Abused, pregnant: predator teacher preyed on teen Darren Clinckett pictured in 2008 with Alex on New Year’s Eve in Sydney on the night he proposed, before her 16th birthday.
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Premium Content It all began with a note. I noticed that he had been sending notes back and forth to girl students in the classroom and I thought this was just his way to get to know each student, Alex said. So I sent him one saying, Hi how are you? Alex was 15 years old and being relentlessly bullied at her school when charismatic teacher Darren Clinckett took a shine to her.
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Education by Kylie Lang
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Subscriber only School leavers who failed Year 12 English and maths will be fast-tracked into a teaching degree under a controversial new Queensland course. The diploma of educational studies at Griffith College, in partnership with Griffith University, ignores ATAR results and applicants only need a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or to have passed three of any six subjects, which may or may not include English and maths but can include applied subjects such as fashion and furniture skills. School leavers who flunked English, maths and science in Year 12 could soon be fronting classrooms as primary teachers.
A teacher provided a female student exam answers in exchange for sex and another sent a pupil 40,000 inappropriate texts and social media messages in shocking examples of teachers who were banned from classrooms in 2020. Seven Queensland teachers have been struck off - some never to teach again - and another 33 were suspended last year because of bad behaviour, including sex with students. Some have also been charged with criminal offences including at least two facing charges of indecent treatment of children. Meanwhile, 51 teachers remain suspended, including 15 who are yet to face disciplinary proceedings. In February, a geography teacher in his 30s, who had a sexual relationship with a Year 12 student after a long-term relationship with an ex-student, had his registration cancelled indefinitely.