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Teachers who have refused to disclose their vaccine status as part of an ACT government mandate will add further stress to a tired workforce, the teachers’ union has said as a number of staff have been reassigned to perform administrative tasks. The deadline for full COVID-19 vaccination for educators and staff working across pre-school education, primary schools, out-of-school care and specialist training expired on Monday. Colleges and colleges that do not share campus with elementary school students were not covered by this mandate. ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said the 52 Directorate of Education staff, who were subject to the vaccination mandate, had chosen not to disclose their vaccination status. This figure did not include teachers from private schools. ALSO READ: “We have clearly seen that school has returned and through early childhood institutions … infection in the environment among people who were not vaccinated. But we have also clearly seen that … adults in the environments that are fully vaccinated have also been able to acquire and transmit the virus, “she said. “But as vaccination reduces the risk, it has been really important to ensure that the adults around these unvaccinated children are fully vaccinated to provide the highest level of protection but also the greatest capacity to continue for schools to remain open and early childcare centers. to remain open and reduce the number of people who are to be quarantined as a result of exposure in these places. ” Australian Education Union senior industry officer Patrick Judge said the organization supported all measures to keep members and students safe and that there had been “no push back”. In October, a group of 79 Canberra educators signed a letter opposing mandatory vaccination, arguing that they should not be set aside or relocated. The union said the number of fully vaccinated teachers in the ACT was “very, very high”, with about 0.5 percent of the workforce unvaccinated. This figure included people with dispensations. Unvaccinated teachers will be reassigned to perform “other forms of teaching-related work,” including administration and office duties, the judge said. “From the start, we were very keen to ensure that members who could not or would not be vaccinated would keep their jobs,” he said. However, educators and staff performing face-to-face learning will carry the weight of this decision. Those who refused to be vaccinated “added stress to an already tired workforce,” Mr Judge said. “Their absence puts pressure on colleagues who pick up the extra work,” he said. Shutdown and distance learning had only exacerbated the shortage of schools already having difficulty finding staff. Sir. Judge said there is currently an increased combination of classes and “greater difficulty in finding emergency workers”. He said that although these problems preceded the pandemic, they had become “much worse”. While most educators had plenty of time to fulfill the mandate, younger teachers are lagging behind due to the staggered rollout. Judge said vaccination for a “small number” of teachers in their 20s had been delayed, while most other educators had been vaccinated “well in advance”. “It has been an incredible amount of work to ensure that we had the mechanics in place to support the vaccine mandate in a short time,” he said. “Our members were eager to be vaccinated to ensure students were safe.” Our journalists work hard to deliver local, up-to-date news to the community. Here’s how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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Teachers who have refused to disclose their vaccine status as part of an ACT government mandate will add further stress to a tired workforce, the teachers’ union has said as a number of staff have been reassigned to perform administrative tasks.
The deadline for full COVID-19 vaccination for educators and staff working across pre-school education, primary schools, out-of-school care and specialist training expired on Monday. Colleges and colleges that do not share campus with elementary school students were not covered by this mandate.
ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said the 52 Directorate of Education staff, who were subject to the vaccination mandate, had chosen not to disclose their vaccination status. This figure did not include teachers from private schools.
“We have clearly seen that the school has returned and through early orphanage centers … infection in the environment among people who were not vaccinated. But we have also clearly seen that … adults in the environments that are fully vaccinated , has also been able to acquire and transmit the virus, “she said.
“But as vaccination reduces the risk, it has been really important to ensure that the adults around these unvaccinated children are fully vaccinated to provide the highest level of protection but also the greatest capacity to continue for schools to remain open and early childcare centers. to remain open and reduce the number of people who are to be quarantined as a result of exposure in these places. “
Australian Education Union senior industry officer Patrick Judge said the organization supported all measures to keep members and students safe and that there had been “no push back”.
The union said the number of fully vaccinated teachers in the ACT was “very, very high”, with about 0.5 percent of the workforce unvaccinated. This figure included people with dispensations.
Unvaccinated teachers will be reassigned to perform “other forms of teaching-related work,” including administration and office duties, the judge said.
“From the start, we were very keen to ensure that members who could not or would not be vaccinated would keep their jobs,” he said.
However, educators and staff performing face-to-face learning will carry the weight of this decision.
Those who refused to be vaccinated “added stress to an already tired workforce,” Mr Judge said.
“Their absence puts pressure on colleagues who pick up the extra work,” he said.
Shutdown and distance learning had only exacerbated the shortage of schools already having difficulty finding staff.
Sir. Judge said there is currently an increased combination of classes and “greater difficulty in finding emergency workers”. He said that although these problems preceded the pandemic, they had become “much worse”.
While most educators had plenty of time to fulfill the mandate, younger teachers are lagging behind due to the staggered rollout.
Judge said vaccination for a “small number” of teachers in their 20s had been delayed, while most other educators had been vaccinated “well in advance”.
“It has been an incredible amount of work to ensure that we had the mechanics in place to support the vaccine mandate in a short time,” he said.
“Our members were eager to be vaccinated to ensure students were safe.”
Our journalists work hard to deliver local, up-to-date news to the community. Here’s how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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