A new housing plan hopes to encourage teachers to rural and remote NSW by cutting red tape and expediting maintenance issues.
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Stronger support for teachers working outside the state's major cities will form a key aspect of the NSW government's new Teacher Housing Strategy.
More than 20 regional schools will also get priority support for recruiting teachers, while staff in rural and remote NSW will receive regular in-person wellbeing sessions.
Improving teacher housing, building better connections with isolated staff and expanding staffing support for schools were focus areas under the Rural and Remote Education Implementation Plan, the government said.
The plan will involve developing a teacher housing strategy that addresses projected supply and demand, reducing housing refurbishment time frames as well as streamlining processes for principals and teachers.
It will also deliver face-to-face wellbeing and connection sessions for staff in rural and remote NSW and expand priority recruitment support to include an additional 22 regional, rural and remote schools.
Education Minister Prue Car said every child across the state should have access to a high-quality public education, no matter where they lived.
"Ensuring we have the quality teachers we need in regional, rural and remote schools is essential to lifting student outcomes, which is why we are focused on attracting more wonderful teachers to these schools and supporting them to stay," she said in a statement.
Australian Associated Press
