What is teaching like in Australia?
Feb 12th 2015, 10:28 am
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What is teaching like in Australia?
Hi. I'm a secondary maths teacher in the UK and am looking into moving to Australia (as I grew up there). I'm hoping that teaching in Australia will be more about teaching and pupils, rather than all about data/reports/meetings/Ofsted/etc. as it has become in the UK. I'm also hoping the hours might be slightly less crazy so that I could spend time with my other half in the evenings. Obviously I'm not expecting it to be a walk in the park with no planning/marking/etc.(!!) but I'm hoping for a better work-life balance. Are there any teachers who have moved over there and could tell me a bit about what the job is like and how many hours you do in an average day/week? Thank you.
Feb 13th 2015, 1:32 am
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Re: What is teaching like in Australia?
Originally Posted by woolly56
Hi. I'm a secondary maths teacher in the UK and am looking into moving to Australia (as I grew up there). I'm hoping that teaching in Australia will be more about teaching and pupils, rather than all about data/reports/meetings/Ofsted/etc. as it has become in the UK. I'm also hoping the hours might be slightly less crazy so that I could spend time with my other half in the evenings. Obviously I'm not expecting it to be a walk in the park with no planning/marking/etc.(!!) but I'm hoping for a better work-life balance. Are there any teachers who have moved over there and could tell me a bit about what the job is like and how many hours you do in an average day/week? Thank you.
(NIT = Non Instruction Time)
