[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..it's not about being greedy Arista and I think you know that...'performance related increments' are nothing to do with performance in the classrooms, they are date/tracking/Ofsted performance related, which means that takes a teacher out of the classroom and having to do more data work, when what they want is to be teaching..and there is not enough budget given to replace this time with qualified teachers, so teaching assistants are taking classes more and although there are some highly qualified teaching assistants, that's ok for some Primary Schools but not for older children who might be facing exams ...why would any teacher choose to work in a 'failing school' with bad Ofsted results when they could do the same job/same grade and earn the same money in a school with good Ofsted results, which would mean their 'performance' and therefore their salary would most likely be higher and also maybe the job itself would be easier..?..

...there are schools closing everywhere and yet more money is spent in extending other schools while classroom resource budgets are just not enough, where is the sense in that..?..I don't believe in striking, I think it's a very negative thing and does have an effect on parents who need to take time off, it also means that teachers are forced to take that time off as well and lose their income for that day...but, if Ofsted requirements and all the Education Authority date requirements continue as they are, then it's going to cause a huge educational divide with some schools and children doing ok but the ones in poorer areas with low income families basically struggling for an education and that's just completely wrong...

..I also agree with Livia, they should just stop trying to fine families for taking their children on holiday in term time and it's those very families who are already financially stretched and not able to go anywhere in the school holidays who will eventually have to also face the fact that their children will be failed in the classroom as well/that very classroom that they are being fined for taking them out of..ironic....

Yes Ammi
Teaching has got to cut costs
Whoever is in power