Godfrey642<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Alpha1Nine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Alpha1Nine</span></a></span> <br>This is becoming a crisis area. Below I've outlined as best i can some serious issues that come from the heart. Teachers are trying to do the best they can in impossible situations with inadequate expertise, training and funding. </p><p>(1) Criticism of Govt schools.<br>Someone needs to look at what private schools are doing to support students with disabilities. Or not.<br>Many are being discriminatory and rejecting autistic and disabled students bc of their needs. </p><p>(2) Teacher burn out is a major issue. I have had many times 4-5 high needs students in a class of 25 at a standard govt yr 7-12 school. One year i had 2 autistic students (one with a phobia of paper), another 2 with diff levels of ADHD and 1 who was 15yrs, visually impaired and intellectually aged 10 who needed everything recorded on a device for him to replay and learn at home. There was one aide in class tasked with helping them all as best she could bc not all 5 were receiving funding. </p><p>All the 5 students had wonderful parents who advocated for their needs and were attentive caring people. The remaining 20 students also had parents who wanted them to do their best in class. </p><p>(3) Workload. Work: home life balance. <br>I was caught in the middle trying to plan/ deliver / assess / review lessons to my students every day (4 lessons x 25 students) when ALL of my classes had at least 3 students with high needs social, emotional, intellectual or all the above. </p><p>Teaching has always been a thankless job but it has become an impossible job. </p><p>(4) Data and the future. Someone somewhere somehow has to get to the bottom of WHY we are getting so many diagnoses in recent years.<br>Then look at HOW we provide for all our students fairly across GOVT AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. Many of the students need 1to1 tutoring. That's just not possible in a class of 25. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/schoolfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schoolfunding</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/inclusiveEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusiveEducation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/teacherburnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teacherburnout</span></a></p>