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Author:  pcernie [ Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25686208

As I understand it, teacher numbers are low as it is. And I'd love to know if Labour genuinely has plans for 'updating skills' (whatever the feck that means), or if it's just another attempt at voter popularity knowing how well talk of education plays.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
I've often said that what the profession needs is more bureaucracy and stacks of paperwork, to be completed in your own unpaid time.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
More bureaucracy and pointless paperwork meaning teachers have less time for teaching.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
l3v1ck wrote:
More bureaucracy and pointless paperwork meaning teachers have less time for teaching.

So that soon teaching assistants will need degrees, as they fill in for teachers? ;)
Author:  paulzolo [ Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
So, what happened to the General Teachers Council, to which every teacher had to belong? No membership, no work. That was a Labour initiative that was supposed to up the image of the profession?

It shut down because it cost too much to run.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
They tried something similar when they were in office and it got shot down so why try again now?

There should be a way of getting rid of bad teachers but are there really that many?
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
This basically sounds like revalidation that doctors have to undergo. It's a load of crap since often the best clinicians struggle but it doesn't stop a crap doctor from being crap.
Author:  John_Vella [ Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Labour plan for teacher licences to 'update skills'
Amnesia10 wrote:
They tried something similar when they were in office and it got shot down so why try again now?

There should be a way of getting rid of bad teachers but are there really that many?


Yes. Yes, there are, and getting rid of them is nigh on impossible.

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