teacher workload
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Taking control of teacher workload with EIS
Excessive workload was identified in last year’s EIS member survey as second only to pay as the issue of greatest concern to members. Teachers’ contracts stipulate a 35-hour week and yet EIS surveys show that teachers work on average over 46 hours a week.
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EIS to tackle teachers’ workload with Value Education Value Teachers campaign
The issue of excessive teacher workload has long been a challenge in Scottish education. Despite various initiatives, including a Tackling Bureaucracy strategy agreed by all key players, a major survey of EIS members confirmed that excessive workload is still placing significant strain on teachers in Scotland’s schools.
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Teachers still held back by ‘red tape’
A new report from the Curriculum for Excellence Working Group on Tackling Bureaucracy in schools has shown that Scotland’s teaching staff are still being held back by ‘pointless’ red tape from assessment, self-evaluation and planning relating to CfE. A follow-up from the November 2013 initial report from the Working Group, made up of a range…
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