It is difficult to understand why someone would give up a successful and prospering career for a step into the unknown; I could no longer agree with my convictions, how the increasing competition led to harder regulation and cost - saving measures
like staff reduction.
Not exact matches
Diana Somers of Language Magnet thinks the education sector should brace itself for further
reductions in resources, saying: «
Like most public sectors, the education sector has been hit with funding cuts and, as a result, headteachers are having to reduce
staff and resources.
This can only come from empowering local school communities to design their schools, giving them charter -
like budget and staffing flexibility in hiring and
staff reductions and then holding them accountable for performance, parent satisfaction and enrollment.
On the contrary, since 2008, there have been massive state funding
reductions for essential educational supports
like teachers (3.5 %), teacher assistants (22.9 %), instructional supplies (51.9 %), and textbooks (78.1 %); funding for mentoring,
staff professional development, and literacy coaches has been eliminated entirely.
Like everyone, we've had
staff reductions (about 20 percent from last year's budgeted level), most of which we captured via attrition and voluntary departures.
Some cuts would hit
staff,
like reductions in the number of security guards and fund - raising employees.