Keyword "association-of-secondary-teachers-in-ireland" - List of latest news (33 results)

22:04 Leaving Cert reforms ‘will hurt DEIS schools, but benefit those in private education’, teacher warns

Asti conference told of ‘chaos’ if changes to senior education cycle programme are introduced in September

22/04 Second level teachers to ballot for industrial action over Leaving Cert reforms

Asti delegates back emergency motion against Government proposals

22/04 Teachers to consider industrial action over proposed Leaving Cert reforms

Asti and TUI expected to table emergency motions at conferences which would escalate opposition to Government plans

21/04 Staff shortages, contentious reforms and chronic underfunding set to dominate teachers’ Easter conferences

Helen McEntee faces a daunting challenge convincing delegates the Government can tackle urgent issues facing schools

21/04 ‘You don’t really live’: Long-distance commuting teachers priced out of Dublin

The housing crisis is resulting in acute teacher shortages, say teachers’ unions, whose annual conferences get under way this week. Is there any solution in sight?

15/04 Leaving Cert reforms are being ‘rushed’ before schools have capacity, teachers warn

Asti says half of schools do not have sufficient lab facilities for new science courses

19/03 Leaving Cert students to face oral exams in English under sweeping changes

Draft plan would see candidates quizzed on plays or books at end of fifth year

22/01 Most secondary teachers will struggle to authenticate students’ work under Leaving Cert reforms, survey finds

Exam integrity will be compromised by access to artificial intelligence tools, ASTI says

19/11 Explainer: why are second level teachers protesting outside schools today?

Unions want Leaving Cert reforms to be delayed, but Norma Foley says millions is being invested to support changes

19/11 Teachers protest in bid to delay Leaving Cert reform

Unions say school day will not be disrupted by demonstrations over pace of senior cycle changes

12/11 Leaving Cert students may face single English exam, with project in fifth year

New plans aimed at easing stress facing students in the traditional high stakes written exams

12/11 Leaving Cert students face may face single English exam, with project in fifth year

New plans aimed at easing stress facing students in the traditional high stakes written exams

09/09 Teachers to be asked to upskill outside teaching hours to reduce disruption

Reform proposals form part of ‘exploratory’ reforms linked to public sector pay deal

03/09 Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - union

New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle

21/08 ‘Like The Hunger Games’: Teacher shortage forces schools to scramble to fill gaps

Principals point to range of factors affecting teacher availability, including housing costs, lack of permanent posts and length of time it takes to qualify

14/08 Moves to address teacher shortages have failed ‘to make dent’ in problem, says ASTI

Most schools had vacancies last year, only one in five of those that advertised received applications - union survey

13/06 Yoga, pilates, coding clubs: schools encouraged to make facilities available to the wider community

Any income from renting premises will not affect schools’ State grants, capitation fees or other public funding

02/05 Teacher union members indicate high levels of support for proposed merger

Survey of ASTI and TUI members indicates overwhelming majority favour merger talks proceeding

25/04 Templeogue College teacher labels principal ‘a corridor angel and an office devil’

Jennifer Clancy, a former part-time Spanish teacher at the Spiritan-run school, was giving evidence to the Workplace Relations Commission

04/04 Many parents unaware special education staff do not need additional qualifications, conference hears

ASTI event told key roles such as co-ordinators of education supports for students with additional needs not officially recognised

03/04 ‘We can’t afford to live in the capital’: Could a Dublin allowance improve teacher supply?

We asked delegates at teaching union conferences if they support calls for teachers in urban areas to be paid more to reflect higher living costs

03/04 ‘It hits you in the heart’: Teacher considered leaving school over ‘ridicule’ on TikTok

ASTI teachers back calls for stronger laws to prevent online abuse and cyberbullying

03/04 Teacher unions ASTI and TUI announce survey of members over possible merger

Move could pave way for single union with 40,000 teachers at second and third level.

02/04 ‘Children are using AI, whether we like it or not’

Delegates at the teaching unions’ conferences discuss the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroom

02/04 Artificial intelligence poses cheating risk to Leaving Cert, teachers warn

Reforms aim to reduce pressure on candidates by spreading assessment load, Norma Foley says

01/04 Half of younger teachers consider emigration due to living costs - poll

Teaching unions’ Easter conferences get underway with debate around a recruitment and retention ‘crisis’ set to dominate

01/04 ‘By Friday, I’m so tired I can barely see straight’: The rise of long-distance commuting teachers

Staff shortages linked to high living costs will dominate teacher unions’ annual conferences this year

04/03 Teacher unions ASTI and TUI to survey members over potential merger

Presidents of both organisations describe opportunity of amalgamation as ‘seismic moment’ in education

20/12 Enoch Burke fails to remove ‘promoter of transgenderism’ from dismissal appeal panel

Judge rejects attempt to remove ASTI general secretary Kieran Christie from three-person panel hearing appeal

07/11 Teachers’ unions progress talks over ‘seismic’ merger of ASTI and TUI

New union would represent 40,000 teachers at second and third level

07/10 Crisis in the staffroom: ‘Teaching was once assumed to be a soft number. That’s over now’

Many secondary schools are unable to fill vacancies, affecting educators and their pupils

16/08 Teacher shortage fuelled by emigration, lack of housing and full-time contracts, principals say

Filling of vacant ‘specialist’ teaching roles – such home economics, technology and woodwork – becoming increasingly difficult

07/06 Population bulge means record numbers will sit Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams

Candidates with Covid may access deferred sitting, while those with a runny nose advised to attend