RADIO GRABS: Time to do Sums on Better Teaching
26 May, 2008: Australia’s peak business group is calling for our best teachers to be payed around
$130,000 each year in a new proposal to strengthen the teaching profession.
The Business Council of Australia believes increasing the existing salary cap will recognise the
important role teachers play and attract the most talented candidates.
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Spokesperson: Hutch Ranck, Chairman BCA Education Taskforce
#1A (18 Seconds): Says our best teachers simply aren't paid enough, causing talented people to leave
the profession and others to avoid it altogether...
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Says we need a national overhaul of teacher certification and also provide our best
teachers with salaries that recognise their contribution...
#3 (15 Seconds): Says existing salaries are currently capped at $70,000 which forces some of our best
and brightest teachers to leave the profession...
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