Proud to teach: a project to
cut teacher workload taught me a lot about hope and positivity as a school leader
This will only be achieved with a substantial pay rise in 2018 and a radical change to
cut teacher workload.
Following on from Damian Hind's announcement to
cut teacher workload in an attempt to resolve a recruitment crisis in England's schools, CEO and Founder of Satchel (previously Show my Homework), Naimish Gohil discusses how the UK's ed - tech sector can help achieve these goals.
Not exact matches
«The Prime Minister must also take urgent steps to tackle the excessive
workload demands already placed on
teachers, including as a result of job
cuts, in order that schools have the capacity to meet pupils» mental health needs.
In light of the huge funding
cuts to schools, worsening terms and conditions, and unmanageable and exhausting
workloads,
teachers can not be expected to go on without significant change.»
Year on year
cuts to
teachers» pay,
workload spiralling out of control, deprofessionalisation, demoralisation and denigration.
The most urgent problems in schools are to do with the chronic
teacher shortage, real terms funding
cuts, the school places crisis, chaotic implementation of the curriculum, and
workload going through the roof.
«The Government's own evidence confirms that the crisis in
teacher retention and recruitment is a direct result of excessive
workload coupled with real - terms
cuts to
teachers» pay.»
«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.»
Teachers» pay has been
cut by around 15 per cent since 2010 and, alongside excessive
workload, this is harming recruitment and retention in schools and making it hard for schools to find subject specialists in English, maths, sciences and foreign languages.
Without increased funding schools will have to continue
cutting the number of support staff, which leaves vulnerable children with less support and further increases
teachers»
workloads.»
The Government needs to recognise that funding
cuts are also now driving up
workload - with class sizes increasing in two - thirds of secondary schools and
teachers facing
cut backs in preparation time.
Education secretary Nicky Morgan has suggested
teachers should not respond to work emails after 5 pm in a bid to
cut down on their
workload.
Already saddled with a major reorganization, significant budget
cuts and staff reductions, the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing now also faces a sudden uptick in
workload generated by districts scouring cases of unreported misconduct.
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 w
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 w
teachers about
cutting workload.
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».
«EBacc dogma and rising pupil numbers mean that far more
teachers are needed for EBacc subjects, yet the government have still failed to make the profession more attractive by achieving significant reductions in
teachers»
workload or reversing real - term pay
cuts.
«At a time of rising pupil numbers, a recruitment and retention crisis, funding
cuts, real pay
cuts to
teachers and staff, upheavals caused by unnecessary reforms and mounting
workload, these figures can not be used meaningfully to hold schools to account.