Fewer casual positions and less out-of-hours work could help retain early career teachers
- Written by Michele Simons, Dean of Education, Western Sydney University
It's estimated up to 50% of teachers leave the profession within five years of graduating.Shutterstock/VCoscaron Australia, like many other countries, is grappling with the problem of how to keep good teachers in schools, especially those who are early in their careers.
Accurate data on the attrition are not available, but it’s estimated up...