The statistics also reveal the number of teacher vacancies is on the rise and school leaders have had a bigger pay
rise than classroom teachers.
Not exact matches
Likewise, if a
teacher is performing well on the
classroom observations and student surveys but had lower -
than - expected student - achievement gains, a school leader might give the
teacher the benefit of the doubt for another year and hope that student achievement gains will
rise.
However a government spokesperson argued: «Teaching has a lower turnover rate
than the economy as a whole — 90 per cent of
teachers in state schools stay in the profession from one year to the next while the number of
teachers returning to the
classroom continues to
rise year after year.»
With inclusion on the
rise,
teachers are sharing
classrooms more
than ever and becoming an effective co-teaching partner is a teaching essential.
«We know there are some local challenges, the truth is despite
rising pupil numbers and the competitive jobs market a stronger economy has created, more people are entering the teaching profession
than leaving it, there are 13,100 more
teachers today
than when we came to office and the ratio of
teachers to pupils is stable with more
teachers also choosing to come back to the
classroom,» he said.
Gibb said: «We know there are some local challenges, the truth is despite
rising pupil numbers and the competitive jobs market a stronger economy has created, more people are entering the teaching profession
than leaving it, there are 13,100 more
teachers today
than when we came to office and the ratio of
teachers to pupils is stable with more
teachers also choosing to come back to the
classroom.