Hearings concluded this week following a month of public meetings and submissions.

The inquiry is aiming to determine the value of the teaching profession beyond the scope of current conditions.

Among the given testimonies was that of Murrumbidgee Regional High School deputy principal Richard Wiseman, who spoke of an extreme shortage of available casual teachers which often forced classes to go unsupervised.

With recommendations to be handed down by the independent advisory by February 2021, Riverina organiser of the NSW Teachers Federation John Pratt told The Daily Advertiser it was his hope that the work teachers do outside the classroom would soon be widely recognised.

"The vast bulk of evidence called on greater salary opportunities that are more in line with other profession's salary growth," Mr Pratt said.

"The workload [for teachers] is crushing. A lot of it is based around compliance and form-filling which is soul-destroying for teachers."

It is Mr Pratt's expectation that the recommendations will lead to a review of workloads and an opportunity for teachers to get back to classrooms instead of being weighed down by paperwork and administration.

"The complexity of the job has changed, I think there needs to be a good hard look at what can be done for workload alleviation and bringing back the classroom focus," Mr Pratt said.

"Many teachers have been fighting this battle for years. Technology has not made teachers' lives easier."