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The latest rumour is that Behaviour Support in NSW is going to be 'school based' rather than 'area based' after claims that a 'school based' trial has been a success. One thing that the bean counters have missed is that the school based behaviour support teachers in the trial were themselves supported by the same 'area based' behaviour support teams the Government is seeking to abolish. Isn't this really about cutting costs and reducing travel allowances for itinerant behav… Continue

So, when your child's school pays two teachers salaries for one Super Teacher, will you be disappointed if your child is not in that class? Who will be in the Super teacher's class? What will be the student entry qualifications? What happens to the class sizes when one teacher collects two salaries? Surely the Government won't foot the bill. Put simply, there are not enough teachers to go around as it is. Creating a Super Teacher status in conjunction with the merit based transfer system wil… Continue