We need to do more to retain second-career teachers in Australian schools

By Dr Babak Dadvand & Dr Merryn Dawborn-Gundlach
Community contribution / September 28, 2020

The COVID-19 downturn means more people will be considering career changes into teaching, but we need to be doing more to ensure that once they start teaching, they will want to stay.

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We need to do more to retain second-career teachers in Australian schools

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