Shortage of supply teachers creating headache for schools
6 years, 3 months ago

Shortage of supply teachers creating headache for schools

Dutch News  

Schools are struggling with a shortage of supply teachers because replacement staff are being offered permanent contracts. On average supply teacher agencies have lost a third of their personnel during the last school year, often as a result of schools offering permanent jobs to teachers who have stood in for a member of staff. ‘The continuity of education is in doubt because of this,’ said Joost Spijker, director of RTC Transvita, which supplies teaching cover to schools in Utrecht, Gelderland, Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland and saw 200 of its 500 teachers leave last year. ‘Some schools don’t even ask us any more because they know there’s only a very small chance that we can provide a replacement.’ Education minister Arie Slob pledged last week to invest an extra €21 million in addressing teacher shortages, partly by increasing opportunities for people in other professions to retrain.

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Schools short by 13,000 teachers, problem worst in big cities
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Schools short by 13,000 teachers, problem worst in big cities

Dutch News  

Primary and secondary schools and vocational colleges are struggling with a shortage of 13,000 teachers and the number is expected to remain high for several years, education ministers Eppo Bruins and Mariëlle Paul have warned. Secondary schools are missing 3,800 full-time teachers, the same number as in 2023, with shortages expected to get worse in subjects such as Dutch, German …

Qualified teachers in other jobs far exceed shortage: research
1 month, 1 week ago

Qualified teachers in other jobs far exceed shortage: research

Dutch News  

Tens of thousands of teachers, qualified nurses, and classroom assistants are not working in the professions for which they are trained, an investigation by the education and labour market research centre ROA has shown. The “hidden reserve” includes some 62,000 teachers, about four times the number of secondary school teachers currently needed. Much can also be done to lower the …

Over one lakh ZP school teachers to go on mass leave on Sept 25
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Over one lakh ZP school teachers to go on mass leave on Sept 25

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Around one lakh teachers from Zilla Parishad schools across the state have announced they will go on mass leave on September 25 to protest various issues, including the trend of appointing teachers on contractual basis and assigning of non-academic tasks leaving them with little time to focus on actual teaching. The Maharashtra State Primary Teachers Committee, which is spearheading …

New survey finds almost every public school is being affected by casual teacher shortage
1 year, 2 months ago

New survey finds almost every public school is being affected by casual teacher shortage

ABC  

A major casual teacher shortage means almost 10,000 lessons are happening without adequate educational support in public schools across New South Wales every day. It found a 42 per cent shortfall in the number of casual teachers is driving the problem and it warns that almost every public school surveyed is affected. NSW Teachers Federation acting president Henry Rajendra said, …

350 elementary schools will no longer hire temporary workers starting this school year
1 year, 4 months ago

350 elementary schools will no longer hire temporary workers starting this school year

NL Times  

Dutch elementary schools have reached their limit. Around 350 elementary schools have announced in a manifesto that they will no longer hire expensive temporary or self-employed workers from the coming school year. The reason is that the elementary schools have to pay "extortionate prices" for the temporary workers. Since it is not possible to stop the progress of temporary workers …

Schools ‘increasingly struggling to recruit teachers’
1 year, 8 months ago

Schools ‘increasingly struggling to recruit teachers’

The Independent  

Schools are struggling to recruit teachers, with tens of thousands of vacancies being advertised, according to new research. Teachers face a double whammy because their pay has stagnated, but they are also losing classroom help, such as teaching assistants and new technology, because of a squeeze on school budgets Neil Carberry, REC REC chief executive Neil Carberry said: “Schools are …

Netherlands struggles to find qualified teachers; Shortage hits Amsterdam hard
1 year, 11 months ago

Netherlands struggles to find qualified teachers; Shortage hits Amsterdam hard

NL Times  

More and more students are entering teacher training with a too-low language level. The Universities of Applied Sciences are trying to catch the students up but don’t want to hold teachers back due to the teacher shortage, AD reports. In Amsterdam, the teacher shortage is getting so bad that primary schools in the capital are considering dramatic changes to how …

Rajasthan’s move to hire teachers on contract faces opposition
2 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan’s move to hire teachers on contract faces opposition

The Hindu  

The Congress government’s move in Rajasthan to appoint 10,000 teachers on a contract basis mainly to fill up vacancies in Mahatma Gandhi English-medium schools, started in 2019, has met with opposition from unemployed youth and teachers’ groups. While the State government had cited the 2022 Rules for hiring of teachers as well, the Rajasthan Shikshak & Panchayati Raj Karmachari Sangh …

Teacher shortages are real, but not for the reason you heard
2 years, 4 months ago

