Kate Hawkesby: The Teaching Council wrote to me, but why are they wasting their time doing that?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Aug 22, 2022 · 3m

A couple of weeks ago I told you guys the story of the relief teacher censured and embroiled in court action, over removing an ear bud from a Year 10 student’s ear because he refused to remove it himself, and the teacher had asked him to stop listening to music and pay attention.

The student had been verbally abusive and refused to oblige and this relief teacher had had a gutsful.

I pointed out that despite crying out for teachers, and not being able to get a relief teacher these days for love nor money, the Teachers’ Complaints Committee and the Teachers’ Disciplinary Tribunal had over…