AOb consults VSO teachers about complex transition to secondary education
Under the heading of social security and equality of opportunity, it is stated 'loud and clear' in the coalition agreement: the government will transfer specialized secondary education (gvo) to secondary education (vo) as soon as possible. What about that?
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“The effect is complex. We are making an inventory of the wishes this calendar year, because we do not want to make decisions that have a negative effect on the workplace," says AObdirector Thijs Roovers.
Secondary special education (VSO) is currently still covered by the Collective Labor Agreement for primary education (PO). The cabinet wants to change this by first renaming the VSO: specialized secondary education (GVO) and by moving this sector to the collective labor agreement for secondary education. Enthusiastic VSO teachers taught there before successful action in front of.
cut-paste
That it in the coalition agreement does not mean that the cabinet regulates this itself. The elaboration takes place at the consultation tables of the unions and employers' organisations. Roovers is working hard on it: “It is not a matter of cutting and pasting and placing it with colleagues in secondary education. It is complex due to the different clusters and outflow directions. The powers, examination and the standard hours (940 hours in primary education, 750 hours in secondary education) differ at the moment. For example, do you want VSO teachers to be trained only according to the standards of secondary education? Or is a pabo diploma also good in some clusters? We cannot make one big decision for the entire sector, because that would make some pre-university schools worse off. We want to prevent that. The colleagues in the GO have a say in what it will look like.”
It is not cutting and pasting and placing it with colleagues in secondary education. It's complex
Assessment
The union received questions about whether anything would change for the pre-university education schools this school year. Teaching staff was concerned about the annual planning. For the time being, it will remain the same for a while, Roovers explains. The first step was to close the salary gap between primary and secondary education. “We succeeded and the VSO staff are already benefiting from this,” he says. “Their salary is now equal to that of their colleagues in secondary education.”
The first step was to close the pay gap
Furthermore, the AOb the wishes of the VSO, together with the other educational organisations. “And they are very different”, notes the AOb-driver. “We will conduct a survey, enter the schools and coordinate everything in close consultation with the sector.” Roovers thinks that the collective labor agreement will have different effects, but that is not certain. What plays a role is that the collective labor agreement negotiators are also working to bring the entire basic education under one collective agreement.
Illogical
It is not logical that VSO is still part of primary education for various reasons. For example, the pupils in VSO are older (12 to 20 years old), the subject-specific requirements are the same as those in regular secondary schools and VSO teachers now have to teach more than their secondary school colleagues. It Education magazine wrote about before the actions and why the VSO does not belong in the collective labor agreement.
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