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Thursday 3 December 2020
Teaching unions spoke before an Oireachtas Committee today.
Schools are due to close on Tuesday 22 December; the TUI is suggesting that they instead close on Friday 18 December.
ASTI members have voted to take industrial action over ‘key coronavirus issues’ in Irish schools.
ASTI members have voted to take industrial action unless government addresses Covid-19 safety concerns.
The survey, carried out amid a recent surge in Covid-19 cases, highlights concern among the profession.
Under Level 5 restrictions, schools would remain open but most other businesses would be closed
The union is balloting members for industrial action.
It said ASTI members had “serious concerns” about the health and safety of school communities.
The government has emphasised the importance of keeping schools open in its new plan for living with Covid-19.
Many teachers complain they’ve received little guidance or assurances about how pregnant staff will be looked after.
That’s according to a new study published by DCU researchers.
The guidance says that health and wellbeing should be prioritized for school staff.
One teacher is hoping for the best but says she cannot understand why the government took so long to release the ‘return to school’ plans.
This is one of many measures included in the government’s roadmap to re-opening schools at the end of August.
One reader is frustrated at what she believes is the unfair portrayal of teachers throughout the lockdown period and ahead of term start in September.
As schools end an academic year in the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of secondary teachers in Tallaght had to pay tribute to their students.
Education Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed the development.
The main teachers’ union the ASTI called for that measure today.
TUI general secretary John McGabhann said this could take the form of a “public record” of any lobbying that took place.
One secondary school teacher describes the swift and extraordinary changes that she and her students are adjusting to.
Darach Ó Séaghdha asks why we elect so many múinteoirí to the Oireachtas.
Over 90% of the Teachers Union of Ireland’s 19,000 members voted in favour of taking industrial action today.
Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland will strike on Tuesday 4 February.
The minister said the ethos of the school is central to any curriculum and will be protected.
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
Minister Joe McHugh announced the measure in his department’s Budget 2020 briefing.
Staff at the school have raised a number of issues about pay and conditions.
Concerns have been raised about the length of time it takes to process teachers’ appointments.
More than 2,000 Irish people are employed in the education sector in the UAE.
Turasabhaile.com will focus on connecting schools with teachers who are working overseas.
The aim of the measure is to prevent school shootings but opponents say it’s a dangerous move.
The expense runs into thousands for students who spend two months in the Gaeltacht.
Schools in North and South Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kildare and Meath are being targeted in the new initiative.
The Irish Farmers Association want the teaching pack withdrawn or amended.
The issue was caused by a payroll system error that reduced their tax credits to zero.
Teacher’s union the INTO said that it the ruling was “a bitter disappointment”.
The ongoing nurses’ strike was suspended on Monday following a Labour Court recommendation on pay and conditions.
The issue has affected a number of substitute teachers who were paid in the first and second pay runs of 2019.
Latest figures show that there are over 3,800 children living in emergency accommodation in Ireland.
Some people are sick of the whole thing.
THIS YEAR HAS given us a lot of unexpected things, but one of the bigger cultural changes of 2020 has been the wide-scale move to working from home.
Writing in TheJournal.ie today, Arlene Vithaldas of the UCC Academy argues that it’s time for society to change its view of a workplace that includes commuting to offices.
Some people have found that working from home has given them more time, because they don’t have to commute both ways or end up getting stuck in the office after hours.
However, others miss the collaborative nature and social aspect of being in the office, as well as the chance to regularly be in urban centres where offices tend to be located.
Today we’re asking: Do you enjoy working remotely?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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