Teacher shortages are real, but not for the reason you heard

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Everywhere, it seems, back-to-school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher shortage. It’s unknown how many of those positions lost were teaching jobs, or other staff members like bus drivers — support positions that schools are having an especially hard time filling. National Education Association union leader Becky Pringle tweeted in April: “The educator shortage is …

COVID-fuelled teacher shortage sees Education Department head office staff back in WA schools
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID-fuelled teacher shortage sees Education Department head office staff back in WA schools

ABC  

More than 500 staff from the Education Department have been pulled out of its head office in East Perth and redeployed to teach in schools as COVID-19 decimates the ranks of teachers. Key points: Schools have been hit especially hard by COVID-19 Schools have been hit especially hard by COVID-19 Demand for relief teachers has skyrocketed Demand for relief teachers …

L.A. teacher shortage crisis hits poor kids hardest, forcing a last-ditch staffing effort
2 years, 8 months ago

L.A. teacher shortage crisis hits poor kids hardest, forcing a last-ditch staffing effort

LA Times  

As school districts nationwide struggle to hire and retain teachers amid a shortage, Los Angeles Unified Supt. In a statement, United Teachers Los Angeles President Cecily Myart-Cruz said the district’s initiative is another sign that it needs to do “everything they can” to retain educators and improve teaching conditions during an “unprecedented shortage that’s reached an emergency level.” “We need …

Primary schools in Amsterdam lure teachers with more cash
4 years, 6 months ago

Primary schools in Amsterdam lure teachers with more cash

Dutch News  

Amsterdam primary school teachers are to be given an annual bonus of €1,000, and an extra €1,500 on top if they opt for a job in a school in a disadvantaged neighbourhood, in an effort to stop more teachers from leaving. The measure is part of a four-year package aimed at combating the shortage of teachers in the four big …

Primary schools in Amsterdam lure teachers with more cash
4 years, 6 months ago

Primary schools in Amsterdam lure teachers with more cash

Dutch News  

Amsterdam primary school teachers are to be given an annual bonus of €1,000, and an extra €1,500 on top if they opt for a job in a school in a disadvantaged neighbourhood, in an effort to stop more teachers from leaving. The measure is part of a four-year package aimed at combating the shortage of teachers in the four big …

Primary schools present their plans to cope with teacher shortages
4 years, 11 months ago

Primary schools present their plans to cope with teacher shortages

Dutch News  

Primary schools in Amsterdam have presented their plans for combating the shortage of teachers to education minister Arie Slob, and a cut to a four-day week is one of the suggestions. The schools say that more ‘guest teachers’, classroom assistants and other unqualified staff will end up in front of the class – and could take over on the fifth …

Primary schools present their plans to cope with teacher shortages
4 years, 11 months ago

Primary schools present their plans to cope with teacher shortages

Dutch News  

Primary schools in Amsterdam have presented their plans for combating the shortage of teachers to education minister Arie Slob, and a cut to a four-day week is one of the suggestions. The schools say that more ‘guest teachers’, classroom assistants and other unqualified staff will end up in front of the class – and could take over on the fifth …

Teacher shortage: More pupils starting secondary school with learning arrears
5 years ago

Teacher shortage: More pupils starting secondary school with learning arrears

NL Times  

Secondary schools increasingly have to give extra lessons to pupils in the bridge classes to catch up on backlogs from primary school, sector organization VO-Raad said to newspaper AD. The organization noticed that more and more pupils are staring high school at below the desired level, and fears that the situation will only become worse if no solution is found …

Four-day week for primary schools in Amsterdam is a 'real possibility'
5 years ago

Four-day week for primary schools in Amsterdam is a 'real possibility'

Dutch News  

Primary schools in Amsterdam are considering a four-day week to head off the shortage of teachers, although it is unclear as yet as to whether school inspectors would agree, Trouw reported on Monday. ‘A four-day week is a real possibility,’ Lieke Thesingh of the primary school board association BBO told the paper. ‘The big advantage is that teachers’ workloads are …

Four-day week for primary schools in Amsterdam is a 'real possibility'
5 years ago

Four-day week for primary schools in Amsterdam is a 'real possibility'

Dutch News  

Primary schools in Amsterdam are considering a four-day week to head off the shortage of teachers, although it is unclear as yet as to whether school inspectors would agree, Trouw reported on Monday. ‘A four-day week is a real possibility,’ Lieke Thesingh of the primary school board association BBO told the paper. ‘The big advantage is that teachers’ workloads are …

Four in 10 Dutch schools have a chronic lack of teaching staff: union
5 years, 2 months ago

Four in 10 Dutch schools have a chronic lack of teaching staff: union

Dutch News  

The shortage of teachers is becoming extremely worrying and four in 10 schools now have no replacement staff should teachers fall ill, according to the Aob teaching union on Friday. While four in 10 ordinary schools are suffering, two-thirds of special needs schools do not have replacement staff, the survey showed. And in the first few weeks of the new …

