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Peter Bodkin

Back to class for senior teachers to ease shortages

Senior staff in NSW public schools will be expected to spend more time teaching. (Paul Miller/AAP PHOTOS)

Thousands of back office-bound teachers will spend more time in classrooms as the NSW government tries to address dire staff shortages in the state's schools.

Head teachers and assistant principals in the average school will be expected to teach four days a week, while deputy principals will be asked to work two-and-a-half days under the policy.

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