'We’re not okay': The NSW Government needs to sit up and listen to teachers

By Richard Poole
Community contribution / January 28, 2022

My 'Why I Teach' box is balanced precariously upon an assortment of paper-based paraphernalia that’s yet to be tidied up after another year of kids, COVID and compliance.

Teachers march on Parliament House during the strike by NSW public school teachers and principals last December.

The 'compliance' layer includes reports that needed editing during remote learning (written after-hours and printed on my own dime, of ...

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By Richard Poole

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Richard has been an English teacher at a public selective high school in Greater Western Sydney since 2016. He’s a specialist in High Potential and Gifted education, and in 2018 he was awarded the Excellence in Early Career Teaching Award by the Western Sydney Secondary Principals’ Council. Richard is a proud member of the NSW Teachers Federation and is a passionate advocate for the rights and wellbeing of his students and colleagues in the public education system.

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'We’re not okay': The NSW Government needs to sit up and listen to teachers

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