Sentences with phrase «tackle teacher workload»

In a further sign of their joint commitment to tackling teacher workload, a myth buster video featuring the Secretary of State and Amanda Spielman was previewed at the conference, alongside leading figures from the world of education.

A Conservative source contacted Schools Week on Wednesday and said: «Nicky Morgan has made tackling teacher workload her priority from day one.

A Conservative source contacted Schools Week this morning and said: «Nicky Morgan has made tackling teacher workload her priority from day one.

The Lib Dems agree on tackling teacher workload and improved professional development opportunities.

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.

It's not just school leaders who need clarity to tackle workload, teacher Yvonne Williams tells the education secretary

Teachers feel that the Department for Education's work thus far to tackle workload has been totally inadequate.»

Unless the government radically tackles the pay, workload and excessive accountability that teachers currently suffer, this is a situation that will get increasingly worse.»

Education Secretary Damian Hinds has pledged to tackle workload that doesn't add value in the classroom and give teachers the time to focus on teaching.

The ballot also discovered that: 96 per cent of respondents lacked confidence in proposed Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) measures to reduce workload in the 2016 - 17 session; 94 per cent of respondents said they lacked confidence in the SQA's plans to reduce workload; and the Tackling Bureaucracy Report, a Scottish government initiative from March 2015, had failed to reduce teachers» workload in 96 per cent of schools.

She added: «Teachers need more than fine words from the government and employers about tackling workload, they need action.

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».

Ms Keates said: «Teachers need more than fine words from the Government and employers about tackling workload, they need action.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan today announced three working groups to tackle concerns around teachers» workload.

In an exclusive interview with Schools Week, he said that teachers should not «underestimate» how seriously the government is about tackling workload and also revealed plans to introduce a «simple computer - based» multiplication test for primary children.

«Unless government radically tackles the pay, workload and excessive accountability that teachers currently suffer, this is a situation that will get increasingly worse,» said Ms Blower.

Keates also warmly thanked Morgan for publishing three new reports on the causes of teacher workload, which aim to tackle complaints over bureaucratic marking, lesson planning and data reporting that teachers say takes up too much time outside the classroom.

«We continue to work with teachers, unions and Ofsted to tackle unnecessary workload and challenge unhelpful practices that create extra work, including through an offer of targeted support to schools.

One of the messages that came through from the consultation was about the need to tackle the workload, pressure and stress placed upon our teachers.

As the NUT conference in Brighton voted to campaign over the «workload crisis», the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announced proposals to tackle excessive working hours for teachers in England.

Labour wants to tackle what it describes as «rising workloads», by reducing the monitoring and bureaucracy teachers face, although it has not released further details of its plans.

Schools are crying out for action and evidence - based policies to tackle the education funding crisis, chaos over primary assessment, and the blight of excessive teacher workload.

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.

The government has put together a six - point action plan to help tackle «excessive» teacher workload, it has announced today.

Mr Hinds promised to work with school leaders to reduce workload and to make tackling teacher shortages a priority.

«We know unnecessary workload is one of the biggest frustrations for teachers and have done more than ever to tackle this by publishing the results of the three workload review groups on marking, planning and data collection - the three biggest concerns raised by teachers through the workload challenge - and accepting all their recommendations.»

«This is why we are not only tackling excessive teacher workload but have also given head teachers the freedom to pay good teachers more, meaning the best teachers can access greater rewards earlier in their careers.»

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), welcomed Mrs Morgan's commitment to tackling unnecessary workload.

He said the government is also tackling issues that lead to some teachers leaving the profession, such as workload and pupil behaviour — although the latter was criticised by delegates at the event.