Sentences with phrase «issues of teacher workload»

Highlighted in the report are issues of teacher workload and stress.

Last year the government accepted «in full» recommendations made by three independent expert groups on the issue of teacher workload.

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«Workload and pay are racial justice issues and the Government needs to take action to address the concerns of BME teachers.

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

Issues due to be discussed include the teacher supply crisis, the mental health of teachers, workload and pupil behaviour.

Other issues covered within the report include the impact of workload and working hours on our already «flat out» teachers.

Topics range from being effective with budgets, managing teacher workload and dealing with teacher recruitment and retention issues to solutions to manage pupil progress and attainment and methods of creative teaching.

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).

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.

EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said: «Despite the fine words of politicians on the need to support schools and teachers, the evidence from both the recent EIS workload survey - which highlighted an average teacher working week of 46.5 hours - and the range of motions to this year's AGM indicate that excessive workload remains a huge issue for teachers and, therefore, for our schools and our pupils.»

NASUWT has issued a notice of strike action to East Dunbartonshire Council following its failure to tackle management practices which the union says «have an adverse impact on the workload and working conditions of teachers».

Larry Flanagan, the EIS general secretary, said: «Despite the fine words of politicians on the need to support schools and teachers the range of motions indicates that excessive workload remains a huge issue for teachers and, therefore, for our schools and our pupils.

Issues around teacher workload and stress are well known and likely to have contributed to the total of 2.21 million days lost in 2013 - 14 — an average of 4.3 days for every teacher.

«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.

We trust the professionalism of our head teachers to monitor their staff's workload and address any issues.»

In a major blow to the Department for Education's workload agenda, the report also reveals that half of school leaders have not engaged with the government's flagship «workload challenge» programme at all, and that only # 91,000 has been spent on programmes to support workload or pupil behaviour — even though these were flagged as key issues to keep teachers in the profession.

This new assessment, undertaken by the government's spending watchdog, notes that although # 70 million was spent last year trying to support existing teachers, interventions had been on a «relatively small scale», and just a tiny fraction of the money — # 91,000 — was earmarked to solve workload issues.

Teacher workload is one of the biggest issues highlighted by unions and other groups, and the burdens of Ofsted inspections and what is seen as an increasing need to provide evidence of certain practices are often linked to the problem.

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.

«Teachers are leaving the profession because of workload and stress issues caused by government policies but the biggest issue in this is that they haven't recruited enough teachers in the firsTeachers are leaving the profession because of workload and stress issues caused by government policies but the biggest issue in this is that they haven't recruited enough teachers in the firsteachers in the first place.