Double planning time - it’s currently half a day a week, but I’d bring it up to a full day a week, so, yes, you’d need to employ a few more cover teachers.
So then we’re back to making the occupation an attractive one and quality of life is a massive part of that. Nobody will want to teach if it means they have to struggle to pay their bills.
I would say it’s fairly well paid, most teachers (outside of London) don’t struggle to pay their bills. But we do massively struggle to have a reasonable work life balance that doesn’t suck all of the life out of people.
How would you go about it? Shorter teaching days? Shorter teaching weeks? Half the load (so double the teachers)? Something I haven’t thought of?
Double planning time - it’s currently half a day a week, but I’d bring it up to a full day a week, so, yes, you’d need to employ a few more cover teachers.
So then we’re back to making the occupation an attractive one and quality of life is a massive part of that. Nobody will want to teach if it means they have to struggle to pay their bills.
I would say it’s fairly well paid, most teachers (outside of London) don’t struggle to pay their bills. But we do massively struggle to have a reasonable work life balance that doesn’t suck all of the life out of people.
This is what I get for only befriending and dating London based teachers.