Education not just teachers, says UNISON

Education - it’s not just teachers UNISON told the STUC as it approved a statement on class size, teacher numbers and budgets for teacher education.

The statement commits the council to working with unions “representing the education team”. It expressed concern over school closures dictated by spending cuts at the same time that pledges on class sizes aren’t being met.

But “Education isn’t just about teacher numbers and class sizes” was the message from UNISON’s Pat Rowland. She spoke up for the rest of the education team “who tend to be the lowest paid and least valued”.

Pat also questioned the priority given to reducing class sizes and highlighted other strategies like changed teaching methods, the use of nurture classes, greater use of educational psychologists and classroom assistants”.

But her key message was clear “The quality of education provision will be boosted by involving the whole education team in the process of change”.

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