Dear Colleagues,

Dear colleagues,

I wrote recently about the great work of our Early Career Teacher Team and the importance of the recruitment and retention of staff to the sustainability of the school system. The following communication from the NCEC highlights the efforts being made by governments to address the teacher shortage. Leaders and teachers in our schools should make people aware of this campaign and provide local support where they can.

As you will be aware the national campaign to encourage more Australians to Be that teacher campaign, a joint initiative of the Albanese Government and State and Territory Governments was launched this afternoon to attract people to become teachers (media release here).

We are very proud that 15 teachers from across Catholic Education were selected to be part of the campaign. You will find their details below.

The campaign website www.bethatteacher.gov.au is now live and campaign advertising will begin from Wednesday 1 November.

You will also find resources at https://department-of-education.digitalpigeon.com/shr/qu-a4HbiEe6vngISyilOrw/jCDqy7UP12p9ABDoE-vcsQ that can be used.

State	Name	School	Type	Website
Inspiring teacher stories https://www.bethatteacher.gov.au/inspiring-teacher-stories or Teacher Gallery https://www.bethatteacher.gov.au/teacher-gallery

TAS	Andrew McCausland	St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School	Catholic	Written case study
WA	Edwina Battersby	Newman College	Catholic	Written case study
QLD	Alexandra Cashin	Saint Mary's Catholic College	Catholic	Written case study
VIC	Liam Benton	Kolbe Catholic College	Catholic	Written case study
ACT	Mary Jane Logan	St Clare’s College	Catholic	Written case study
NSW	Emma Rice	St Johns College	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
NSW	Tegan Douglas	St John's College	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
QLD	Jayme Rafferty	St Monica's College	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
QLD	Leanne Shead	St Monica's College	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
QLD	Jodie Maller	Our Lady of the Angels	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
VIC	Lisa Modd	Padua College	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
ACT	Monique George	St Thomas the Apostle Primary	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
ACT	Sarah Adams	St Mary MacKillop College	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
ACT	Andrea McQuirk	St Thomas More’s Primary	Catholic	Teacher Gallery
SA	Tania Willsdon	Our Lady of Hope	Catholic	Teacher Gallery

Please encourage the students in your school to consider the wonderful profession that is teaching young people.

Best wishes,

Chris

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