School News from The Conversation
Research by Paul Kidson, Herb Marsh and Theresa Dicke from ANU has revealed that almost half of school principals are considering quitting.
School principals around Australia are responsible for about 4.5 million staff and students in almost 10,000 schools. Not only do they oversee students’ progress, but they are also responsible for the performance of staff and the wellbeing of everyone at their school. Their jobs are huge.
As we have previously tracked in our annual survey of principals, their jobs are also extremely stressful and they are subject to regular abuse – often from parents.
Our latest survey shows these trends are not changing. And more than 50% of those we surveyed are seriously thinking about quitting.
