Lawyers, engineers and IT experts would be parachuted into classrooms to address crippling staff shortages under radical reforms that include pay rises of up to 40 per cent for the very best teachers.

The federal government’s Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership's blueprint for fixing the teacher shortage is by recruiting university-educated workers to earn while they learn on the job to teach school students.

The plan includes a short “paid internship’’ for career-changers to earn cash while upgrading their credentials with a two-year masters degree in education.

Edmund Misson, Deputy CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings it had submitted a report to the productivity commission outlining how to attract more teachers to the job.

Meredith Pearce, deputy federal president of the Australian Education Union, told Bartlett she is against the AITSL plan.

Lawyers, engineers and IT experts would be parachuted into classrooms to address crippling staff shortages under radical reforms that include pay rises of up to 40 per cent for the very best teachers.
The federal government’s Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership's blueprint for fixing the teacher shortage is by recruiting university-educated workers to earn while they learn on the job to teach school students.
The plan includes a short “paid internship’’ for career-changers to earn cash while upgrading their credentials with a two-year masters degree in education.
Edmund Misson, Deputy CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings it had submitted a report to the productivity commission outlining how to attract more teachers to the job.
Meredith Pearce, deputy federal president of the Australian Education Union, told Bartlett she is against the AITSL plan.

Gary Adshead will keep you up to date with all the latest breaking stories and issues on 6PR Mornings.

Gary Adshead will keep you up to date with all the latest breaking stories and issues on 6PR Mornings.

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