Workload money used for childcare classes
Due to the teacher shortage, employees who were appointed with the workload ago are increasingly taking up classes in primary education. “Since the beginning of this year, you see that these employees are often used for the classroom,” says Eddy Erkelens, teacher and administrator of the Lerarentekortisnu.nl website, which registers these reports.
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This year, more than 17 thousand students were taught by an employee who was appointed with the money from the workload agreement. The number of notifications on the website shows clear growth, with schools turning to this emergency solution more often, especially after the Christmas holidays. There was a peak especially in the week of 11 February: almost six thousand students were taught by a workload employee. Most of the students who had to deal with this emergency solution are in grade 7.
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At the school of Erkelens in Polsbroek, the Eben Haezerschool, the 'workload employee' was also in front of the class yesterday: “At nine o'clock a teacher turned out to be too ill to teach. You can often no longer call invaders. These employees are already walking around the school and are often well trained. If the alternative is to divide classes, then the choice is easy. ”
A teacher turned out to be too ill to teach at nine o'clock. You can then often no longer call invaders
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Many schools made in May last year known that they would use the money to deploy additional teachers or educational supporters. At the end of 2017, the AOb together with other educational organizations and Minister Arie Slob finalized the workload agreement. This school year, all primary schools together will receive an additional 237 million euros to combat the high workload. The amount will rise to 430 million euros in the 2021/2022 school year. This means that for a primary school with 225 pupils an extra 35 thousand euros is available and that this amount rises to 65 thousand euros.
Although schools more often report work pressure employees who are in front of the classroom, it is not yet one of the most commonly used emergency solutions this year. Working part-timers for extra days, sending classes home and splitting up groups are 'more popular'.
Secondary education
Secondary education is also affected by the teacher shortage. Since the end of February, employees of secondary schools can report whether they use an emergency solution that day. For the time being, registrations in secondary education are still a bit behind, according to Erkelens. However, the figures on the website show that secondary schools put an unauthorized teacher in front of the class as an emergency solution, drop lessons or a subject teacher from another school subject takes over the class. In recent weeks, more than four thousand secondary school students were taught by a substitute through a secondment agency.
Is your school making use of an emergency solution due to the teacher shortage? Report it on the website Teacher shortageisnu.nl In this way we make the teacher shortage visible.
