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"Australia’s school principals have collective responsibility for nearly 3
million students and staff. But who takes responsibility for them?
Since 2011, we have been surveying Australian school leaders – principals and
other leadership staff such as deputy principals and heads of junior or senior
schools – about what is happening in their jobs.
Every year we have surveyed between 2,300 and 2,500 participants and it is now
the longest running survey of its type in the world.
Previous surveys have shown school principals face unsustainably high
workloads, high levels of stress and unacceptable rates of violence and abuse
from parents and students.
Our 2023 survey unfortunately finds the work levels, stress and abuse continue.
But on top of this, school leaders are experiencing significant levels of
mental illness and around half are considering leaving the profession."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
