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Recruitment & Retention in the Education Sector, A Matter of Social Dialogue
Inclusive Environments to Retain New Teachers, 21 April 2016
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Susan Flocken, Coordinator Internal Policy Coordination
ETUCE in numbers
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132 education trade unions in Europe
11 million education personnel at all levels of education (pre-primary, secondary, vocational education and training, higher education and research)
1975: year of foundation
1 of 5 regions of Education International
Background of the Organisation
• European Trade Union Federation in in the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
• European Region of Education International
• European social partner in the education sector at European level
• Member of the thematic working groups in education of the European Commission
ETUCE
• Success of ETUCE: Establishing the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Education
• According to Article 138-139 of the EU-treaty
• Cross-sectoral SD
• sectoral SD
• Supported with the help of the European Commission
• Covering all Sectors of education
European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Education
European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Education
• Supporting the education sector to overcome the economic crisis
• Work-related stress, prevention of violence and harassment against teachers
• Developments in public/ private education
• Continued promotion of social dialogue
• Mapping topics specific to the education sector
Union representatives
Employer representatives
1 EPSU representative
1 CEEP representative
Decided case by caseEuropean Social
partners themselves,
National
organisations,
Members States
and/or European
institutions
Influence on
national and
European
policies
Joint
declarations
Provided by European
social partners
European institutionsResponse to a
consultation,
comment on a
European
initiative,
request of
action to the
European
Commission
Joint
positions
autonomous national
implementation
National organisations
/ Members States
Influence on
national policies
Recommend
ations
European directives or
autonomous national
implementation
National organisations
/ Members States
Norms applied
everywhere
Agreements
Follow-up
procedures
Target(s)ObjectivesDocuments
Decided case by caseEuropean Social
partners themselves,
National
organisations,
Members States
and/or European
institutions
Influence on
national and
European
policies
Joint
declarations
Provided by European
social partners
European institutionsResponse to a
consultation,
comment on a
European
initiative,
request of
action to the
European
Commission
Joint
positions
autonomous national
implementation
National organisations
/ Members States
Influence on
national policies
Recommend
ations
European directives or
autonomous national
implementation
National organisations
/ Members States
Norms applied
everywhere
Agreements
Follow-up
procedures
Target(s)ObjectivesDocuments
Social Dialogue SettlementsIn
crea
sin
g O
blig
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n
Recruitment and Retention in the Education Sector – ETUCE/EFEE Project
SD Working Group on Demographic Challenges ‘Ageing of the workforce & consequences for
recruitment and retention in the education sector’ Economic crisis and cuts in the education budgets Objectives:
Examine the actual recruitment and retention situation in the education sector and national policies thereon
Develop a joint social partner approach from a European perspective
Activities: Survey among ETUCE/EFEE members Case studies in Lithuania, Italy, Germany and Denmark 2 Regional Seminars and a project closing conference Project report and Joint Recommendations
Recruitment and Retention in the Education Sector – ETUCE/EFEE Project
Challenges Recruitment
Demographic changes in the teaching workforce
Shortage of experienced teachers in Remote/disadvantaged schools
STEM subjects
in Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Italy
Quality Gender/diversity imbalance
Skills, competences and qualifications
Salaries
Status of the Teaching Profession
Initial teacher training and continuous professional development
Various policy
initiatives
Recruitment and Retention in the Education Sector – ETUCE/EFEE Project
Challenges Retention
Early Retirement
High ‘attrition rate’ Teachers new to the profession
Male teachers
Socio-economic disadvantaged pupilship
Quality
School leadership
Working conditions
Support for teachers new to the profession
Various policy
initiatives: School leader training programmes
Flexible retirement policies
Mentoring programmes
Recruitment and Retention in Education –ETUCE/EFEE Recommendations - 1
ETUCE and EFEE note:
Shortage of qualified teachers
Cuts in salaries and allowances of education personnel
Budget cuts in public services in general, job insecurity
Need for more support of teachers new to the profession, prevent work-related stress, keep workload manageable
Need to attract best possible candidates to the profession, raise the attractiveness and public respect for the profession
Recruitment and Retention in Education –ETUCE/EFEE Recommendations - 2
ETUCE and EFEE conclude:
Concerned about impact on quality of education due to shortage of qualified teachers
Quality education is a source of growth for Europe, based on highly qualified education personnel and on investment as a core element of the EU 2020 strategy
Commit to strengthen the teaching profession at national and European level
Recruitment and Retention in Education –ETUCE/EFEE Recommendations - 3
ETUCE and EFEE recommend: Continue monitoring the development in recruitment and retention
of education personnel
Develop strategies to address job insecurity and its negative consequences
Remind national policy-makers in education about their responsibility to: Develop new strategies and introduce sectoral reform programmes
aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of the teaching profession, e.g. teacher training, teacher induction, mobility, gender balance, additional teachers in certain subjects, support staff;
Enhance the image of the public perception of the teaching profession
Feed the results from the education sector in to the cross-sectoral dialogue with other stakeholders
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Thank you for your attention
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