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A good induction is important for all new jobs. So why are teachers being left behind?

Anna Sullivan, University of South Australia; Andrea Reupert, Monash University; Michele Simons, Western Sydney University; Neil Tippett, University of South Australia; Simone White, Queensland University of Technology, and Stuart Woodcock, Griffith University

Newly qualified teachers who aren’t involved in a good induction program are more likely to leave the profession within their first five years of teaching. And most don’t get these inductions.
It’s estimated up to 50% of teachers leave the profession within five years of graduating. Shutterstock/VCoscaron

Fewer casual positions and less out‑of‑hours work could help retain early career teachers

Michele Simons, Western Sydney University; Anna Sullivan, University of South Australia, and Bruce Johnson, University of South Australia

If we don’t find ways to keep new teachers in schools then we face a teacher shortage, larger class sizes and more people teaching outside their field of expertise.

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