On Wednesday, Queensland’s public school teachers will walk off the job in their first statewide strike in 16 years.
- Lecturer (Curriculum & Pedagogy – Educational Psychology & Wellbeing)., University of Southern Queensland
In a study of 57 Australian teachers, many shared emotionally-charged accounts of being put in impossible situations at work.
If your child is spending lots of time in sick bay or has extreme difficulty getting ready for school, they could be signs of school refusal.
A significant part of teaching involves providing emotional support to students. But with many young people facing mental health and trauma issues, teachers are reporting compassion fatigue.
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