The government has introduced a new scheme to help improve teacher recruitment and retention, after 10% of secondary school teachers left the profession last year.
This comes as almost a quarter of teachers who have qualified since 2011 have left.
Many express that they do not have a healthy work-life balance.
Education Secretary Damian Hinds hopes to make teaching more appealing through the new scheme: “Job Share match.com”.
Teresa McMeakin works for the senior management team of a school north London. She believes the scheme “will help keep young mothers and teachers in the workplace”.
She hopes it will attract more people to the teaching profession as working hours become more flexible.
But the scheme has received mixed reactions. Some teachers say that changing whole timetabling schedules is a complex and time-consuming task.
A reception teacher from a Haringey school also stresses the importance of finding the right match to share your class with: “You have to be clever about who you match someone with – it has to be appropriate.”
Schools might be put off job sharing because it will be more expensive to hire two teachers instead of one.
David Powell, from the Head Office of the National Education Union, explains that the realities of the teaching crisis are not going away.
He says that “this is not a game-changer, the government needs to tackle the serious issues”.
Performance-related pay, stifled career ladders and unmanageable workloads are the main issues he sees facing teaching.
This proposal is clearly dividing people. Whilst it offers more flexibility for staff wanting to teach part-time, there is concern that it is not the best solution to solve the teacher recruitment and retention crisis.
Short HeadlineNew scheme hopes to keep teachers in work
StandfirstAlmost a quarter of teachers who have qualified since 2011 have left.
The government has introduced a new scheme to help improve teacher recruitment and retention, after 10% of secondary school teachers left the profession last year.
This comes as almost a quarter of teachers who have qualified since 2011 have left.
Many express that they do not have a healthy work-life balance.
Education Secretary Damian Hinds hopes to make teaching more appealing through the new scheme: “Job Share match.com”.
Teresa McMeakin works for the senior management team of a school north London. She believes the scheme “will help keep young mothers and teachers in the workplace”.
She hopes it will attract more people to the teaching profession as working hours become more flexible.
But the scheme has received mixed reactions. Some teachers say that changing whole timetabling schedules is a complex and time-consuming task.
A reception teacher from a Haringey school also stresses the importance of finding the right match to share your class with: “You have to be clever about who you match someone with – it has to be appropriate.”
Schools might be put off job sharing because it will be more expensive to hire two teachers instead of one.
David Powell, from the Head Office of the National Education Union, explains that the realities of the teaching crisis are not going away.
He says that “this is not a game-changer, the government needs to tackle the serious issues”.
Performance-related pay, stifled career ladders and unmanageable workloads are the main issues he sees facing teaching.
This proposal is clearly dividing people. Whilst it offers more flexibility for staff wanting to teach part-time, there is concern that it is not the best solution to solve the teacher recruitment and retention crisis.
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