{"id":61123,"date":"2022-01-19T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=61123"},"modified":"2022-01-19T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:36:32","slug":"covid-and-schools-australia-is-about-to-feel-the-full-brunt-of-its-teacher-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/covid-and-schools-australia-is-about-to-feel-the-full-brunt-of-its-teacher-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID and schools: Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/No-teacher.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/No-teacher.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/No-teacher-250x141.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Omicron wave is likely to exacerbate Australia\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/education\/profession-in-crisis-teacher-shortage-predicted-in-next-four-years-20190417-p51f2q.html\">existing teacher shortages<\/a>\u00a0and demanding workloads. As school starts at the end of January and beginning of February across the country, many teachers will be at risk of contracting COVID. They will need to stay away from work, while others may choose to leave the profession altogether.<\/p>\n<p>To address parental concerns about teacher absences, the Prime Minister recently announced teachers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/teachers-fight-easing-of-isolation-rules-for-close-contacts-20220117-p59oug.html\">will no longer be required<\/a>\u00a0to isolate at home for seven days if they are close contacts, and if they don\u2019t have symptoms and return a negative rapid antigen test. But unions have slammed this relaxation of rules saying it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeducatoronline.com\/k12\/news\/unions-blast-relaxation-of-covid19-isolation-rules-for-teachers\/279433\">will only add to safety concerns<\/a>\u00a0for teachers and children.<\/p>\n<p>States and territories are putting together a plan to open schools safely, which is set to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/teachers-fight-easing-of-isolation-rules-for-close-contacts-20220117-p59oug.html\">released on Thursday<\/a>. But for schools to operate effectively, and avoid remote learning, Australia must also have a long-term plan for recruiting and retaining teachers. This means lifting their professional status, improving work conditions and increasing pay.<\/p>\n<h4>What\u2019s happening overseas?<\/h4>\n<p>Other countries are seeing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lfpress.com\/news\/local-news\/teacher-shortage-predicted-to-drive-more-school-closings-as-omicron-spread-widens\">Omicron-fuelled teacher shortages<\/a>. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2022\/jan\/14\/its-been-awful-teachers-at-english-secondary-schools-on-the-first-week-back\">England<\/a>\u00a0teachers have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2022\/jan\/02\/moves-to-tackle-omicron-in-english-schools-not-enough-unions-warn\">told to combine classes due to staff shortages<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colchester school appeals to parents to fill teacher shortage | BBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9v75HgKWb\">https:\/\/t.co\/q9v75HgKWb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; School News (@schoolsontap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schoolsontap\/status\/1483160953726418945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/coronavirus\/parents-teachers-in-four-provinces-prepare-to-return-to-class-as-omicron-spreads-1.5742089\">Canada<\/a>\u00a0some provinces had to delay opening schools. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-families-to-be-notified-when-30-of-staff-and-students-are\/\">Ontario<\/a>\u00a0families who were previously notified when a teacher or child in their class tested positive will now only be notified when more than 30% of staff and students are absent.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/13\/half-of-french-primary-schools-expected-to-close-teachers-strike-protest-covid-education\">France<\/a>\u00a0teachers have gone on strike over what are described as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/1\/13\/french-teachers-strike-over-chaotic-covid-19-school-strategy\">chaotic conditions<\/a>\u201d.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">???????? The French government will recruit 3,300 contract workers and provide 5 million FFP2 masks to schools, it announced Thursday after teachers went on strike Thursday ????????\u200d???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hvuc1t7gAk\">pic.twitter.com\/Hvuc1t7gAk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/France24_en\/status\/1481947954252423170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Schools in the United States, like in Australia, suffered from pre-pandemic teacher shortages and have struggled to stay open during the pandemic. Some states have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/north-america\/parents-become-substitute-teachers-as-omicron-surge-bedevils-joe-biden-20220114-p59o5o.html\">recruited parents as stop-gap<\/a>\u00a0substitute teachers, others\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/us-schools-switch-remote-learning-delay-start-classes-omicron-surge-di-rcna10795\">returned to remote learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Research in the US has made it clear the pandemic has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/brown-center-chalkboard\/2021\/09\/08\/how-the-pandemic-has-changed-teachers-commitment-to-remaining-in-the-classroom\/\">changed teachers\u2019 committment to remaining in the classroom<\/a>\u00a0and led to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/research_reports\/RRA1121-2.html\">high staff turnover<\/a>. Australians may find themselves in the same position.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi, so that teacher shortage everyone&#39;s been talking about&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SloJXC9bWA\">pic.twitter.com\/SloJXC9bWA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tanner Delpier (@tdelpier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdelpier\/status\/1481327170433728518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Australia\u2019s teacher shortage<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Australia\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5e3758f6cdad377a5754259c\/t\/60597e729a6b026b0016beef\/1616477832453\/gallop_inquiry_report_2021.pdf\">teachers suffer from poor professional status<\/a>. A lack of respect, problems with recruitment,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aare.edu.au\/blog\/?p=11446\">poor pay<\/a>\u00a0(relative to other professions),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aare.edu.au\/blog\/?p=11725\">high workload<\/a>, conflicting demands and now the pandemic, have conspired to create a perfect storm.