Dan Tehan, friend to teachers

The education minister has not done much to encourage affection from the university lobbies – but he is a big admirer of school teachers, and shows it

On Friday, Dan Tehan was the only state or federal minister CMM knows of, to mark Principals Day (yes, it is a thing, at least in Victoria).

“The passion, commitment and experience of our principals and teachers are at the heart of successful school communities. … Being a principal can sometimes be a thankless job, so today, I encourage everyone to say a big ‘thank-you’ to their principal” Mr Tehan said.

It’s not just talk – in the last parliament Mr Tehan commissioned a Reps committee inquiry into improving the lot of classroom teachers. And in December he spoke for up initial teacher education students, calling for them to have more classroom training time.

Somebody needs to point the teacher education communities  towards the neon sign flashing “opportunity to make a friend this way”.


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