Indian Newslink 15th May 2018 Digital Edition

MAY 15, 2018
06 Educationlink
Workforce Strategy to address education woes
Staff Reporter
Education
Minister Chris
Hipkins has
launched an
Education Workforce
Strategy as the first major
step towards tackling
a looming teacher
shortage.
The shortage threatens
to engulf our
schools if action is not
taken, he said.
The Strategy is desperately
needed to
make up for a lack of
long-term planning
over the past few years,
he added.
Challenging Numbers
“The numbers tell
the story. By 2030, student
numbers are expected
to increase from
800,000 to 850,000.
There are fewer new
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teachers - the number of
graduating teachers fell
from 5875 in 2012 to 3665 in
2016. And we have an aging
teaching workforce – 42%
of teachers are now over 50,
and 20% are over 60 years
old,” Mr Hipkins said.
He said that while there
are several initiatives being
implemented to address
current shortages, there has
been no plan for the future.
Addressing all issues
Mr Hipkins said that the
Plan, to be developed by
the end of the year in partnership
with the sector,
will cover Early Learning,
Primary and Secondary
Education, the Learning
Support Workforce, Maorimedium
and Englishmedium,
and Maori
language learning in all
settings.
The new Strategy will aim
at removing red tape and
cumbersome procedures
within the system and reduce
the administrative burden
on teachers at learning
centres and schools.
Five Key Areas
The Strategy will focus
on five key areas: (1)
Developing a common
view of how the workforce
will contribute to the
Government’s vision for education,
including commit-
Chris Hipkins
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ments to strengthen Te Reo
Maori (2) Attracting, recruiting
and retaining a
diverse and high quality
workforce; and lifting
workforce capability and
capacity (3) Addressing existing
issues, such as fluctuations
in supply and
demand (4) Addressing
the impact of technology
on early learning,
classroom teaching and inschool
practices and (5)
Minimising compliance-focused
workload to ensure
that teachers have the time
to focus on teaching and
learning.
Linking data sets
Data about teachers and
teaching is held across different
education agencies
in data sets that are not
all linked effectively, Mr
Hipkins said.
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Those agencies are working
to develop more comprehensive
and high-quality
data about the education
workforce, which will enable
the planning required
to ensure that supply better
matches demand.
The strategy will be reviewed
annually to keep it
up to date with new thinking
and practices.
Some more details
The Education Portfolio
Programme prepared by
Mr Hopkins is the harbinger
of the future-focused
Education Workforce
Strategy in partnership with
the sector.
Mr Hipkins said that there
is increasing pressure on
teacher supply in certain locations,
subjects and parts
of the sector.
“This includes the
Auckland region and in specific
subjects like Te Reo
Maori, Science, Technology
and Mathematics.
Tightening supply conditions
are being exacerbated
by falling initial teacher
education (ITE) enrolments
and concerns over the ageing
teaching workforce and
growth in student numbers,”
he said.
Quality Teaching
Mr Hipkins said that quality
teaching is the strongest
in-school influence on children
and young people’s
learning.
Participation in quality
early learning has also been
linked to a range of positive
outcomes.
“I want to ensure that the
pressure on supply does
not impact on the quality
of our education system
or the status of the teaching
profession. As such, the
Strategy will reflect this
Government’s drive to raise
the status of the education
profession, restore their
trust and confidence and
ensure they have the time to
focus on teaching and learning,”
he said.
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