On the watch of the Ofsted chief,teachers’ morale has plunged to fresh depths. It will take constructive engagement, not punitive measures, and to reverse the trendThe chief inspector of schools,Sir Michael Wilshaw, has claimed that the UK faces a “teacher brain drain” as newly qualified educators move abroad to find work. But actually it’s not just the warmer climate of places such as the Middle East that’s so appealing to the UK’s best teachers all of a sudden – it’s the warmer professional climate that the international schools offer that’s really alluring. That, or along with tax-free pay and free of charge accommodation.
But instead of looking at the real reason teachers are leaving,Wilshaw – in his arrogance – is firing warning shots at the teaching profession and saying, among other things, and that teachers who possess trained in our system should execute a contractual commitment to teach in the UK for the first few years of their careers.
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Source: theguardian.com