James Turnball: As principal of a high school, are full-time teachers paid adequately?

Are you for/against teacher unions, if so/not why?

It’s been argued that teachers are working in the worst conditions in decades, is that true?

Does striking work?

 Ray Drady: Are teachers right in arguing they don’t get paid enough?

As well as working at school, teachers bring students’ work home to mark/grade, should they get paid for this via a logging system?

Deb Gee: As a teachers’ aid, is your pay marked down compared to that of a full-time teacher?

Should it be compulsary for teachers to be part of a teacher union?

As well as Christamas/Easter holidays, teachers also get term breaks off, are teachers right in arguing they don’t get paid enough compared to office workers who work 9 to 5 workdays?

Leanne Jemmett: It was announced early last week that a teacher strike is going to happen in November during VCE exams, do you think this is done on purpose as a way of sending  a message to the government?

Is this strike going to affectstudents, if not/so why?

Education Union: Nurses recently went on strike not getting the desired result, what makes you think teachers are going to win?

Why should teachers get paid more?

Teachers are going to strike during during VCE exams, why then, why not next week?

Duration: 10 mins

Information:

Hours a full-time teacher earns, the conditions a teacher works in

Content:

Teacher’s salary over one year

- How much a teacher earns

Conditions

- What the working environment is like

Hours

- How many hrs both at school and home do teachers spend working on students work

 Strikes

- Are they effective, Do they work?

Key Questions:

Do teachers get paid enough?

Are teacher unions effective?

Are working conditions adequate?

Because teachers get school holidays off, are they right in arguing they don’t get paid enough?

 Interview Sources:

Teachers: past & present

Union Officials

High School Principal – Western Heights College

Students – their opinion

Education Ministry

Reference Sources:

Newspaper Articles

Internet – Articles and video

Teacher Union Website

Actuality:

School Bell

Students in the school grounds

Teachers addressing students in the classroom

Corrine and Tom are well known to audiences, Corrine has appeared on Rove and The Glass House, and Tom on Skithouse. Both these two have great on-air chemistry. They have’nt just been paired together by some Program Director of the station, they have known each other for a long time, both appearing on Skithouse and touring on the stand-up career, and they have said on-air they live close together.

Whilst listening, I noticed the two don’t interrupt each other which is a great thing about the show as they don’t try and be the first to speak whilst on-air. The general flow of the show is good as they play a song, will talk for a bit, talk to callers on-air and go to commercial. The discussion is good as they don’t talk for too long and doesn’t come across as trying to fill two hours.

The two have only been on-air for 2 months and are so far travelling along nicely, they have been given a bit of a go as they are currently filling in for the regular show. Management obviously like their style to be given this two week timeslot as this is usually reserved for playing the best bits of the regular breakfast show so listeners don’t go elsewhere.

The Saturday Show 8-10am Saturday mornings with Corrine Grant and Tom Gleeson on Mix 101.1

Jack(No Second Prize)

When Jack is interviewing the mic levels go in and out as if he is leaning away when he is speaking. It was a good interview but i could hear some noise with the coach making a noise with his keys or something like that. Good stuff Dude!

Jake(Hip-Hop Show)

Good levels at the start: soft, but good. During the review there was a noise in the background which you could hear faintly. The vox

pops were a bit loud. During the panel discussion someone must have come in because i could hear the door close.
The whole presentation goes loud then soft.
Top Job!
Matt(Non-Stop Sport)
Intro was good however it was a bit quick with your voice. The whole show seemed to go very quick with your use of your voice as if you were in a race. It was informative and you used your background in radio and carried it across to this half-hour program. Nice Work!
Crystal(Name of show unknown)
Audio levels are’nt clear, it comes across as if you are in a tunnel. When you are presenting the review it comes across that you are reading it off a script, there was no change in your voice when this was presented.

Everyone has put in a lot of effort for your reviews and for that you deserve a pat on the back!

This interview was an informative one as Cecilia was discussing details on children going from boy to teenager. The weaknesses with this interview were sometimes it was hard to hear what the interviewee was saying, i think at times she was leaning away from the mic.

Between questions the rapport between host and interviewee was good as they remained to the topic whilst having idle chit-chat.  The interview was’nt just question and answer, they would talk about the questionin a mini discussion.

The good points with this interview were they kept it interesting by not just keeping the interview via Q & A, they had discussions without meandearing.

 The year got off slowly for Nova with the alleged case involving Matthew Newton. Nova signed him along with Akmal Salah but then sacked him before appearing on-air. Nova then had the hard task for finding a replacement, so it signed up Kate Ritchie aka Sally from Home & Away.

Whilst listening to Hamish & Andy there’s something unique about them, they don’t interrupt each other, and you get the feeling that not only are they co-hosts but are good mates as they have that energy about them. The drive slot suits them well as they will get you home laughing after a long day at work. The segments are also good with “Get us an Autograph”, and their celebrity interviews are fun to listen to also. The program is well scripted and they do rely on listeners to call.

On Nova you can’t get the feeling if Kate is better suited to TV. Because of Kate’s commitments to H & A, she is on-air 3-4 days a week so listeners may feel they they are being ripped if they are only getting a part-time co-host. There is no doubt that Akmal can make you laugh, after all he is a stand-up comedian. The show makes you wander how much time these two spend time away from the radio show with Kate away due to H & A. Even though the two are still new to radio they have a long way to go to match the likes of Hamish & Andy.