The inaugural meeting of the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Advisory Board (TRRB) has been held in order to consider
issues of teacher recruitment and retention.
Yet much of the political and scholarly attention in the area of teacher quality has to date focused on
the issues of teacher recruitment, preparation, compensation, and distribution.
The National Education Union welcomes the DfE's new emphasis on policy co-ordination around
issues of teacher recruitment, retention and development.
MPs will hold a one - off oral evidence session later this year on the issue to follow - up their recent grilling of education secretary, when
the issue of teacher recruitment and retention was explored.
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«At a time
of a crisis
of teacher recruitment and retention, the Government must now take seriously the
issues raised by supply
teachers, who are the backbone
of the schools system.
Chris Keates, General Secretary
of the NASUWT, said: «At a time
of a crisis
of teacher recruitment and retention, the Government must now take seriously the
issues raised by supply
teachers, who are the backbone
of the schools system.
«The current crisis in the
recruitment, retention and morale
of the
teacher workforce is a further
issue on which Ofsted and the NASUWT agree has real potential to undermine the ability
of schools to meet the educational needs and entitlements
of all children and young people.
And in a recent study on supply and demand
issues, CTF found that 58 %
of Canadian school boards surveyed are concerned that an ongoing shortage
of new graduates from
teacher education programs will exacerbate
recruitment problems.
With
teacher recruitment and
teacher retention currently posing difficult
issues to the education sector, Julian Stanley
of the Education Support Partnership discusses why it remains important to look beyond the destressing headlines.
The figures paint a negative picture
of the current
recruitment issues that the education sector is facing and suggest these
issues could continue, given the number
of teachers considering leaving the profession.
Among the many
issues that
teachers and administrators in ABC have tackled together are curriculum development, textbook selection,
recruitment and hiring, mentoring,
teacher evaluation and support, and use
of data - based decision making to improve student performance.
The head's union maintains it «strongly opposes» the government's proposed limit as the move would «hamper
recruitment» and worsen the present
teacher shortage which is «one
of the most significant
issues affecting schools and their communities».
Russell Hobby, General Secretary
of the National Association
of Head
Teachers, cautioned that although the idea is overall a good initiative, there are still
issues such as budget cuts and
recruitment matters which mean some schools are simply not in a position to offer the service.
«In - depth studies should be designed to provide deeper analysis
of specific questions about high priority
issues,» such as «
teacher recruitment and retention.»
We all know that
recruitment and retention in teaching is an
issue, but even we were surprised when we conducted a survey
of over 1,000 UK
teachers in June last year, which revealed that 61 per cent
of teachers were thinking
of leaving teaching.
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teacher workload and dealing with
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As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association
of School - Based
Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recru
Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education
of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recr
Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the
issues which students and
teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recr
teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to
teacher recru
teacher recruitment.
2016 has left us with a number
of crucial
issues to consider and address, including: the impact that Brexit may have on education; the government's plans for academisation and the subsequent U-turn on the plans; the reintroduction
of grammar schools; and the continuing
teacher recruitment and retention crises.
Those
of us who undertake school - led
teacher training, or represent providers which do, are being increasingly consulted by politicians, policy - makers and civil servants on solutions to
issues around
teacher recruitment and retention.
Teachers» salaries are being «outstripped by inflation and pay rises in the private sector», which is contributing to
recruitment issues is the sector, the Association
of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned.
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He told Schools Week: «The DfE is clearly deliberately ignoring the real
issue, that we are facing a growing crisis
of teacher recruitment and morale.
The «strong case» is nothing whatsoever to do with education and the
teacher recruitment and retention
issue and everything to do with public pay restraint in the ideological and fruitless pursuit
of deficit reduction.
«
Teacher recruitment has become the No. 1
issue in multilingual education after years
of neglect
of language teaching,» he said, noting that some other states have adopted more flexible approaches to recruiting from abroad or out -
of - state.
Educators often find ourselves engaged in conversations about how to address achievement disparities, discipline
issues, the
recruitment and retention
of effective
teachers and administrators, but how often do we allow students to weigh in on the subject?
Given the evidence on where
teacher supply and pay shortfalls are greatest, it is encouraging the new
recruitment measures are tightly focused on languages, science, and maths
teachers, and will concentrate additional funding in «challenging schools» or parts
of the country with acute supply
issues.
Noting the efforts
of U.S. Secretary
of Education Arne Duncan and his department's «Black Men to the Blackboard»
recruitment campaign begun in 2011, Bristol and Ferguson hypothesize that this dearth
of black male
teachers, especially in urban areas, is as much an
issue of retainment as
recruitment.
For those
of you who are not familiar with Linda Darling - Hammond, or her extensive career as one
of the best, brightest, and most influential scholars in the academy
of education, she is the nation's leading expert on
issues related to
teacher quality,
teacher recruitment and retention,
teacher preparation, and, related,
teacher evaluation (e.g., using value - added measures).
The forum, one
of six held during the 69th Annual Meeting, covered
issues such as student
recruitment, candidate support across the continuum
of preparation through induction, the role
of school - university partnerships, and ensuring novice
teachers are prepared to engage their students in deeper learning.
Hill said the «lack
of political leadership» might now also mean the department «takes its eye off» other
issues schools faced, including primary assessment problems, initial
teacher training reforms and
teacher recruitment.
Heads have been warning
of teacher shortages and Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw last week described
recruitment as a «burning
issue» for schools.
The Chartered College
of Teaching has joined together with other organisations that have an interest in the
recruitment, training and professional development
of teachers to raise their concerns about the
teacher shortage and suggest practical solutions to the
issue.
Compensation is just one
of many factors contributing to
teacher recruitment and retention
issues.
One
of the
issues considered was how the introduction
of the EBacc relates to
teacher recruitment and retention, whether there are enough
teachers to teach the EBacc subjects, and how the introduction
of the EBacc will affect
teachers in non-EBacc subjects.
As NFER research has shown, as well as long running
issues with
recruitment, schools are also experiencing
issues with
teacher retention, with around a quarter
of teachers now leaving the profession after only three years.