AOb announces actions for a better collective labor agreement for secondary education
De AOb is organizing a national day of action on 8 June for a better collective labor agreement for secondary education. “We will not let the extra money from the cabinet for reducing the workload go to waste by the employers,” he said AObdriver Jelmer Evers.
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The spearheads in the negotiations on the new collective labor agreement for secondary education are the reduction of work pressure and a good wage increase. “The work pressure has been sky-high for years, partly due to the enormous teacher shortages,” says AObdirector Jelmer Evers. “I regularly hear stories of colleagues who are going to work more because there are not enough colleagues to be found. On the other hand, the outflow of especially starting teachers is very high, partly due to the high work pressure.”
If we are not careful, teachers and support staff will not receive any of the extra money
To reduce the workload, there is now Education agreement, concluded with the cabinet, 300 million euros available. The AOb and FNV Education & Research would like to use that money to give each lecturer and support staff 60 optional hours per year, which can be spent on personal development, for example. A maximum of 24 teaching hours per week should also be set. Jelmer Evers: "In the long term, we want to have a maximum of 20 teaching hours."
teams
The employers want to leave a large part of the spending of the 300 million to the teams, which means that, according to the AOb too little is left for individual workload reduction. “Because in secondary education the teams are often large, with different departments and year levels,” says Evers. “If those large teams have to arrange the distribution of workload resources themselves, the overview is lost.”
Iron
To avoid the latter, the AOb make clear agreements that contribute to reducing the workload and improving education for all teaching staff. "That is what the teaching staff and above all the students deserve," says Evers.
He continues: “I detect too little enthusiasm among employers to meet our demands. That is why I call on all teachers and supporters to take action. Because if we are not careful, that 300 million euros will be wasted and the staff will not see anything in the form of a lower workload.”
Examinations
On 8 June - so after period 1 of the exams - there is a day of action, in which not by the students, but by the teaching staff - the members of the AOb - a national exam stunt is held. Next week there will be more news about the implementation of that day.
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