The DfE teacher workload poster and leaflet set out how to use the Workload Review Group Reports to reduce workload in your school.
Not exact matches
A spokesperson for the Standards and Testing Agency, part of the
DfE, said: «Reducing unnecessary
teacher workload is a key priority for this government.
Morgan has written a letter to members of the
Teacher and Head teacher Union Rountable saying that the Department for Education (DfE) wants to: continue to listen carefully to the arguments that unions are making; move forward in a constructive way and continue discussions on the issues the unions have raised with her; and have a conversation about a new series of talks to allow greater depth on certain topics (i.e. pay, conditions, workload and qualifica
Teacher and Head
teacher Union Rountable saying that the Department for Education (DfE) wants to: continue to listen carefully to the arguments that unions are making; move forward in a constructive way and continue discussions on the issues the unions have raised with her; and have a conversation about a new series of talks to allow greater depth on certain topics (i.e. pay, conditions, workload and qualifica
teacher Union Rountable saying that the Department for Education (
DfE) wants to: continue to listen carefully to the arguments that unions are making; move forward in a constructive way and continue discussions on the issues the unions have raised with her; and have a conversation about a new series of talks to allow greater depth on certain topics (i.e. pay, conditions,
workload and qualifications).
The report proved interesting reading and proposed a whole host of really effective solutions to reduce the burden on
teachers highlighted in the
DfE's
workload challenge survey.
In the
DfE's
Workload Challenge 63 % of
teachers stated that the excessive level of detail in the tasks they were required to carry out made them burdensome.
«Despite the
DfE's own
workload survey, showing the incredible strain many
teachers are under, there is nothing of substance being done to address this issue.
No
teacher expects to work 9 - 5 but an average working week of 54.4 hours, with some
teachers working more than 60 hours, as evidenced by the findings of
DfE's 2016
workload survey, is simply unsustainable.
Earlier this year the
DfE summarised their research in a paper titled
Workload Challenge: Analysis of
teacher consultation responses So what does the research tell us?
Teachers in England work an average of 54 hours a week, while school leaders work in excess of 60, according to the
DfE's own
workload survey.
The Independent
Teacher Workload Review Groups were established by the
DfE to report on, and suggest solutions to, unnecessary burdens associated with marking, planning and data management.
Write to your head
teacher asking for a meeting to discuss measures to reduce
workload in your school, highlighting the
DfE / Ofsted video.
The
DfE report on marking - Reducing
teacher workload: Marking Policy Review Group report - aims to help schools review their practice with the aim of shrinking the importance marking has gained and stopping unnecessary and burdensome practice.
The
DfE's own research found that classroom
teachers and «middle leaders» worked 54.4 hours on average during the reference week, and that heads are «concerned about increasing
workload which has a detrimental effect on the quality of teaching and
teachers» wellbeing».
«
Teachers felt that using new software introduced by the school, without sufficient training, meant that the process added negatively to their
workload,» the
DfE research said.
All of the part - time
teachers interviewed in the
DfE research had gone part - time to make their
workload more manageable, and every one said they used their non-working week days as additional time to cover administrative tasks.
A
DfE spokesperson said: «We want to support the profession to tackle the issue of unnecessary
workload which we know many
teachers are concerned about.
«The NUT will expect the
DfE to conduct a
workload impact assessment of initiatives such as baseline and primary assessment, Ebacc and Progress 8, and will expect Ofsted to review the impact of last year's «clarifications» on
workload demands on
teachers.
The
workload motion was passed just an hour after the Department for Education (
DfE) published its reports into reducing
teacher workload in data management, marking and planning.
The
DfE have also produced this pamphlet and poster with tips for reducing
teacher workload, based on what Ofsted says.
Teams of Department for Education (
DfE) «volunteers» have started logging
teacher responses to the
Workload Challenge.