Drivers need a licence to drive, 007 super-spy James Bond has a ‘licence to kill’ and from under new plans, included in a White Paper announced by Children’s Secretary Ed Balls, teachers will require a licence to teach.
(factual information/quotes taken (and edited - slightly) from BBC News)
The licence, which will have to be renewed every five-years, is to be introduced for newly-qualified teachers (NQTs) from 2010 and then wide spread, meaning that teachers without the licence will be unable to teach.
The licence is intended to ‘weed out weak teachers’ and ‘boost the status of the profession,’ with Ed Balls believing that it will make sure that schools face up to inadequacy; yet it has been met with mixed opinions.
The N.U.T (National Union of Teachers) are said to be against the idea, as they don’t feel it is ‘necessary at all’ while the A.L.T said it would be a ‘bureaucratic nightmare.’
However, NASUWT have said that the licensing scheme would give teachers ‘the long overdue recognition that it is a high status qualification’; while the head teachers leader argues (with a fair point, may I add) that ‘We expect our doctors to be up to date when they treat us. It is reasonable for the public to expect teachers to be up to date when they teach their children.’
Personally, I think that these ideas, which are being dubbed as MOTs for teachers are a sound idea, and in some cases long overdue.
Whilst I acknowledge the hard work teachers put in not only before they qualify, through placements, degrees and in a lot of cases from a young age in the educational cycle; but also whilst teaching, through all the preparation, marking, reports, etc. There will be some people who are just getting into the profession or have been in the profession for a few years, plus, who don’t inspire the pupils they teach or just teach pupils to pass exams and not to educate them.
On the other hand, I do worry that the licence could lead to more teachers, teaching to pass the ‘licence’ tests, instead of teaching to educate.
To be fair, all thoughts which came up from reading the original story surrounding these proposals can be seen in this clip from BBC’s Question Time
The licence, which will have to be renewed every five-years, is to be introduced for newly-qualified teachers (NQTs) from 2010 and then wide spread, meaning that teachers without the licence will be unable to teach.
The licence is intended to ‘weed out weak teachers’ and ‘boost the status of the profession,’ with Ed Balls believing that it will make sure that schools face up to inadequacy; yet it has been met with mixed opinions.
The N.U.T (National Union of Teachers) are said to be against the idea, as they don’t feel it is ‘necessary at all’ while the A.L.T said it would be a ‘bureaucratic nightmare.’
However, NASUWT have said that the licensing scheme would give teachers ‘the long overdue recognition that it is a high status qualification’; while the head teachers leader argues (with a fair point, may I add) that ‘We expect our doctors to be up to date when they treat us. It is reasonable for the public to expect teachers to be up to date when they teach their children.’
Personally, I think that these ideas, which are being dubbed as MOTs for teachers are a sound idea, and in some cases long overdue.
Whilst I acknowledge the hard work teachers put in not only before they qualify, through placements, degrees and in a lot of cases from a young age in the educational cycle; but also whilst teaching, through all the preparation, marking, reports, etc. There will be some people who are just getting into the profession or have been in the profession for a few years, plus, who don’t inspire the pupils they teach or just teach pupils to pass exams and not to educate them.
On the other hand, I do worry that the licence could lead to more teachers, teaching to pass the ‘licence’ tests, instead of teaching to educate.
To be fair, all thoughts which came up from reading the original story surrounding these proposals can be seen in this clip from BBC’s Question Time
1 comments:
Trust me on it mate. If the Government have anything to do with it. It'll be rubbish.
HL
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Nice blog btw....first visit
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