Opinion: The NSW government should pay its best teachers more, but that extra money should not simply be a reward for the number of years served or for classroom performance in any one year, writes Jordana Hunter
was a plan to financially reward teaching excellence in the classroom.Teachers with specific skills should be able to apply for specialist roles with significantly higher salaries.
Sustaining effective classroom teaching day in, day out, does not just happen. It requires expert knowledge and skill, as well as substantial time for preparation and practice. Expertise develops gradually, as teachers’ knowledge and classroom proficiency builds. Working with instructional experts and coaches, both inside and outside the classroom, is key.But for too long, teaching as a profession has failed to find meaningful ways to recognise and deploy teaching expertise.
These new roles would be designed for expert teachers who can demonstrate exceptional subject-specific knowledge and teaching skills and who take on dedicated responsibilities to work closely with classroom teachers.
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