New site helps to tackle work pressure
De AOb Together with the other unions and the employers' organization PO Council, has developed a handy site on which tips, stories from practice and a step-by-step plan can be found to tackle the workload at your school.
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In the work pressure agreement, it has been agreed with the cabinet that schools will receive extra money from this school year to reduce work pressure. The school team itself decides where the money goes. For example, to extra teaching assistants, smaller classes or ICT.
But how do you use this money to reduce the workload at your school? Which approach do you choose and how do you conduct this conversation within the school team? On the website: 'Platform work pressure PO' you will find tips, frequently asked questions and support.
Roadmap
For example, a plan can be found on the platform that describes four steps: analysing, discussing, tackling and evaluating to tackle the workload. These steps are elaborated on the website with practical tools. When schools use the step-by-step plan, they answer questions such as: 'Where does the workload come from?', 'What can we do about the workload?' and 'What measures are we taking?' This way you and the school team come up with a good plan to tackle the workload.
AObNegotiator Anton Bodegraven thinks the site is a good addition. “Reducing workload is more than giving a bag of money. Discussions in schools about work pressure must be conducted in the coming years. This website helps with that and shows how other schools are doing this.”
Visit 'Platform work pressure PO'. The Labor Market Platform PO (where the AOb involved with other educational organisations) will also kick off in November with three meetings on how to analyze work pressure and how to discuss this with the school team. These meetings are for teachers, school leaders and administrators. View the dates, locations and information via this link.
