Sentences with phrase «teaching union warned»

The NASUWT teaching union warned it was important an isolated exam system wasn't developed «which has no currency outside Wales.»

Too many schools are turning their libraries into classrooms and throwing away books, a teaching union warned today.

Not exact matches

However, unions have warned that the method is not suitable for all children, and should be kept as one of a number of approaches to teaching.

However, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) warns that this remains an issue, and called for teachers to be involved in the debate on which teaching methods work best.

However, teaching unions have reacted angrily to the report, warning it is «unacceptable to scapegoat teachers».

However, its plans for increased academisation have faced opposition from teaching unions, who warn there is no solid proof that turning schools into academies will help to improve standards.

Critics warn that unions will agree to only those reforms that tighten their control over the teaching profession and the educational enterprise.

Facing heckling from the crowd, Morgan warned teachers that they should work with the Conservative government, saying: «Teaching unions have a choice — spend the next four years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the white paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.»

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL teaching union, warned: «Unless teachers get a significant pay rise, schools will have to start increasing class sizes, or shutting courses and cutting the subjects available to pupils.»

Six teaching unions have warned that a national teaching crisis is fast approaching as government limits to teachers» pay and «real terms cuts» to school budgets risk undermining standards.

The NASUWT teaching union has warned that supply teachers are facing» a raft of exploitative employment practices» and are being denied entitlements on pay, pensions and working conditions.

Nonetheless, teaching unions have opposed the new contracts, claiming the changes would cause teaching assistants to lose around # 400 per month and have warned they would be balloting members for industrial action.

More pupils could be taught by teachers not specialist in the subjects they are teaching, warn the unions

Some teaching unions fear that by removing the requirement for schools to consult with the local authority, which manages school places across an area, expansion in one school might hit others as pupils move elsewhere with little warning, taking «per pupil» funding with them.

Teaching unions and the STRB itself have warned in recent months that a larger increase is needed to keep teachers in a profession which is already struggling to recruit and retain staff.

Teaching unions have warned that the policy will cause «chaos» at a local level and dismantle state education.

The UCU lecturers» union has warned that the way of measuring teaching standards must be carefully considered, or else «manipulation of statistics may be the name of the game, rather than bolstering the student experience».

The union's general secretary Geoff Barton said the government had «recognised» the issues behind teacher recruitment, but warned there was «still a long way to go» to make teaching a «more attractive career».

However, academics also warned that poorer pupils don't benefit from extra reading time unless they are guided by a skilled teacher, and a teaching union claimed schools would struggle to find the extra time in the day.

The introduction of new, Wales - only GCSEs in September will lead to the curriculum here becoming overcrowded, a teaching union has warned BBC Wales.

The National Union of Teachers welcomed the requirement for all teachers to have teaching qualifications and the support for national pay bargaining, but warned that allowing parents to open schools would not create a «coherent» system.

Teaching unions and academics continue to warn that the existing recruitment crisis is set to intensify as a population bulge is due to begin hitting secondary schools from this autumn.

Teaching unions have warned comparing Welsh and English results is increasingly difficult due to significant changes to exams.

The Gonski 2.0 review of education will recommend an evidence - based teaching system for schools, ranking the most successful actions teachers can take to improve student learning — although the main teaching union has warned it will resist any attempt to turn this into a performance league table.

For obvious reasons, I won't identify her or where she teaches, but — shockingly — her story is becoming all too common... «We had a union meeting yesterday where they warned us that the governor is going after the certificates of teachers that opted out their kids (of the state tests).

While they come in, pupils in England will have some exams graded with numbers and some with letters, leading teaching unions to warn this will be confusing for pupils, parents and employers.