Scholengroep Katwijk still hands out welcome bonuses
The Andreas College Foundation in Katwijk still hands out welcome bonuses to teachers who start working within the school group. Teachers with a second-degree qualification receive a bonus of six thousand euros. First-graders can count on a bonus of ten thousand euros for specific courses.
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“This policy was implemented under my predecessor,” says Alan Turner, director of the schools foundation. “It is difficult to find the right people. I predict it will be the greatest challenge of the future. ”
Vacancies
The school group for Protestant-Christian education has several vacancies. At Pieter Groen, a secondary school for mavo, havo and vwo, the school board is looking for a first degree English teacher and a colleague for The subject Dutch with a second degree teaching qualification. The welcome bonus is included in the vacancy text for both positions in addition to 'good fringe benefits'. This also applies to the vacancy that the Rijnmond college has open to one second-degree physics teacher.
It's hard to find the right people. I predict it will be the biggest challenge of the future
Shortage courses
At the end of the 2019-2020 school year, the board will pay the bonus to the new teachers. These are subjects where the school group itself experiences a shortage, explains director-manager Turner. This may deviate from the national picture. “We have been distributing the bonuses for three or four years. We think it can make a difference in the number of responses to the job openings and in drawing people our way. Housing is also expensive in this region. ” Despite the bonus, according to Turner, the board had great difficulty finding a math teacher and a German teacher this year.
In In 2017, the school foundation was already in the news with the bonuses. At the time, SP Member of Parliament Peter Kwint asked questions to then State Secretary Sander Dekker. That replied the House that school boards must make agreements together so that they do not have to bid against each other. Turner says he had a meeting yesterday with other school boards, including on this subject. "I still have to review the entire process."
According to the director-manager, the bonuses do not lead to crooked faces within the teaching team. “We passed that station. In the end, teachers are happy when they get good colleagues and do not want to keep training new people or take more lessons. ”
Disruptive
De AOb declines the bet of bonuses. “It has a very disruptive effect,” says AObdirector Henrik de Moel. "Wealthy schools make life difficult for less wealthy schools and they spend money intended for the primary process."
Bonuses have a very disruptive effect
According to De Moel, the bonuses often lead to crooked faces. “Sometimes colleagues are told that there is no money for advancement to a higher salary scale LC or LD, but then they see the welcome bonuses passing by. And what do you do with current teachers who also teach a shortage course? A lower workload and a better salary is the solution to attract more teachers to education. Structural investment in education is required for this. ”