Four in 10 Dutch schools have a chronic lack of teaching staff: union
5 years, 2 months ago

Four in 10 Dutch schools have a chronic lack of teaching staff: union

Dutch News  

The shortage of teachers is becoming extremely worrying and four in 10 schools now have no replacement staff should teachers fall ill, according to the Aob teaching union on Friday. While four in 10 ordinary schools are suffering, two-thirds of special needs schools do not have replacement staff, the survey showed. And in the first few weeks of the new …

Teacher shortage far worse than previously thought; 40% of schools in trouble: Union
5 years, 2 months ago

Teacher shortage far worse than previously thought; 40% of schools in trouble: Union

NL Times  

The teacher shortage is taking on worrying forms, according to education union AOb. In special education, the problems are even worse - two thirds of schools don't have enough teachers, the union concludes based on its own research among 6,200 teachers, the Telegraaf reports. The teacher shortage often caused problems over the past years, but this year the problems are …

Teacher shortage claims first victim: Amsterdam school to close
5 years, 3 months ago

Teacher shortage claims first victim: Amsterdam school to close

Dutch News  

An Amsterdam primary school is closing its doors because of the teacher shortage, the Parool reports. School administrator Hubert de Waard told the paper the quality of education could no longer be guaranteed despite efforts to hire temporary staff. In July the school was criticised by school inspectors for not meeting standards but the board says the shortage of teachers …

Teacher shortage claims first victim: Amsterdam school to close
5 years, 3 months ago

Teacher shortage claims first victim: Amsterdam school to close

Dutch News  

An Amsterdam primary school is closing its doors because of the teacher shortage, the Parool reports. School administrator Hubert de Waard told the paper the quality of education could no longer be guaranteed despite efforts to hire temporary staff. In July the school was criticised by school inspectors for not meeting standards but the board says the shortage of teachers …

Heads want ban on use jobs agencies in schools: survey
5 years, 3 months ago

Heads want ban on use jobs agencies in schools: survey

Dutch News  

Half of heads of primary and special needs schools think using commercial agencies to fill vacancies should be banned for being too expensive, a survey by school heads’ association AVS and the Volksrant found. Many school heads said they were angry because some mediators lure teachers into freelancing by giving them extras which schools can’t afford, such a higher initial …

Heads want ban on use jobs agencies in schools: survey
5 years, 3 months ago

Heads want ban on use jobs agencies in schools: survey

Dutch News  

Half of heads of primary and special needs schools think using commercial agencies to fill vacancies should be banned for being too expensive, a survey by school heads’ association AVS and the Volksrant found. Many school heads said they were angry because some mediators lure teachers into freelancing by giving them extras which schools can’t afford, such a higher initial …

Teacher hiring through employment agencies 20k more expensive
5 years, 3 months ago

Teacher hiring through employment agencies 20k more expensive

NL Times  

Half of a directors of primary schools and special education schools in the Netherlands want to stop hiring staff through employment agencies because they are too expensive, the Volkskrant reports based on a poll among nearly 600 school directors. The teacher shortage means that schools increasingly fall back on employment agencies, part-time teachers, and freelance teachers to fill the gaps. …

Shortage of primary teachers is getting worse, warns professional body
5 years, 6 months ago

Shortage of primary teachers is getting worse, warns professional body

Dutch News  

The national shortage of teaching staff is expected to worsen next year, with around 1,400 vacancies unfilled when children return to school after the summer holidays. Rina den Besten, of the primary school council PO-Raad, said half of all school boards anticipated having to cancel classes during the year and one in four would have to use non-teaching staff to …

Shortage of primary teachers is getting worse, warns professional body
5 years, 6 months ago

Shortage of primary teachers is getting worse, warns professional body

Dutch News  

The national shortage of teaching staff is expected to worsen next year, with around 1,400 vacancies unfilled when children return to school after the summer holidays. Rina den Besten, of the primary school council PO-Raad, said half of all school boards anticipated having to cancel classes during the year and one in four would have to use non-teaching staff to …

Unions urge schools not to replace sick teachers to highlight staff shortages
5 years, 11 months ago

Unions urge schools not to replace sick teachers to highlight staff shortages

Dutch News  

Trade unions have called on head teachers to highlight the problem of staff shortages by not arranging cover for teachers who fall sick this week. The AVS and CNV Schoolleiders unions say schools should make parents aware of the issue by sending children home or giving them a lesson-free day rather than finding another member of staff to teach them. …

Unions urge schools not to replace sick teachers to highlight staff shortages
5 years, 11 months ago

