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COALITION OF NEWLY RECRUITED GRADUATE TEACHERS OF GHANA 30th April, 2017.

We the members of the Coalition of Newly Recruited Graduate Teachers wish to express our disappointment and discontent in the government over the non-payment of our salary arrears and delay in payment of salaries for the month of April 2017.

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the frequent head counts of its staff is affecting output negatively.

Graduate Teachers in a «Teach Ghana» program focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and other relevant subjects in primary and secondary schools across the country.

The affected unions are: Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG); Ghana Medical Association (GMA); Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT); Coalition of Concerned Teachers; National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT); Public and Health Service Workers Union; Ghana Registered Nurses Association; the Government Hospital Pharmacists Association and others.

I have noticed a qualitative difference between Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) students who have been trained on the job, and those who've been based at a university for their training, who tend to have much better preparation in the relevant theories and teaching strategies.

Reacting to the announcement, the President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Mr Christian Addai - Poku, said it was «good news».

A group, known as the Unemployed Graduate Teachers» Association has given the government a two - week ultimatum to recruit its members or have them embark on series of demonstrations.

Labour unions such as the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association (FUSSAG) have embarked on various industrial actions seeking their welfare.

The incoming President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, believes the Ghana Education Service's sanctioning of head teachers for allegedly charging illegal fees under the Free SHS policy, was inconsiderate, looking at the infrastructure constraints in those schools.

The incoming President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reinstate the two head teachers who were sacked for allegedly charging illegal fees under the free SHS programme.

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is urging the Ghana Education Service to extend the deadline for prospective Senior High School (SHS) students who have not been placed in any school to reapply.

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has described as harsh, the dismissal of two head teachers accused of charging illegal fees under the free SHS policy.

The government's free secondary education policy should have been targeted at deprived families and areas instead of the blanket coverage of all students in public schools, the Vice President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers, Angel Carbonu, has said.

The Upper West regional branch of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has given government up to the 30th of April to rescind its directive to pay only three months of arrears to newly recruited teachers, those on promotion as well as teachers on reactivation.

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Christian Addai - Mensah, issued this threat on Wednesday May 7, 2014 in Accra at a news conference.

Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare has lashed out at the members of National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) describing...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) have resolved to stay away from the classroom in their quest to claim what is due them.

Many institutions depend heavily on graduate student teaching: a 2003 report by agitators for a graduate student union at Yale, [16] for instance, claims that «70 % of undergraduate teaching contact hours at Yale are performed by transient teachers: graduate teachers, adjunct instructors, and other teachers not on the tenure track.»

Testimonials from our Graduate Teachers: HERE

The Action Now: Classroom Ready Teachers report of 2014 made recommendations on how to better prepare graduate teachers in Australia with the practical skills required for classroom work.

Another recent example Imbo shared was that of a newly graduated teacher who filled in for a teacher on maternity leave.

In 2014, the Federal Government appointed TEMAG to make recommendations to improve ITE to better prepare graduate teachers and ensure they are classroom ready.

Loss of graduate teachers means schools are losing valuable staff and students are experiencing instability among their teachers — not to mention the disenchantment being felt by the graduate teachers themselves.

Minister Birmingham said from 2018 final year assessments would need to evaluate graduate teachers» classroom practices and how they meet the Graduate Teacher Standards the Coalition had worked with AITSL to develop.

In our prototype graduate teacher performance assessment we envisage that the TES themselves would compile an evidence set of their developing classroom practice.

In teacher education, Tony is developing protocols for a graduate teacher performance assessment that is a requirement of program accreditation for initial teacher education.

«Graduate teachers deserve to know that they have the skills to succeed in the classroom just as students, parents and principals deserve to know that new teachers have been given the best possible skills.»

Great leaders help graduates grow, and Principals Australia Institute (PAI) can help with this, supporting leaders to mentor graduate teachers.

«All parents would rightly assume that a graduate teacher is at the required standard and confident to take their place in a school when they enter the profession; what is of greater concern is that beginning teachers must receive the ongoing mentoring support and professional learning to allow them to be the best they can be.»

The government's response to the TEMAG report of 2015 committed all states and territories to a reform agenda to better prepare graduate teachers and ensure their classroom - readiness.

PAI offers Graduate and Grow workshops for principals, taking a professional development approach to graduate teacher support.

The report is based on Steele's own experience as the recipient of a $ 20,000 Governor's Teaching Fellowship while in a graduate teacher licensure program at Stanford University.

I achieved QTS through the graduate teacher program and got a position as a reception teacher in 2008.

Research shows that school principals feel graduate teachers are ill - prepared for dealing with difficult student behaviour.

«I was a career - changer who trained through school - based provision on the then graduate teacher programme.

Government figures show that just 15 per cent of those on graduate teacher training courses are from BAME communities.

He wants a new Teacher Service Scholarship program to «cover four years of undergraduate or two years of graduate teacher education» and includes «alternative programs for mid-career recruits in exchange for teaching for at least four years in a high - need field or location.»

`... Mentoring has been happening for many years in conjunction with the Victorian Institute of Teaching requirements for graduate teachers,» Mackay says.

Looking at the Federal Government's recent focus on improving graduate teachers, how important do you think this focus is?

Many graduate teachers in Victoria have short - term contracts, but want permanent positions.

Graduate teachers are supported in their beginning year through a senior mentor teacher.

I was working as the coordinator of a graduate teacher - training program for first - year teacher interns.

In its submission to the federal government's review of teacher education, the Council recommended that a professional learning framework be implemented that underpins a graduate teacher's transition from university into the profession and supports a teacher through their first few years until they obtain full registration.

As a graduate teacher, what additional information or support would you like to receive?

Principals identified the key challenges faced by newly employed graduate teachers as classroom management, pedagogy and catering for diverse learners.

The report also recommended that all Graduate teachers should be teachers of literacy.

«So, working with Aboriginal kids in those remote schools and sharing some of their strategies - sharing those data - driven targets and high expectation strategies with graduate teachers so we can make it more of a system - wide way of thinking, rather than just an isolated school.»

Her role now is to travel around WA and work with graduate teachers in a range of schools, particularly in remote areas.

To achieve the changes required, stakeholders need to continue their commitment to improve how teachers, schools and universities work together to prepare graduate teachers.