<\/p>\n<p>A range of data and reports suggest the scale of the emerging teacher shortage will be serious. Low\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nswtf.org.au\/files\/20042_theprofessionatrisk_digital.pdf\">completion rates of teacher degrees<\/a>\u00a0(fewer than 60% of those who started the degree) alongside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nswtf.org.au\/files\/rorris-report.pdf\">rising child and youth demographic trends<\/a>\u00a0mean many schools, particularly those in rural areas, will find things even more difficult over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from the New South Wales education department, accessed by the NSW Teachers Federation, show\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unionsnsw\/status\/1445930912919666688?s=21\">more than 1,100<\/a>\u00a0full time secondary and special education teaching positions were unfilled in 2021. That\u2019s a lot of classrooms without a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/nsw\/public-school-teacher-shortage-raises-fears-they-will-run-out-of-teachers-20211003-p58wtq.html\">documents also reportedly say<\/a>\u00a0the state\u2019s public schools will \u201crun out of teachers in the next five years\u201d. Meanwhile, states\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/teachers-fight-easing-of-isolation-rules-for-close-contacts-20220117-p59oug.html\">struggled to find casual and relief teachers<\/a>\u00a0to fill the pandemic exacerbated shortages in the past two years.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are more than 1100 unfilled primary, secondary &amp; special education positions in country and city schools. <\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t fix the shortages without fixing the workload and salaries problems that have reduced the attractiveness of the profession. Teachers deserve <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/morethanthanks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#morethanthanks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UQRhOuQFSq\">pic.twitter.com\/UQRhOuQFSq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Unions NSW (@unionsnsw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unionsnsw\/status\/1445930912919666688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nswtf.org.au\/files\/rorris-report.pdf\">Projections<\/a>\u00a0based on 2020 student enrolments, student to teacher ratio and school population growth suggest between 11,000 and 13,000 new teachers will be needed in NSW by 2031.<\/p>\n<p>Nationally we have seen a chronic shortage in maths and science teachers. With the Australian Teacher Workforce Data Project still in development phase after ten years there has been no systemic national tracking of generic or specialist shortages. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amsi.org.au\/media\/AMSI-Occasional-Paper-Out-of-Field-Maths-Teaching.pdf\">Australian Mathematics and Science Institute<\/a>\u00a0calculates there is a 76% chance every student will have at least one unqualified maths teacher in years 7 to 10.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term toleration of the teacher shortages in maths and science is particularly surprising as these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amsi.org.au\/2015\/03\/26\/chief-scientist-report-2015\/\">learning areas are critical to our economy<\/a>. There are also well documented\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.acer.edu.au\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&amp;context=policy_analysis_misc\">declines in senior students taking these subjects<\/a>, suggesting we are already paying the price for this neglect.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no government reporting on the number of schools unable to meet their staff needs in 2021. But a number of social media reports have shown industrial action in individual schools where the remaining teachers were unable to maintain classes.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Members at Drummond Memorial Public School in Armidale wallked out this week in response to the state-wide staffing crisis and the NSW Government\u2019s inability to appropriately staff their school. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MoreThanThanks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MoreThanThanks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6soQ2hwDmk\">pic.twitter.com\/6soQ2hwDmk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Teachers Federation (@TeachersFed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeachersFed\/status\/1448868753329074176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<h4><strong>We need a national plan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A large volume of research documents the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com.au\/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=tJpIEAAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PT103&amp;dq=info:oKuPwBF3IVcJ:scholar.google.com&amp;ots=JfhFao6ROJ&amp;sig=Wyfp4VxsSLTRZAaeUtOONi9V6Jg&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">high and increasing workload of Australian teachers<\/a>. In NSW, before the pandemic,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nswtf.org.au\/files\/18438_uwis_digital.pdf\">teachers reported working<\/a>\u00a0an average of 55 hours per week and principals an average of 62. With the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cse.edu.au\/content\/teachers%E2%80%99-work-during-covid-19-pandemic-shifts-challenges-and-opportunities\">pandemic increasing teacher workload<\/a>, short staffing in schools will ratchet that up another notch.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many countries, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy\">England<\/a>, Australia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/your-country-needs-you-it-s-high-time-for-a-drive-to-recruit-better-teachers-20200219-p5429i.html\">doesn\u2019t have a strategic plan<\/a>\u00a0to recruit and retain teachers.<\/p>\n<p>The NSW Teachers Federation commissioned an independent inquiry in 2020 into the work of teachers and principals, and how it\u2019s changed since 2004. After reviewing international evidence and local data, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nswtf.org.au\/files\/gallop_inquiry_fact_sheet.pdf#:%7E:text=Gallop%20Inquiry%20Fact%20Sheet%20Background%20on%20the%20inquiry,principals%20and%20how%20it%20has%20changed%20since%202004\">final report<\/a>\u00a0made a range of recommendations to \u201crecognise the increase in skills and responsibilities, help overcome shortages and recruit the additional teachers needed to cope with enrolment growth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The key recommendations included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>increase teacher salaries by 10 to 15% to bring them on par with other similarly educated professions<\/li>\n<li>increase lesson preparation time<\/li>\n<li>improve promotions and career structure<\/li>\n<li>increase number of school counsellors<\/li>\n<li>reduce curriculum and administration workload.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australia urgently needs a coordinated, long-term, politically bipartisan plan to strengthen teacher recruitment, placement and retention. With such a plan in hand we will be better positioned to tackle the ongoing pandemic and whatever other crises we face in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Rachel Wilson is Associate Professor in Education and Giuseppe Carabetta is a Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Business Schoolboth at the University of Sydney<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Omicron wave is likely to exacerbate Australia\u2019s\u00a0existing teacher shortages\u00a0and demanding workloads. As school starts at the end of January and beginning of February across the country, many teachers will be at risk of contracting COVID. They will need to stay away from work, while others may choose to leave the profession altogether. 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