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This reader asks how those working in the public services can deliver what they've been trained for when so many environments appear dysfunctional and overwhelmed by challenges?
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The Isle of Wight teacher, Duncan Morrison, proposed the motion at the National Education Union Conference in Harrogate
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The NEU say that to accept this offer would ensure nothing happens to address the decades of below-inflation pay increases making them the worst paid teachers in the UK
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The NEU is awaiting a reasonable offer from the government to pause action, following similar increases offered in Scotland and Wales, and to negotiate in good faith
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Assistant District Secretary of the National Education Union on the Isle of Wight leads striking teachers in a re-imagined version of Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" to call for education reform and address teacher retention issues
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The National Education Union (NEU) has grown by 34,000 new members in 11 days following a ballot announcement, with many based on the Isle of Wight supporting the upcoming day of action
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Peter Shreeve said, "We wanted to listen to the concerns of these staff and found amazing similarity to those of education support staff and teachers. Frustration that they cannot do the job that they love, for which they trained"
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Peter Shreeve says the "Government has known about staff shortages and its impact on workload for years", but that "it’s not too late for positive discussion"
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The education union also says that two thirds of teachers in state schools (67 per cent) think the attainment gap will widen at their school. A concern voiced by many Island teachers working with high numbers of SEND pupils
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Many schools on the Isle of Wight will be seeing cuts to per pupil funding in real terms in the coming year. News OnTheWight has the details
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Assistant District Secretary of the National Education Union, Peter Shreeve, shares this report from an intensive six-day visit to Cuba
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A timetable for a formal ballot and potential dates of strike action will be announced in the coming week
