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UK Union Season 2006
Here we go, here we go, here we go.
It’s Union Conference time again here in the UK!
So what happens now?
You know how failing schools and failed schools in the UK are closed and then reopened as different entities like City Academies for example?
Well what happens when City Academies fail?
Do they close them and reopen them as ……. as …… as ordinary schools?????
Take Unity Academy in Middlesbrough as an example. Close two failing schools open [...]
Do what you’re told!
Found this recently:
“…..an exam I sat a few years ago while doing my English GCSE. We were given three pieces of writing, each with a set of questions attached, and were asked to “Choose one of the three exercises below”.
While we were all sweating out pages and pages of answers, a friend of mine [...]
Check this out!
Teachers in the UK work 11 hours unpaid every week according to a TUC survey reports
This is the same as working from the New Year to 22nd March.
Guess what? You ain’t earned a bean this year yet!
Good innit?
Nice Quote from long ago.
For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don’t want to learn–much.
W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, And Now All This (1932) introduction
And its still true today isn’t it?
Fewer Teachers, fewer opportunities?
Recent information suggests that there are fewer teachers now than there were 4 or 5 years ago.
There are though more Teaching Assistants and this begs the question: Are Teaching Assistants being used instead of teachers?
This has undoubted career implications for all in the education profession so what do you think?
Stressed? You are or you will be!
First reports on the new style Ofsted inspections in the UK suggest that more schools are not coming up to the expected standard.
Job Profile – The School Caretaker (Part One)
Think the Headteacher/Principal is important?
Think again. Education relies on the School Caretaker. Here’s a quick tongue in cheek profile of one of the most awesome of educational employees
Be an Examiner!
Examination boards across the UK are now recruiting examiners for the Summer season 2006.
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