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Call for education ministers to address growing threats to principals
Some more on that ACU study: ACU investigator and former principal, Dr Paul Kidson, called on education ministers to take urgent action to address threats to principals.
If we see numbers [of principals] walking it will critically collapse parts of the government’s agenda.
The sheer quantity of work remains at its highest, which means a lack of time to focus on teaching and learning.
It is deeply concerning that offensive behaviour towards school leaders and teachers persists and appears to be on the rise.
Assuming only half of those who agreed or strongly agreed to quit acted on this response, there would be an exodus of more than 500 school leaders – the data strongly suggests this would be experienced school leaders.
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