Top teachers: sharing expertise to improve teaching

A Grattan Institute survey of 700 teachers and principals, conducted for this report, finds that top teachers are often given 'add-on' coaching roles, with inadequate time, training, or support to do the job properly. This report describes a new career path for top teachers that would make them responsible for leading professional learning and improving the teaching of the whole workforce. Over time it would transform school education, further professionalise teaching, and lead to students gaining about 18 months extra learning by age 15.