPLAN testing after a widespread outage wreaked havoc across thousands of schools.

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