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NSW Teachers Federation members at Broken Hill High School have walked off the job over significant staffing problems at their school and others across regional and remote parts of the state.
NSW Teachers Federation Deputy President Henry Rajendra said staff were angry about the shortage of casual teachers which meant it was difficult to cover for colleagues on leave.
“Some classes at Broken Hill High are being left with minimal supervision, others are being merged into much larger classes with teachers forced to run multiple courses,” Mr Rajendra said.
“Unfilled teaching positions at Broken Hill in the TAS Department have resulted in specialist classes being taken by teachers trained in other subjects.”
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NSW Teachers Federation members at Grafton High School have walked off the job today over significant staffing problems at their school made worse by a state-wide shortage of teachers.
NSW Teachers Federation Deputy President Henry Rajendra said teachers were angry that the NSW Government had failed to properly staff Grafton High School and many other schools across the state.
“The impact at Grafton High has been large numbers of classes which have been left without a teacher for many months this year. Over the past six weeks 160 teaching periods have been left uncovered at the school.”
“Grafton High School has been unable to employ casual teachers to cover classes for colleagues who are on leave.”
NSW Teachers Federation members at Chatham High School in Taree walked off the job today over the NSW Government's failure to properly staff their school.
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Teachers at Merriwa Central School have walked off the job over staffing shortages.
Teachers have reportedly been forced to teach classes outside their areas of qualification because of the chronic shortage.
NSW Teachers Federation Deputy President Henry Rajendra said staff were angry.
“The school is unable to back-fill a qualified science teacher position and there are constant shortages of casual teachers,” Mr Rajendra said.
“On top of that Merriwa Central School has been unable to spend its COVID staffing supplement because there simply aren’t local teaching staff to employ.”
Mr Rajendra said it’s a growing issue across the state for all public schools.