As Anita watches Victoria's state election unfold, she feels she's not hearing much about the issue dominating her life.
"I'm just seeing, especially post-COVID, a very huge amount of teacher burnout, and teachers quite publicly and openly vocalising how they're feeling about workload, work expectation, parental expectation," she said.
Anita, whose name has been changed due to restrictions on speaking to media, said in addition to the systemic issues at the heart of Australia's teaching crisis, Victorian teachers were facing students profoundly affected by two years of rolling COVID-19 lockdowns.
