UPDATED: Kaurna teaching has declined “dreadfully” since the 1990s, the linguist that helped revitalise the language has warned, amid concerns the Education Department has failed to provide a viable career path for Kaurna people to teach in schools.
In an Australian first, South Australian public schools will be able to receive thousands of dollars in funding to support students with disability based on a teacher’s judgement and not on a formal diagnosis.
South Australian teachers would be among the worst-paid in the country if they were to accept the current pay rise offered by the State Government, the head of the Education Department has revealed.
School-aged children in state care are seven times more likely to have an intellectual disability than the overall student population, data from the Education Department reveals.