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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 march taking place this weekend
Teachers from around Scotland are being urged to take part in a rally supporting the demand for a 10 per cent pay increase.
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NASUWT: Putting teachers first
NASUWT is the largest teachers’ union in the UK and the fastest growing in Scotland, representing teachers and headteachers in all sectors from early years to further education. NASUWT has a philosophy of ‘putting teachers first’ and campaigns to improve teachers’ pay, reduce workload, remove bureaucracy, achieve a better work/life balance and tackle pupil indiscipline.…