If heads vote for strike action, it will also encourage other teachers to strike within the other unions. A big stumbling block for many is fear that striking will negatively impact their career (even if legally it isn’t supposed to be allowed to).
Not really surprising. Schools are in a state of collapse and educators just aren’t getting paid enough.
My best mates Mrs is a head teacher and I deal with them on occasion through my job
there is a lot of anger that when the teachers strikes were on, they were put under massive pressure not to support their teachers
They were formally written to with heavy handed “you breach your contract if you strike as your in the HT’s union, not the striking one/not a member etc”
My mates mrs wanted to join the line but she was pressured with the threats above so backed down
This is the outcome of the above, the government caused this action
The messaging from the top of the NAHT has been fantastic and massively supportive of my union’s strike action. I hope their members can follow the lead of the top but I am not holding my breath. The big necessity right now is a positive ballot result for NEU and NAS.
The current generation of school-kids have been so badly let down by our society. They were abandoned during COVID to protect an ungrateful generation of elders that is doing nothing to remedy the situation. How I loathe the governance of this country.
Headteachers should encourage all teachers and support to be in a union. It’s absolutely ludicrous if they don’t!!!
Children are the future and we are seriously failing them right now. We spend too much time teaching to the test, rather than focusing on making learning a lifelong passion, or on teaching critical thinking skills. Exams have their place in education but the intense focus on them means kids lose out on other areas of the curriculum as a result, so they leave school less well-rounded than they could be. This also leads to teacher burnout as your entire career is based upon kids reaching specific targets, rather than if they are happy in school. I loved working with kids but would now rather be a mentor outside of school than be a teacher again. It is not worth the stress.
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If heads vote for strike action, it will also encourage other teachers to strike within the other unions. A big stumbling block for many is fear that striking will negatively impact their career (even if legally it isn’t supposed to be allowed to).
Not really surprising. Schools are in a state of collapse and educators just aren’t getting paid enough.
My best mates Mrs is a head teacher and I deal with them on occasion through my job
there is a lot of anger that when the teachers strikes were on, they were put under massive pressure not to support their teachers
They were formally written to with heavy handed “you breach your contract if you strike as your in the HT’s union, not the striking one/not a member etc”
My mates mrs wanted to join the line but she was pressured with the threats above so backed down
This is the outcome of the above, the government caused this action
The messaging from the top of the NAHT has been fantastic and massively supportive of my union’s strike action. I hope their members can follow the lead of the top but I am not holding my breath. The big necessity right now is a positive ballot result for NEU and NAS.
The current generation of school-kids have been so badly let down by our society. They were abandoned during COVID to protect an ungrateful generation of elders that is doing nothing to remedy the situation. How I loathe the governance of this country.
Headteachers should encourage all teachers and support to be in a union. It’s absolutely ludicrous if they don’t!!!
Children are the future and we are seriously failing them right now. We spend too much time teaching to the test, rather than focusing on making learning a lifelong passion, or on teaching critical thinking skills. Exams have their place in education but the intense focus on them means kids lose out on other areas of the curriculum as a result, so they leave school less well-rounded than they could be. This also leads to teacher burnout as your entire career is based upon kids reaching specific targets, rather than if they are happy in school. I loved working with kids but would now rather be a mentor outside of school than be a teacher again. It is not worth the stress.