Tasmania has the highest prevalence of bullying against principals in the country, which is most likely to be perpetrated by parents.
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New data from the Principals Health and Wellbeing survey was released this week, showing bullying incidents in Tasmania against principals and assistant principals has spiked in the past eight years.
In 2011, bullying against principals in Tasmania was at 40 per cent but that has jumped to 46 per cent in 2018, which is the highest figure in the country.
Parents perpetrated the bullying against principals in 21 per cent of the cases in 2018, higher than students, colleagues and managers.
The release of the data occurred in the same week the state government released its principal well being strategy, which was launched in Devonport on Thursday.
It also follows an incident last week where a Port Dalrymple teacher was injured when she attempted to intervene in an altercation between two students.
The staff member was taken to the George Town Medical Centre and treated for her injuries, but later released.
The longitudinal health and wellbeing study has been conducted annually since 2011 and collected data via surveys from participating principals and vice-principals.
In Tasmania, 172 principals across the state who participated in the national study, making up 3.2 per cent of the total sample size.
Tasmanian Principals Association president Sally Milbourne said while she was saddened those statistics even existed, she was heartened by the action taken by the state government.
"No one goes to work to be threatened...nor does this just exist in the education space," she said.
While the figures were alarming, Ms Milbourne said the steps taken by the state government were a "positive step forward."
"We need to be doing something [to tackle this issue]," she said.
The state government's principals report outlines 19 actions the Education Department is going to do to improve the mental health of principals and senior staff.
Ms Milbourne said what the report did was help to put together concrete steps to formalise the process and to make sure there was more clarity around principal and senior staff roles.
"Principals feel overworked, and they often say they need more time for learning," Ms Milbourne said.
Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff the action plan would ensure principals were supported as school leaders and would allow them to concentrate on providing positive learning environments and improvements in student performance.
It identifies 12 new actions identified during consultation last year and includes seven actions that are now underway.
"These actions involve a structured mentoring program to facilitate personal wellbeing growth; expert advice and debriefing to manage the impacts of critical incidents; and support to manage staff performance.
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