CHILDREN’S future employability can only improve thanks to the teaching jobs boost unveiled by the Executive, it has been claimed.
Steven Savage, a P7 teacher at Cairnshill Primary School in Belfast, was speaking following news this week that six signature projects worth £26m will create more than 200 jobs across Northern Ireland for recent health and teaching graduates.
Mr Savage, a member of the Ulster Teachers’ Union FIT (Future In Teaching) group, specifically for younger teachers, welcomed the announcement.
“We have members who are unemployed and others who have had to abandon their ambitions and quit education altogether simply because they can’t find sustainable jobs in teaching,” he said.
“This is very welcome news, giving people who have always wanted to be teachers fresh hope to go on and do a job they love and feel passionate about.
“Only 12% of teachers in schools at the moment are under the age of 30 and yet we have something like 4,000 young teachers who have qualified in recent years with no jobs.
“Children and the broader life of schools can only benefit from this new initiative as recently qualified teachers bring new ideas onboard while at the same time learning from the experiences of older teachers.”
The six projects included in the Delivering Social Change Framework will help improve numeracy and literacy, tackle poverty and deprivation, and provide much-needed employment for graduates.
By bringing in newly qualified teachers to work specifically with pupils experiencing literacy and numeracy problems the framework aims to raise standards and enable children to secure jobs in the future by having at least basic qualifications.
Education Minister John O’Dowd said: “We have committed to ensuring as many school leavers as possible achieve the benchmark five good GCSEs including English and Maths.
“This is a key attainment level that is increasingly required to ensure young people can continue their studies to enter the world of work.”
Meanwhile, a high-profile job as strategic director — development for Derry City Council is being advertised today.
The council is looking for a strong and experienced leader to showcase the the talents of Derry-Londonderry during its tenure as UK City of Culture 2013 and beyond.
CHILDREN’S future employability can only improve thanks to the teaching jobs boost unveiled by the Executive, it has been claimed.
Steven Savage, a P7 teacher at Cairnshill Primary School in Belfast, was speaking following news this week that six signature projects worth £26m will create more than 200 jobs across Northern Ireland for recent health and teaching graduates.
Mr Savage, a member of the Ulster Teachers’ Union FIT (Future In Teaching) group, specifically for younger teachers, welcomed the announcement.
“We have members who are unemployed and others who have had to abandon their ambitions and quit education altogether simply because they can’t find sustainable jobs in teaching,” he said.
“This is very welcome news, giving people who have always wanted to be teachers fresh hope to go on and do a job they love and feel passionate about.
“Only 12% of teachers in schools at the moment are under the age of 30 and yet we have something like 4,000 young teachers who have qualified in recent years with no jobs.
“Children and the broader life of schools can only benefit from this new initiative as recently qualified teachers bring new ideas onboard while at the same time learning from the experiences of older teachers.”
The six projects included in the Delivering Social Change Framework will help improve numeracy and literacy, tackle poverty and deprivation, and provide much-needed employment for graduates.
By bringing in newly qualified teachers to work specifically with pupils experiencing literacy and numeracy problems the framework aims to raise standards and enable children to secure jobs in the future by having at least basic qualifications.
Education Minister John O’Dowd said: “We have committed to ensuring as many school leavers as possible achieve the benchmark five good GCSEs including English and Maths.
“This is a key attainment level that is increasingly required to ensure young people can continue their studies to enter the world of work.”
Meanwhile, a high-profile job as strategic director — development for Derry City Council is being advertised today.
The council is looking for a strong and experienced leader to showcase the the talents of Derry-Londonderry during its tenure as UK City of Culture 2013 and beyond.
