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Carrying out manifesto commitment: Kirsty Williams
Carrying out manifesto commitment: Kirsty Williams

ALL teachers in Wales are being urged to take part in the newly-launched Welsh Government Workforce Survey.

NUT Cymru has said that it is crucial there is as wide a response as possible to the survey in order to ensure that the Welsh Government have a full picture of what it is like to be a classroom teacher in Wales.

The union have campaigned for a survey of this nature to be conducted for some time and welcome the decision by the Cabinet Secretary to introduce it. The survey will look at six key areas, which are:

  • Being a teacher
  • Professional development
  • Performance management
  • Workload
  • Curriculum and Assessment
  • Welsh language

David Evans, NUT Cymru Secretary, said: “The NUT has called for a survey of the profession for some time. A workload survey is conducted in England and that has provided the evidence of pressures placed on teachers there. Hopefully this survey will help better inform the Welsh Government on a range of issues impacting on the teaching profession and their ability to deliver the high quality education we all want to see.

“The fact there is a broad remit to the survey will help not only shine a light on existing issues but potentially make planning for the future more targeted. The Cabinet Secretary should be commended for launching this initiative; it is a clear sign of her intent to listen to the views of teachers and to base future policy decisions on the feedback she is receiving from the classroom. The information that comes out of this will be crucial to the way we work in the next few years and so I would urge every practitioner to make their views known by taking part.”

Cabinet Secretary Kirsty Williams said: “I want to work closely with the profession to help teachers be the best they can be, while raising the standing of the profession as a whole. Without enthused, valued and skilled teachers, we can’t offer our learners the educational opportunities they deserve.

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“I’m pleased to be carrying out this manifesto commitment as I believe it is essential for us to listen to the profession and gauge their opinion in a number of key areas. This pilot survey will provide a useful source of information for our national mission of education reform. The survey demonstrates the value we place on our education workforce and our commitment to ensuring that they are at the heart of developments on matters which affect them.”

Education Workforce Council Chair Angela Jardine said: “This is the first time that the education workforce in Wales has had the opportunity to have their say on everything that affects them – from workload to performance management.

“It’s a golden opportunity for staff across the country to express their opinion with the intention of influencing future education policy. We will consider the results carefully and hope to publish them in January 2017.”

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