I read the original article in the herald this week, I guess what I found most shocking is that not one single teacher has had their certificate revoked because of incompetence in the last 10 years...
It is an inherent conflict of interest that the ATA faces. Either they represent the teacher's best interests or they represent the students/parents. Sometimes increasing standards and oversight actually is in direct conflict with the first point.
I am not saying that there are not great teachers - because there are some amazing ones. But it doesn't seem like the ATA is making the best decisions.
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