Unions urge schools not to replace sick teachers to highlight staff shortages

Dutch News  

Trade unions have called on head teachers to highlight the problem of staff shortages by not arranging cover for teachers who fall sick this week. The AVS and CNV Schoolleiders unions say schools should make parents aware of the issue by sending children home or giving them a lesson-free day rather than finding another member of staff to teach them. …

Teachers to receive extra pay to stop them leaving the profession under government plans
5 years, 11 months ago

Teachers to receive extra pay to stop them leaving the profession under government plans

The Independent  

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Shortage of supply teachers creating headache for schools
6 years, 3 months ago

Shortage of supply teachers creating headache for schools

Dutch News  

Schools are struggling with a shortage of supply teachers because replacement staff are being offered permanent contracts. On average supply teacher agencies have lost a third of their personnel during the last school year, often as a result of schools offering permanent jobs to teachers who have stood in for a member of staff. ‘The continuity of education is in …

Teacher shortages force schools to consider four-day week
6 years, 3 months ago

Teacher shortages force schools to consider four-day week

Dutch News  

Two school organisations in Zaanstad are warning that they may have to cut down to a four-day week because of a shortage of teaching staff. We’d rather do a day less and maintain a high standard.’ The education inspectorate said it would not tolerate a long-term reduction to a four-day week if it interfered with the legal requirement to give …

Teacher shortages force schools to consider four-day week
6 years, 3 months ago

Teacher shortages force schools to consider four-day week

Dutch News  

Two school organisations in Zaanstad are warning that they may have to cut down to a four-day week because of a shortage of teaching staff. We’d rather do a day less and maintain a high standard.’ The education inspectorate said it would not tolerate a long-term reduction to a four-day week if it interfered with the legal requirement to give …

Civil servants, students and refugees: Amsterdam presents flying teachers squad
6 years, 4 months ago

Civil servants, students and refugees: Amsterdam presents flying teachers squad

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council has come up with a team of school assistants and substitute teachers from its own ranks to combat teacher shortages in the capital, the Volkskrant reports. Some 60 civil servants, of whom four are qualified teachers, will help out this school year if large number of teachers at primary and secondary schools fall ill from flu, or …

Civil servants, students and refugees: Amsterdam presents flying teachers squad
6 years, 4 months ago

Civil servants, students and refugees: Amsterdam presents flying teachers squad

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council has come up with a team of school assistants and substitute teachers from its own ranks to combat teacher shortages in the capital, the Volkskrant reports. Some 60 civil servants, of whom four are qualified teachers, will help out this school year if large number of teachers at primary and secondary schools fall ill from flu, or …

Teacher shortage especially a Randstad problem: report
6 years, 5 months ago

Teacher shortage especially a Randstad problem: report

NL Times  

The massive primary school teacher shortage in the Netherlands seems to be mainly limited to the big cities in the west of the country, according to figures from benefits agency UWV that newspaper Trouw requested. As you get farther away from the big cities, it becomes easier and easier to fill vacancies. In theory, the teacher shortage can be solved …

Post summer shortage of 1,300 primary school teachers looms
6 years, 5 months ago

Post summer shortage of 1,300 primary school teachers looms

Dutch News  

Primary schools in the Netherlands face a shortage of 1,300 teachers after the summer holidays, according to a poll of school heads by sector organisation PO-Raad. Tens of thousands of pupils will be affected by the teacher shortage and school heads are being forced to take emergency measures to soften the impact, the council said. ‘We need a solution in …

Post summer shortage of 1,300 primary school teachers looms
6 years, 5 months ago

Post summer shortage of 1,300 primary school teachers looms

Dutch News  

Primary schools in the Netherlands face a shortage of 1,300 teachers after the summer holidays, according to a poll of school heads by sector organisation PO-Raad. Tens of thousands of pupils will be affected by the teacher shortage and school heads are being forced to take emergency measures to soften the impact, the council said. ‘We need a solution in …

Amsterdam primary schools searching 'day and night' for teachers
6 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam primary schools searching 'day and night' for teachers

Dutch News  

Almost 8,000 primary school children will be without a teacher in September if 300 vacancies are not filled, according to figures from the Breed Bestuurlijk Overleg Amsterdam schools association. ‘It is difficult to predict what will happen as the situation does change quickly,’ Grada Huis, BBO spokesperson, told the newspaper. This is why school headteachers are looking for people day …

Amsterdam primary schools searching 'day and night' for teachers
6 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam primary schools searching 'day and night' for teachers

Dutch News  

Almost 8,000 primary school children will be without a teacher in September if 300 vacancies are not filled, according to figures from the Breed Bestuurlijk Overleg Amsterdam schools association. ‘It is difficult to predict what will happen as the situation does change quickly,’ Grada Huis, BBO spokesperson, told the newspaper. This is why school headteachers are looking for people day …

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