Employees of the public sector (government owned organisations) , including teachers, are preparing to take industrial action to protect their pay, retirement age and pensions. Over the bank holiday weekend the NAHT (Head Teachers' Union) voted to poll members on taking industrial action if the proposed pension changes are enforced.
"They say changes being proposed will mean they will have to work longer for less money and that, on average, a head teacher will lose about £100,000 from their pension."
The BIG questions:
1) What might happen to the motivation levels of teachers and head teachers if the changes to pensions and pay freeze do go ahead?
2) Good pensions and an early retirement age have been an important factor in recruiting teachers as the basic pay is not as good as could be earned in similar jobs in the private sector. What might the impact of these changes be on teacher recruitment?
Ollie Manser:
ReplyDelete1) The motivation of teachers and head teachers may decrease as they may feel that there efforts are not being apreciated. This could result in poorer quality teaching and overal pooer exma results.
2) It could mean that people no longer wish to become teachers since there are less desirable features that come with the job e.g. good pensions. Therefore recruiting teachers may become much harder.
Their motivation levels may fall as they know that they will have to work a lot harder in order to recieve a pension that was anything like it was before if these new changes go ahead; they may get the point where they feel as if they 'cannot be bothered' anymore and this could affect the education of students throughout the country.
ReplyDeleteMore teachers may apply to teach in private schools as this provides better pay and pension deals nd this could leave state schools short of staff and exam pass rates may drop in the long run as students may not be geting adequate education.
Isabelle Gray
then teachers won't feel rewarded for working longer hours with less pay.
ReplyDeleteheadteachers will lose £100,000 of thier pension and won't be able to have an early retirement because they will need to work longer to make up for that money which is lost
gianni
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ReplyDeletemotivation levels of the teachers would decrease because they are receiving less pay and this is an important factor in maslows motivation theory.
it will be harder to recuit teachers and also less will be recruited because the basic pay is not very good without being cut. therefore with even less pay, the job will not be wanted as much.
1. If the changes to pensions and pay freeze are implemented, teachers may feel they are being unfairly treated and will lose motivation, decreasing productivity.
ReplyDelete2. A main attraction of a career in teaching is the good pensions and early retierment age. If better salaries and pensions are available elsewhere, people may be less inclined to start a career in teaching and this will cause staff shortages in school, which may decrease educational standards.
Anthony
1)The motivation of teachers may decrease because they feel they are not being rewarded enough for what they are doing.
ReplyDelete2) This will lead to higher difficulty in recruiting teachers because people will feel they can get a better pay in a similar job in the private sector. This will lead to less teachers applying for teaching oppurtunities and therefore the standard of teaching could decreases because there will be less choice when recruiting.
Mattttt
Less people will want to become teachers because of the reduced pay, this will mean the quality of teaching declines. Also existing teachers will be less motivated to work because they feel they are being mistreated by the government. This could also lead to a decline in standards of teaching.
ReplyDeleteChris
1: if the pay freeze does go ahead the teachers may not put as much effort into their work as they know that they will not be getting as much pay as they used to and their efforts would not be worthy of the pay trhey are getting. therefore there motivation and work ethics are likely to go down accordingly to their pay.
ReplyDelete2: people who may have wanted to be teachers may be put off the idea by the pay cuts as they know that similar jobs in the public sector offer higher pay and pensions. therefore the number of new teachers would fall.
1)The motivational levels of the teachers will drop as they may feel that they won't get more money and benefits for putting in extra work. This could lead to a delince in quality.
ReplyDelete2)Workers may be less inclined to become a teacher as they do not get any large benefits. This may cause them to go to another sector, the public sector.
Nick
If a teacher genuinely enjoys teaching then the cut in pay should only marginly affect motivation, however if the reason that they were teaching in the first place was because of the pension then i could imagine many teachers not being particularly happy about this, judging by the fact that we have been told to do this question for our blog i can tell this has not gone down too well with certian members of staff. Also many people considering teacher may now rethink and get a job in the private sector instead as the pay freeze will not affect them.
ReplyDeleteTIM TAYLOR.
1)the teachers will be less motivated as a result of this they may not be as interested in teaching, this could effect the teaching standards, which will effect the whole school.
ReplyDelete2)it will be a lot harder to recruit teachers as not as many people will be interested in the job.
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Holly Lawson says:
ReplyDelete1. They will definitely become less motivated and may look for another job as they will not feel very appreciated and will be working for less money. Although money does not motivate everyone it does motivate some therefore, the atmosphere will change and people may not have as good relationships. People may become unhappy at work which can therefore mean that they cannot achieve higher stages of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for example self-esteem or self actualisation. If the changes to pensions and pay freezes go ahead then people will definitely become less motivated.
However, some people may become more motivated as it will become increasingly important to have job security and they will work harder to get promotions therefore earning more money.
2. Teacher recruitment will decrease as people will strive to get better paying jobs in the private sector. Schools will have to offer extras as an incentive for some teachers. However, they may be less competition as some people will turn to other jobs which may motivate people to apply to become a teacher. If there is a shortage then employees may be forced to pay more or recruit abroad.
We may see and increase in recruitment of teachers abroad if our labour is not willing to work for lower rates.
1) This may effect teachers and head teachers motivation as they are working over time and not recieving enough for the work they have done.
ReplyDelete2)The impact on recruiting teachers will be major as you need a large pention in order to sustain you for the rest of your life, due to the pay freeze this will mean that there may not be enough money for this pention this could mean that many people do not wish to teach because the job is not paid well enough.
Charlotte
Sophie Turner -
ReplyDelete1) If the changes to pensions and the pay freeze go ahead then motivation levels will drop. If a teacher knows that there is no chance of a pay rise, then they may not work as hard. This comes into Maslow's hierarchy of needs at the self esteem stage. If a teacher cannot receive a pay rise and will not receive such a good pension then it could cause their self-esteem to drop.
2) The level of teacher recruitment may decrease as people are more interested in getting jobs in the private sector as they are likely to earn more money than those in the public sector for doing a similar job.
Natasha Ewart-Jones
ReplyDelete1. The motivation for teachers and headteachers will decline as it means they will be working the same amount for less money
2. Recruitment for teachers will become harder as less people will rather work in the private sector at a similar job for better pay.
Motivation levels will decrease because teachers will want to improve these figures, and there will be a lot less applicants for teaching jobs because other jobs in the public and private sectors will pay better and will have better perks.
ReplyDeleteTom Common
- the motivation levels of head teachers will decrease if the changes to pensions and pay freeze becaause they will have less self esteem so wont feel like they are being appreciated for what they do. The teacher recruitment might go down because less teachers will want to become then and they will go to another job with better pay etc.
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