I truly pity teachers and educators, this doesn’t seem like an even remotely serious offer anyone could accept given the cost of living and already low pay for these positions.
I assume that the point of the offer is to have it rejected then fall back on the “won’t someone think of the children”?
The government will get what it wants. The media will be tripping over itself demonising educators before you know it.
Very glad the heads voted for this. Heads need to ballot and actually vote to strike this time. One union cannot do all the legwork.
Head at the school where I worked (until last friday) explained his position in a staff briefing.
Basically, he’d run the numbers, and if the unfunded rise next year went ahead, he’d be a quarter million in the red. The only realistic option would be cutting staff numbers, and we were already on a skeleton staff in support roles, so it’d be teachers going.
He’s a fairly no-nonsense ex police sergeant, but he was about in tears by the end of that briefing.
Good. The offer is an effective pay cut from where they should have been. Keep fighting! Keep demanding fair pay and funding for schools.
Tories are very good at redirecting the conflict and creating divisons between groups using psychological warfare tactics, more power to them if this population can’t organise itself as one to defeat a common foe
Several years ago (25f) I wanted to go to uni to learn to be an English teacher as it was always my passion. I’d been putting it off up until that point (I graduated college just as uni fees tripled). I went to see a career counselor that told me it would take atleast 4 years full time/7 years part time at college/uni. Starting salary after completion was 22k.
I thought f*ck that, and took a 12 week intro course in accounting and my second job (first was part time) 1 year later was 21k.
5 years later I’m earning more than twice the starting salary and my employer pays for my uni course, so I don’t incur student loan fees.
There is honestly no incentive to be a teacher.
Heads with p.a’s, business managers. Head of p.e, head of maths. All with deputies.
Can anyone explain why some heads are paid 6-8 times more than other key staff in a school? Eg caretakers, cleaners, catering. Some catering staff clean at the school to survive.
Equal pay for all is it?
The govt want our already desperately underfunded schools to pay this?! Disgraceful.
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I truly pity teachers and educators, this doesn’t seem like an even remotely serious offer anyone could accept given the cost of living and already low pay for these positions.
I assume that the point of the offer is to have it rejected then fall back on the “won’t someone think of the children”?
The government will get what it wants. The media will be tripping over itself demonising educators before you know it.
Very glad the heads voted for this. Heads need to ballot and actually vote to strike this time. One union cannot do all the legwork.
Head at the school where I worked (until last friday) explained his position in a staff briefing.
Basically, he’d run the numbers, and if the unfunded rise next year went ahead, he’d be a quarter million in the red. The only realistic option would be cutting staff numbers, and we were already on a skeleton staff in support roles, so it’d be teachers going.
He’s a fairly no-nonsense ex police sergeant, but he was about in tears by the end of that briefing.
Good. The offer is an effective pay cut from where they should have been. Keep fighting! Keep demanding fair pay and funding for schools.
Tories are very good at redirecting the conflict and creating divisons between groups using psychological warfare tactics, more power to them if this population can’t organise itself as one to defeat a common foe
Several years ago (25f) I wanted to go to uni to learn to be an English teacher as it was always my passion. I’d been putting it off up until that point (I graduated college just as uni fees tripled). I went to see a career counselor that told me it would take atleast 4 years full time/7 years part time at college/uni. Starting salary after completion was 22k.
I thought f*ck that, and took a 12 week intro course in accounting and my second job (first was part time) 1 year later was 21k.
5 years later I’m earning more than twice the starting salary and my employer pays for my uni course, so I don’t incur student loan fees.
There is honestly no incentive to be a teacher.
Heads with p.a’s, business managers. Head of p.e, head of maths. All with deputies.
Can anyone explain why some heads are paid 6-8 times more than other key staff in a school? Eg caretakers, cleaners, catering. Some catering staff clean at the school to survive.
Equal pay for all is it?
The govt want our already desperately underfunded schools to pay this?! Disgraceful.