Federal Member for Shortland Pat Conroy is encouraging local teachers, parents and students to have their say on the future of school education through a new national survey.
It is part of the Expert Panel Review into the next National School Reform Agreement.
Survey participants can have their say on range of issues including improving education outcomes, supporting student mental health and wellbeing and attracting and retaining teachers.
The Expert Panel, led by Dr Lisa O’Brien AM, will report to Education Ministers at the end of October on the practical reforms that should be tied to funding in the next National School Reform Agreement.
The survey is available to complete here or go to Australian Government Department of Education website and search Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System.
The survey will be open until Friday, June 23.
Conroy said it was important to listen to the views and experiences of teachers, parents and students from the Central Coast to build a better and fairer education system.
“I am proud to have been educated at great local public schools on the Central Coast and I am pleased that the Albanese Labor Government is providing students an opportunity to have a greater say in the future of school education,” he said.
“I regularly speak with local parents, students and teachers at the 56 schools in the Shortland electorate and know that their wealth of knowledge and experiences will be vital in helping to shape the future of school education in our country”.
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Federal Member for Shortland, Pat Conroy
My name is Grahame Steigler-Peters I have recently retired from 40 years of service in NSW education. Most recently as principal of Wiley Park GHS, Condobolin HS and Coolah Central School. The main areas of concern are related to HR.
We must instill permanence and career pathways mapped by experience careers HR directors who have been teachers, not bureaucrats from overseas. We must also give schools and their communities more power over the direction and purpose of the local school. We also must have teachers in the senior roles with experience in all types of schools not metro middle managers directing principals in directions that are person to them and politically correct at all times. Students and parents choose their school based on safety, purpose and the future of their children. Private schools have a great advantage over public schools due to their governance and traditions, we need to celebrate ours. Finally a percent teacher in the system will support their school and a temp will not. Grahame.