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Category Archives: professionalism


Charter for Australian teachers marks a milestone

In the week beginning 31 March 2008, the Charter for the Australian teaching profession was launched. Over 30 national teaching and principal professional associations collaborated to develop the Charter, which marks the culmination of two years work involving consultation and collaboration around Australia.
Teaching Australia says “The Charter is an important symbolic statement highlighting teachers’ commitment […]

Training or Talent?

Private sector grabs Rhodes scholar in The Australian’s Higher Education section on Feb 7 takes the NSW Education Department to task for their insistence three years ago that a Rhodes Scholar would not be employed as a teacher until she had some teaching qualifications. The stumbling block was the completion of a one-year diploma of […]