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Russell Hobby and Professor Toby Salt explore what more the government can do about teacher workload and what practical steps teachers and senior leaders can take to lessen the load.

Russell Hobby and Professor Toby Salt explore what more the government can do about teacher workload and what practical steps teachers and senior leaders can take to lessen...

«Unless we all do something about teacher workload we will continue to have this recruitment and retention problem.

Around 2,500 teachers gave comments telling the human story about teacher workload, including the following:

«The Education Secretary is engaged in public handwringing about teacher workload.

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89 % of teachers cite excessive workload as the greatest concern they have about their job.

«The NASUWT raised questions about the provision of study leave and additional non-contact time for newly qualified teachers who chose to pursue the Masters qualification, about the impact that the scheme could have on teacher workload and working hours for newly qualified teachers, the external mentors and the school workforce generally, and about the costs associated with the scheme.

The full text of the motion is below: WORKLOAD AND THE «VIRAL» INTERVENTIONS PHENOMENON Louis Kavanagh to move, Katherine Carlisle to second: Conference is deeply concerned about the rising, ill - informed and debilitating pressure placed on classroom teachers to do ever more under the catch - all, but misleading, term «interventions».

The conference heard concerns from new teachers about the impact of excessive workload and bureaucracy on their ability to focus on teaching and learning.

Central to this is our work to empower teachers to make more decisions about how their schools are run; ensure schools are funded more fairly; address workload concerns and de-clutter guidance so teachers have more time in the classroom to teach.

Kids can hardly complain about the long hours or heavy workload, because their teachers — 60 of them, mostly in their 20s or early 30s — work just as hard, or harder.

Ill thought out government reforms and an excessive workload, brought about in a large part through unnecessary accountability measures, are already putting teachers under considerable pressure.

In a recent survey, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that 73 per cent of trainee and newly qualified teachers (NQTs) had thought about leaving the profession, citing increased woTeachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that 73 per cent of trainee and newly qualified teachers (NQTs) had thought about leaving the profession, citing increased woteachers (NQTs) had thought about leaving the profession, citing increased workloads.

Trying out a new practice can seem stressful, and many teachers will be concerned about adding one more thing to their workload.

Teaching union, the Association of Teacher and Lecturers (ATL) has launched a campaign, «It's About Time», to raise awareness about the impact of workload on education staff, including the proposal of increased administration sAbout Time», to raise awareness about the impact of workload on education staff, including the proposal of increased administration sabout the impact of workload on education staff, including the proposal of increased administration staff.

We are also excited about our innovative teacher career ladder and professional development systems in which we recruit talented educators, provide them with opportunities to develop their craft, and retain them through formal recognition of their expertise, generous compensation, and a manageable yet challenging workload.

School leaders need to think carefully about any changes they are proposing and consider, as part of their assessments, the impact they will have on workload and teacher morale.

«There are many things that can get in the way of this and teachers frequently tell me about the pressures they face due to workload.

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 qualificaTeacher 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 qualificateacher 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).

She added: «Teachers need more than fine words from the government and employers about tackling workload, they need action.

«NASUWT members and teachers generally have been appalled by the EIS statements, which have not diminished their anger about cuts to their pay, deterioration in their working conditions and crushing workload burdens.»

Then of course there is the environment effect, which we do know about — the lack of support, a school culture which may require early career teachers to teach out of field (and we know that more early career teachers teach out of field than any other group), student behaviour, the workload, administration workload, all of those kinds of things are clearly issues.

Teachers are often some of the most time ‑ poor professionals due to their increasing workloads and commitment to the classroom, so CPD opportunities need to be known about as far in advance as possible, so teachers can manage their time and commitments effiTeachers are often some of the most time ‑ poor professionals due to their increasing workloads and commitment to the classroom, so CPD opportunities need to be known about as far in advance as possible, so teachers can manage their time and commitments effiteachers can manage their time and commitments efficiently.

If you want to do something about teacher recruitment (you really need to) do something about workload, and stop wasting money on daft ads that irritate us!

Phil Neal continues: «By making better use of the management information systems and pupil tracking software that they already have in primary schools, teachers can track a richer set of information about pupils without impacting on workload.

Ms Keates said: «Teachers need more than fine words from the Government and employers about tackling workload, they need action.

«Unmanageable workloads, brought about through endless assessment, performance related pay and Ofsted, are creating a toxic environment in schools, leading to many teachers leaving the profession through stress and exhaustion.

Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, welcomed the government's willingness to recognise teacher shortages and workload but raised concerns about the multiplication tests.

Let's be realistic about this, as teachers we are constantly striving to achieve a work life balance and not burn out, so on a human level we do have to be mindful of our students, they also have heavy workloads and lives outside of school.

In an exclusive interview with Schools Week, he said that teachers should not «underestimate» how seriously the government is about tackling workload and also revealed plans to introduce a «simple computer - based» multiplication test for primary children.

Teachers» unions have warned about excessive workloads and complained about staff being put under too much pressure.

A row has broken out between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats about whose idea it is to launch an initiative to reduce teacher workload.

One of the messages that came through from the consultation was about the need to tackle the workload, pressure and stress placed upon our teachers.

«The report released today wilfully misinterprets and misrepresents the clear evidence provided by thousands of teachers about the chronic workload burdens they are facing as a consequence of this coalition government's policies.

All pupils are due to study for the new qualifications from the 2015/16 school year on, but teaching unions have raised concerns about the implementation of the reforms and their impact on teacher workload.

«We are not talking about having to stay a little bit later of an evening, but of workloads that keep teachers working into the night and at weekends.»

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».

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.

It comes after NUT surveys this month found that three quarters of teachers said their workload had increased since the government's workload challenge in 2014, alongside other concerns about teacher shortages and squeezed funding.

There is a statement about using technology to reduce teacher workload: «We will provide greater support for teachers in the preparation of lessons and marking».

In that time, though, they have a lighter workload — about three quarters of what a regular teacher has — and a mentor to help them.

The group says that teachers are also concerned about the additional workload involved, as the assessment arrangements have not been piloted, and it is now calling for an urgent review of the procedures.

Teachers will be pleased then that Ms Morgan has recognised that the government can no longer ignore the elephant in the (class) room and is keen to talk to unions and teachers about cutting wTeachers will be pleased then that Ms Morgan has recognised that the government can no longer ignore the elephant in the (class) room and is keen to talk to unions and teachers about cutting wteachers about cutting workload.

Unions have welcomed the idea but are concerned about the impact on newly qualified teachers» workloads.

Proud to teach: a project to cut teacher workload taught me a lot about hope and positivity as a school leader

Owen Hathway, Wales policy officer for the National Teachers» Union (NUT), said: «There are questions about how practical it would be given the time constraints and pressure on teacher workloads.»

With the recent escalation surrounding teachers» workload here in the UK (again) fuelled this week by Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan: «teachers shouldn't have to answer emails or mark homework after that cut off point to ensure that teachers were able to spend their time focusing on what they are passionate about».

The government needs to create a «coherent plan» by April, they recommend, plus set out what represents an «acceptable» workload, say more about the teacher vacancy service, take a more «strategic» role on teacher housing, address regional differences in teacher quality, explain how CPD will improve, and give more detail on the opportunity areas.

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