Melbourne Polytechnic Employee Reviews for Teacher

Very hard to move from casual to part-time or full time. prior education qualifications treated as worthless without Cert IV in training and assessment. An incredible amount of admin including enrolling and withdrawing students personally. Not much admin support.

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2.0

Poor management and ethos

Language teacher (Former Employee) - Preston - 17 August 2019

Since This TAFE employed a series of business CEO's and spent thousands on changing their name, it has gone downhill in its treatment of its employees. It retains permanent contract workers regardless of their teaching abilities and is not loyal to its casual teachers. Management have made a series of huge mistakes resulting in debt and has made teachers pay for their mi

Pros

Lovely and diverse students and staff

Cons

Poor management and ethos. Nepotism is rife.

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Poor culture, teachers treated as a necessary evil rather than as the front line people delivering the primary customer service

Tourism, Hospitality and Events Teacher (Former Employee) - Preston VIC - 17 December 2016

It's a lousy place to work with management now in thrall to spread sheets and business analysts with little focus on how to really engage students and support teachers

Pros

Salaries

Cons

Long hours little recognition, lazy people often favoured over hard workers dysfunctional management

3.3		Work/Life Balance
3.2		Salary/Benefits
2.6		Job Security/Advancement
2.7		Management
3.1		Culture