Sharp increase in Queensland teacher vacancies as non-teaching staff front classes to stay open

 More than 300 Queensland state schools are plugging critical teacher vacancies with non-classroom-based educators to keep schools operating, as the number of vacant positions soars by 38 per cent in one year.

There were 1,050 teacher vacancies in Queensland as of the end of May this year, compared with 760 in a similar time frame last year, revealed in a Question on Notice response in the state's parliament.

It came as the extent of teacher shortages had been laid bare in a Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU) survey, showing 75 per cent of about 500 school leaders were using non-teaching staff, like principals and heads of department, to teach classes and two thirds of teachers were working outside their specialty. 

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