May 2016
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This seminar focused on key issues for the teaching profession in England, and those who rely on it - examining recruitment, workload and continuing professional development (CPD).
Delegates assessed options to address teacher shortages and they also considered steps to attract more graduates into shortage subjects, including plans announced in the last Parliament for Government to invest £67 million to train an additional 17,500 Maths and Physics teachers over the next five years.
Further sessions looked at concerns surrounding excessive workload, in light of widespread claims that around 4 in 10 teachers leave the profession within their first year of teaching. Delegates also reviewed the outcomes of the government’s Workload Challenge survey - which highlighted the level of ‘detail, duplication or bureaucracy’ of tasks as being particularly burdensome for teachers - and considered steps to reduce work pressures, in areas such as marking, lesson planning and data analysis.
Further sessions explored measures to support teacher progression, including implementation of a new standard for teacher’s professional development, which was due to be published by the Teachers’ Professional Development Expert Group in early 2016. Additional sessions explored ongoing plans for a College of Teaching, which would aim to set professional standards for teachers and raise the status of the profession.
