Where is my teacher?
There are still quite a few vacancies open at primary schools in South Holland. According to the boards involved, this does not immediately cause problems, as schools do everything they can to fill the gaps.
Teams will notice. In order to complete the formation, for example, teachers or directors spend a day in front of the class. Part-timers who do not yet have a new duo colleague sometimes choose to work more days a week, according to Jakolien Kraeima, head of human resource at the Rotterdam school board RVKO, from her holiday address on Vlieland. "When it comes to your own class, employees are more willing to do that."
Rotterdam
RVKO still has 36 vacancies open for its 66 schools. In part, these are part-time and replacement positions. Kraeima: “We consulted our directors: How big is your problem? Most of them can get off to a good start. Some say: As we are starting now, it should not last all year. ”
BOOR, another large school board from Rotterdam, has done everything possible to recruit people. Before the summer, the board still counted 54 vacancies at 73 schools. Spokesperson Jan Veenker: “That was quite a shock. What we had not counted on were teachers who live outside the city and who could find a job in their area due to the teacher shortage. ” The board appointed an external recruiter and had the employment agency they already work with recruit more FTEs than usual. There are currently four vacancies, two of which are still under discussion.
The Hague
The schools in The Hague are also doing everything they can to prevent classes from having to go home. The The Hague Schools Foundation still has 28 vacancies open at 52 schools. The teams solve it, says spokesman Cindy Mattijssen: "What we hear is that pre-schoolers are divided among other groups, for example, or that people come to work extra days."
The situation of the Lucas Education foundation in The Hague seems more alarming. Her website still lists 61 unfilled vacancies at 47 schools. An HRM employee indicates that he does not know exactly which conversations were held this summer, but that the actual number will not be far off. The inner city schools in particular have to contend with gaps in the formation. The Jeroenschool, for example, is looking for three more teachers and two teachers in training (LIOs), according to the Lucas site. The board of Lucas Education is not available for a response.
Leiden
In weekly newspaper Elsevier says director Ger van der Meer of the Leiden primary school Merenwijk that he is still looking hard. Her multicultural school is located in a socially weaker neighborhood. That scares many applicants. 'There is a different dynamic here, you have to be firm in your shoes to work here,' she says in the latest Elsevier issue. Van der Meer is still looking for one teacher for three days in the group for children of refugees and one for two days in group 4. 'A colleague may still drop out due to private circumstances. Then I have three vacancies to fill. '
Zeeland and South Holland will go on strike on 12 September. A better salary should make the profession more attractive to new generations of teachers. read here more about the strike.
