Supporting teachers, supporting children report

In order to understand and plan a response to the professional development needs of teachers in relation to their students’ health and wellbeing, NESA commissioned the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) to survey early childhood and primary school teachers in NSW.

This study asked, "what professional development would support early childhood and primary school teachers in NSW in relation to their students’ health and wellbeing?"

1,777 responses to the survey were received from both primary and early childhood sectors, which were broadly representative of the demographics of teachers in NSW. The results were analysed for those in both the primary sector and the early childhood sector. 

Across all topics, interest in professional development was generally high. Three professional development topics emerged as priority areas of interest across respondents from both the primary and early childhood sectors.

These issues were:

• behavioural or social-emotional difficulties
• learning, language or cognitive impairment
• problems in the home environment.

Download the report to understand the recommendations for improvement to support students and teachers in primary school.