\u2018A survey of over 1,300 of our members carried out earlier this year found that of those appointed in recent years, only 31% received a full-time job upon initial appointment. Just 13% were offered a permanent position upon initial appointment, while it took a third of respondents more than three years to secure a contract of full hours receiving full pay.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018This is simply unsustainable if we are to keep teachers in front of classrooms, particularly in a cost-of-living crisis. Teachers cannot exist on fractions of a job, and it is hardly surprising that so many of our excellent, highly qualified graduates are migrating to other employments or to take up teaching posts in jurisdictions where they feel properly valued.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018In addition, posts of responsibility must be restored to pre-cutback levels. These middle-management positions ensure the smooth running of schools while providing promotional opportunities for teachers which would greatly help boost retention. Unilaterally cut by Government in 2009, they have never been fully restored. In our survey of members last year, only 18% disagreed with a statement that they would be more likely to remain in the profession if more Assistant Principal posts became available in their schools.’<\/p>\n
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