Shedding light on teacher attrition and retention in Australia


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Professor Robyn Brandenburg is leading an Australian-first study exploring why teachers are leaving the profession and looking at what they are doing after they leave.

Her research examines teacher attrition from the perspective of former classroom teachers and school leaders and shows that more needs to be done to attract, support and nurture teachers.

More than 80 per cent of teachers who have left have retained their teaching registration, giving hope they may not be permanently lost to education.

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