Ask any education professional for the issue that has the biggest impact on their daily working life, and most will immediately respond: “Workload!”

We are being asked to cram more and more into our working day, with no reduction in existing responsibilities to relieve the pressure.

And the pressure on schools, school leaders, heads of programs and teachers doesn’t just come from the system and politicians – we also put pressure on ourselves in our well-meaning attempts to be seen as “professionals”. 

On the sidebar to the right of this page you will find a range of downloadable resources designed to help you understand your rights and responsibilities, what has to be done and what doesn’t, and when it is OK to just say “no!”

Please use them - we should never be too busy to talk about and act on workload issues.