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Lobby and press

De AOb tells the story of our more than 80.000 members in the media and conveys our views to politics in The Hague. Because the voice of the employees in education is crucial in making good education policy.

Press information: Floor de Booys
Mobiel: 06-462 288 60
E-Mail: fdbooys@aob. Nl

Lobby/Public Affairs: Carline van Breugel
Mobiel: 06-229 915 79
E-Mail: cvbreugel@aob. Nl

position paper AOb and BVMBO for round table discussion MBO standing committee OCW of April 10, 2024 (26 March 03) 81 KB Chief driver AOb and chairman of BVMBO (Professional Association of Trainers in MBO) Andries Knol will participate in the round table discussion of the parliamentary committee on April 10. The AOb and BVMBO provide input for this with this position paper, with the main points:
- provide clear quality guarantees for secondary vocational education with a good system of training and qualifications, this must provide guarantees for teachers that they are only deployed for the subjects they have chosen and are competent in
- attractive wages and improvement of career prospects for secondary vocational education teachers
- maintain MBO-3 courses and prevent student dropout.

Brief AOb to employers about postponement of WIA application for 3rd year post-covid (08 03 2024) 97 KB De AOb already wrote to all educational employers in March 2022 with various measures that employers and employees can take to ensure reintegration is successful. One of these measures concerned the postponement of the WIA application, which can generally take place after 2 years of illness. The AOb sees that this still happens too little. That is why employers are once again made aware of this possibility. Postponing the WIA application gives post-covid patients more time to recover and reintegrate, without the pressure of an upcoming WIA examination. In this way we ensure that as many staff as possible are retained for education.

Brief AOb to the OCW standing committee about the handling of the bill on learning outcomes for higher education (04 03 2024) 84 KB On March 7, the Higher Education Learning Outcomes bill will be discussed in the House of Representatives. The aim of this law is to create more space for personal learning paths within courses in the context of lifelong development, so that the needs of students, educational institutions and the labor market can be better met. According to the AOb still too many snags. Not enough is known about the influence on the quality of education, participation is not at the right level and results in more workload for teachers. In addition, application to full-time courses is not desirable and application to universities is too premature.

Brief AOb to informant with commitment to the coming government period (17 01 2024) 76 KB This letter emphasizes that the following applies to all new policies: not about but with the teachers. The AOb states that the incoming government should focus on the following key points: solving the teacher shortage by drawing up a Delta Plan, giving teachers a say in practicing their profession well and making the profession leading, protecting academic freedom, conducting a nuanced discussion about internationalization and language policy and reform lump sum financing.

Letter from social partners to the OCW standing committee with a contribution to the OCW budget process (19 December 12) 109 KB In this letter, employees and employers in primary and secondary education (AOb, FNV, CNV, FvOv, PO Council, VO Council, AVS) a call to make money available for an internship allowance, as input for the plenary discussion of the OCW budget at the end of January 2024.

Letter from educational organizations to informant about Delta Plan (19 12 2023) 270 KB De AOb advocates, together with six other major educational organizations (FNV, CNV, FvOv, PO Council, VO Council, AVS), to draw up a Delta Plan to combat school leader and teacher shortages in primary and secondary education. The proposals for the Delta Plan were sent to informateur Plasterk on December 19, 2023, with an urgent request to include them in the coalition agreement.

Delta Plan for teacher shortage From shortage to pride (05 12 2023) 241 KB De AOb advocates, together with six other major educational organizations (FNV, CNV, FvOv, PO Council, VO Council, AVS), to draw up a Delta Plan to combat school leader and teacher shortages in primary and secondary education. This proposal contains the building blocks for this.

Brief AOb to Education Council with response to advice A clear position for school boards (14 11 2023) 110 KB De AOb responds in the letter to the advice 'A clear position' in which the Education Council states that school boards must ensure that decisions about education are made at school as much as possible and that they collaborate externally if necessary for public interests. The AOb sees it as a missed opportunity that the Education Council does not provide analysis and advice on the system. An important party was not involved in the preparation of this advice: the representatives of teachers, school leaders and support staff.

Letter from educational organizations to the Ministers of Education, Culture and Science about corona vaccination for educational staff (21 09 2023) 259 KB Request from unions and employers to open the GGD vaccination program next autumn not only to people over 60, risk groups and healthcare workers, but also to educational staff.

Letter from unions to VC OCW House of Representatives about strengthening employee participation (04 09 2023) + appendix 465 KB On 13 September 2023, the letter to parliament entitled 'Strengthening participation in MBO' of 2 March 2023 and the Berenschot report on a study into a possible 'common legal framework for VO and MBO' will be on the agenda of the Standing Committee on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives. Give in this letter AOb, CNV, FvOv, Parents & Education, VOO and Platform participation in vocational education their views on this.

Brief AOb to political parties for the elections to the House of Representatives (26 07 2023) 95 KB Proposals of the AOb to politicians to make the teaching profession more attractive. We must succeed in enticing teachers to (re)enter education so that part of the teacher shortage can be solved. In addition, a more attractive profession and better supervision of starting teachers will ensure that students and lateral entrants choose the profession and drop out less often.

Letter from the unions to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science regarding the process of professional group formation (04 07 2023) 224 KB Explanation AOb, CNV Education, FvOv and BVMBO on their role in strengthening the profession.

Letter from field parties to Minister of PO-VO with Statement on Participation in Fundamental Education (27 06 2023) 190 KB Field games AOb, CNV Education, FvOv, AVS, LAKS, Ouders&Education, VOO, VO-raad and PO-Raad state that good participation is a joint effort of all those involved and intend to revive and increase the former project 'Strengthening Participation' focus on current needs.

Letter from unions to cabinet ultimatum wage demand 12 percent primary education (26 05 2023) 224 KB

Brief AOb for round table discussion basic skills (09 05 2023) 239 KB Position paper prioritizing teacher craftsmanship and encouraging professional dialogue

Brief AOb and CNVO for committee debate on appropriate education and inclusive education (27 03 2023) 154 KB Debate on roadmap for inclusive education in 2035 and the second progress report on appropriate education

Brief AOb and unions to ministers of Education, Culture and Science and SZW about income protection and compensation measures for long covid teaching staff (18 01 2023) 107 KB underline in this letter AOb, FNV, CNVO, FvOv and AVS the need for a collective disability scheme and compensation measures for employees in education who have contracted lung covid.

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