Teachers fighting for more staff in upper Hunter schools

Teachers at Muswellbrook High School ready to talk with school families about 'unsatisfactory' staff vacancies. Picture from NSW Teachers Federation

MUSWELLBROOK High School staff are taking "direct action" to highlight teacher shortages, the NSW Teachers Federation says, as it ramps up pressure on the Coalition government over vacancies in rural and regional NSW.

Teachers have been speaking with parents at the school gate to highlight the level of staff vacancies at the school.