THE PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL VOICE OF QUEENSLAND’S TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS IN STATE SCHOOLS AND TAFE FOR MORE THAN 135 YEARS.

State election and workload

QTU priority : Workload:
Reducing teacher and principal workload to less than 42 hours per school week during the term of government

Record of the parties in government
ALP and LNP
Promises of the political parties
The parties respond to QTU members' issues
a comparison Back to election page QTJ special digital election issue Special election Journal (printable )

 Authorised by Graham Moloney, General Secretary, Queensland Teachers' Union, 21 Graham Street,Milton, QLD, Australia, 4064

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LNP PROMISES : workload

ALP PROMISES : workload

GREENS PROMISES : workload

  • Will work with QTU re workload issues
  • Implementation of outcomes from Term 3 review
  • Will increase NCT for beginning teachers in 2021
  • Will increase NCT for primary and special school teachers in 2022
  • Automated school annual safety assessment for chemical management
  • Extra $7 billion investment over four years for smaller class sizes, more teachers, better resources and no fees
LNP record in government : workload ALP record in government : workload
  • Attempted to remove award provisions allowing professional development during school time.
  • Tried to remove protections around maximum class sizes
  • Oversized classes increased by 50 per cent when last in government, rising from 9,337 in 2012 to 14,226 in 2015
  • Continued maximum class sizes in the agreement, and included maximum class sizes for composite classes and risk assessment to determine practical class sizes
  • Committed to workload reviews, with the first tranche of outcomes announced in Term 3 for implementation from Term 4
  • Included principles of good workload management in the agreement and established the Workload Advisory Council, including a statewide submission process
  • Increased non-contact time for beginning teachers from 2021 and primary and special school teachers from 2022
  • Decreased mandatory professional development hours to 25 a year in 2020

 Authorised by Kate Ruttiman, General Secretary, Queensland Teachers' Union
21 Graham Street, Milton, QLD, Australia, 4064

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