Re: Teachers leaving the profession

Have you retired as well, now, Dex?

BTW, I agree with the rest of your post.

Re: Teachers leaving the profession

It has been for many years now.

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Last year's NUT's Annual Conference.

Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The causes of the retention problem are clear: workload, workload, workload – for not enough pay. It is not just the hours worked – though they are too high – but the sheer amount of time spent on an accountability system which functions as though it doesn’t trust teachers. Teachers are expected to paste in photos of their lessons, write down verbal feedback to students, and provide lesson plans in immense detail. None of this helps teachers to teach. Add to that a fear of Ofsted, and a dysfunctional accountability system which leaves many teachers working well into the evening and through every weekend.


https://www.teachers.org.uk/news-eve...hortage-crisis

Re: Teachers leaving the profession

Hi. I refer you to my last post on the Proofs thread in other discussions.

Re: Teachers leaving the profession

I have never liked the NUT, being such a hard left-wing organisation, but I must say that I completely agree with their statement.

Re: Teachers leaving the profession

I assume that's a "yes", then.

(I have no idea what the Proofs thread is.)

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They are as left wing as it's members.

Think about it.

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Exactly. Perhaps the majority of teachers are left-wing. Viz the recent reports about their being investigated for politicising their charges.

I was in ATL, which was at least less-hard left-wing.

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http://www.over50sforum.com/showthre...t=44682&page=2

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My apologies, Dex. I missed that post.

Sounds rather unfair, to be honest.