tonymaillman Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Little wonder teachers are leaving the profession in their droves ! I think it's about time this 'target obsessed so called government' started to let teachers TEACH rather than have them looking at raising the levels on an achievement graph each year education is important to every individual as an ongoing public service ....... it's NOT a business as it's being treated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Do you mean Standard Assessment Tests? If so I entirely agree. Unfortunately it has become a business, with the headteacher being the manager, who now has the power and the money to do what ever they please. They can promote Nursery Nurses to teachers, they can sack teachers when their contract runs out and they can even decide what funding is available for pensions. Those who are well in with the manager are looked after and those who aren't are replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Agreed wolfie ........ same as most businesses nowadays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Unfortunately it has become a business, with the headteacher being the manager, who now has the power and the money to do what ever they please. They can promote Nursery Nurses to teachers, they can sack teachers when their contract runs out and they can even decide what funding is available for pensions. Those who are well in with the manager are looked after and those who aren't are replaced. Firstly I agree with TonyMM.... teachers should be allowed to teach rather than to have to concentrate on achieving ticks in the relevant boxes and the associated form filling although there obviously does need to be some standardisation accross schools with regard to teaching methods/ability of teachers and of course pupils achievement levels and the like. Not sure what the anwer is though. As for head teachers... do they really have that much power within a school Are they the 'actual' managers or is that responsibility more in the hands of the governors and/or local LEA ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 From my experience the governors will agree with whatever the head decides, after all it's the governors and the previous head who chose the existing head. And yes the head does have that much power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 So does that mean the head teacher is the actual 'manager' of the school then and the buck stops there Now I'm getting confused again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 As soon as they had the Florida FCAT system in place (assessment testing for students) I think that is when schools became a business. The principal (Head) pushes the teacher to teach to the tests in order for the school to get a good grade so that the school will get extra money. As usual its about money not education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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