Part-timer rescue angel in emergency solutions teacher shortage
By working extra, part-timers were the lifesaver in primary schools last week. This is evident from figures from the website Lerarentekortisnu.nl. How badly that is needed, even outside the Randstad, has noticed primary school De Zaaier in Nieuwleusen. An emergency plan has been drawn up there after several classes have been sent home for a day due to illness among teachers.
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De AOb calls on members to continue to actively report shortages on the website Lerarenkortisnu.nl Only then does the daily burden of the shortage remain visible. On the site, schools can indicate per day for which class they could not find a teacher and which emergency solution they have chosen.
The shortage of teachers is becoming increasingly visible outside the Randstad. Primary school De Zaaier in Nieuwleusen had to fill eleven days in the past two weeks due to illness. Eight times the team caught the gaps, three days classes were sent home. 'In the west of the country they already ran into a teacher shortage last year, but now we in the east are also suffering from it,' says director Hetty Ruitenberg about this in a regional newspaper. The Stentor.
Primary school De Zaaier in Nieuwleusen had to fill eleven days in the past two weeks due to illness
Emergency plan
Teachers from De Zaaier have been unable to attend a study day if there is no substitute, writes The Stentor. Because replacements are becoming scarcer, there is now an emergency plan in case of illness. Step one remains the search for a substitute. If that is not possible, the class will be divided among other groups. On sick day two, the class stays at home, on day three another class stays at home so that its teacher can fill in for the sick colleague.
Figures from the website Lerarenkortisnu.nl shows that last week at least 4300 students did not receive the education they deserve, but were helped with an emergency solution. Last week, part-timers who went to work an extra day showed themselves the saving angels in the shortage: they ensured that more than 700 students received education.
Solution
Initiator Eddy Erkelens of the website sees that this has actually been the case all year. “Dividing the class solution, together with the returning part-timer solution, is the option that schools use the most. This solves 51 percent of the problems. In both cases, it increases the workload for the teachers.” According to Erkelens, the returning part-timer is the most ideal solution: the class still receives good education and other teachers and students are not hindered.
Do you work at a primary school and do you suffer from the teacher shortage? Report it the website Lerarentekortisnu.nl
Also read: Emergency intervention due to teacher shortage is most often needed in grades 7 and 8.
