Too few teachers in high salary scales
Teachers in primary and secondary education are still too few teachers moving on to higher salary scales. The agreed targets from 2014 were not achieved in 2016 either.
This is evident from new figures from DUO, the government agency that keeps track of figures from education. The agency keeps track of how many teachers transfer school boards to higher salary scales. This is called the job mix and is intended to offer teachers more career prospects and make the profession more attractive.
In elementary education, 26 percent of teachers were in the higher LB salary scale instead of LA in 2016. This is a small increase compared to 2015 when it was 25,5 percent.
The percentage is still well below the target of 40 percent in 2014. Compared to 2011, when 11 percent of teachers had an LB scale, the share is rising.
Randstad
Too few teachers also receive structural salary improvement in secondary schools. The Randstad in particular is lagging behind with 39,3 percent of the teachers in an LC scale. The target in 2014 was 55 percent. In secondary education, teachers start in salary scale LB. The LC target was also not achieved outside the Randstad.
The progression to the even higher salary scales LD and LE in secondary education is improving. You end up in this salary scale if you are a grade XNUMX teacher with extra tasks or management tasks. These objectives have almost been achieved both in the Randstad and beyond.
Support
Last year a project was started to support school boards in their personnel policy. According to DUO, the results of this project will only be visible in 2017.
