@Tigercat55
Just read on TES that schools could close but remain open with “skeleton staff” for children or front line workers. How would they decide which teachers have to work?!
ETA: don’t know if it’s been mentioned on here but apparently they’ll be an announcement on Tuesday...
This is going to create a huge problem among the workforce. So teachers are fully expecting to continue teaching from home especially with senior classes. So those who do go into to babysit, are they also expected to each all their classes plus the ones in from of them? That's a workload issue as it is two separate class timetables and one they won't be paid for. Obviously that is if they get anyone to volunteer.
If they remove class sizes laws to accommodate this also another problem as I can put money if class sizes are made bigger teaching becomes less the prime objective and more crowd control.
Obviously the first port of call will be the young and childless but creating that sort of "pressured volunteering" like "well you have no dependents" or "well you can fight it off" will create resentment for many. On top of the resentment that many teachers feel towards government and their lack of care for teachers already. HUGE problem.
I can understand the "well people should pull together and just do it for the sake of the country" but mental health among teachers is already rock bottom for many and they are struggling to keep people in the profession. Adding this at the doorstep of teachers who already feel they go above and beyond will not help those things and relying on a career full of people who often do it anyway because of the impact on the kids will led to even worse mental health.
I'm in Scotland as a teacher so it is different to England but honestly English teachers have it way worse generally.
not something I want to be happening when OH is still working in a stuffy office environment. Trying to save every penny so we will be able to afford him not being paid!
