Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment

We are a collaborative, direct action group aiming to address the teaching employment crisis.

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

We recently ran a survey & have collected responses from 200+ teachers on how the lack of jobs in Scotland is affecting them. This is having a direct impact is on teachers' mental health & financial stability.

We have published some of the responses here

https://t.co/mIsNoDVE1B

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

We must ensure that teachers on supply and temporary contracts are not forgotten during the Cost of Living crisis. #LetUsTeach #edutwitter #PayAttention #TalkScottishEducation

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

"Permanent teaching opportunities are plummeting, particularly in primary schools where just one in five probationers got a permanent contract last year, figures show." #LetUsTeach #employmentcrisis #edutwitter #TalkScottishEducation #NationalDiscussion

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

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[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

@COSLA @gtcs

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

We support fair pay for our teacher colleagues but we must not forget the thousands of teachers currently unable to achieve permanent employment due to a lack of opportunities #edutwitter @EISGlasgow @S_A_Somerville @patrickharvie @EmmaHarperMSP @CMochan @StuMcMillanSNP @

[Emma Seith @Emma_Seith]

📢The first national teachers strike over pay in almost 40 years has been announced by @EISUnion - it will take place on Thursday 24 November

https://t.co/1geqnyEDwV

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

@MaggieChapman @GillianMacMSP @KarenAdamMSP @AnnieWellsMSP @neilgraysnp @EmmaHarperMSP @ElenaWhitham @Siobhianayr @glasgowcathcart @NicolaSturgeon @colinsmythmsp @AnasSarwar @djohnsonmsp @SarahBoyack @jamiegreeneUK @RealStephenKerr @jackiebmsp @LabourRichard @RhodaGrant

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

"Just thinking about the future makes me feel sick."

Read further accounts of teachers struggling with the employment crisis here: https://t.co/RTX93zbF3F

Join our action group here: https://t.co/Le3Vq6dsVq

#edutwitter #LetUsTeach #NationalDiscussion #TalkScottishEducation

[Emma Seith @Emma_Seith]

Government plans to increase teacher non-contact time have long been campaigned for by unions

But primary leaders have concerns about the way the policy is going to be implemented and how that time will be covered

@Henry_Hepburn reports

https://t.co/W9IpqNi656

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

"All I want is to be able to teach."

Read the remaining accounts from our teacher employment survey here: https://t.co/RTX93ztOhN

#edutwitter #LetUsTeach #TalkScottishEducation #NationalDiscussion

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

Teachers from a variety of backgrounds are impacted by the employment crisis.

Read the rest of the accounts and respond to the survey here: https://t.co/RTX93ztOhN

Join our Facebook action group here: https://t.co/Le3Vq5WpTq

#edutwitter #letusteach

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

We must ensure that the teacher employment crisis is not forgotten. #edutwitter #letusteach

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

A - I enjoy the flexibility of supply teaching and the hours I work suit my lifestyle

B - I enjoy the flexibility of supply teaching but I have found supply work can be scarce

C - I cannot secure a permanent teaching contract and so supply teaching is my only option

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

Scottish teachers, we are looking for you to share your thoughts and experiences as a supply teacher

(See the thread below for options, Twitter has a character word limit!)

Please RT so that so we can get a bigger sample ☺️

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

A: I enjoy the flexibility of supply teaching and the hours I work suit my lifestyle

B: I enjoy the flexibility of supply teaching but I have found supply work can be scarce

C: I cannot secure a permanent teaching contract and so supply teaching is my only option.

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

We have received a response from one council regarding our Education FOI Request and its cost. The breadth of the questions we are asking exceeds the £600 limit. Does anyone have any experience of this and how we might get around it? @MrMcEnaney @Emma_Seith

[shortyfit.bsky.social 💛🤍💜🖤 🏋🏼‍♀️ @emin_and]

I completed my PGCE at the start of the pandemic in a world of uncertainty and anxiety. I spent nearly a year floundering in limbo and then 10 months as a PSA before anyone would open the door to teaching to me. I am casual supply. I struggle to pay the bills. #IAmATeacher

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

Another response from our survey about the devastating impact of job insecurity on teachers' wellbeing. The system needs to change.

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

"Teaching has made me feel worthless"

This is just one response from hundreds of responses we have received about the personal impact the lack of jobs within teaching is having on them.

[Mrs B @thecuratesegg]

@ScottishAction And at the same time, on the other side, many working in schools are heading towards burnout because of the ever growing burden and pressure partly because there’s not enough staff. The collated responses you have included are incredibly powerful. Such worry for people.

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

@_teachers_pet We have submitted FOI requests to every council in Scotland to get statistics just like these, hoping to have them back by the end of November

[Scottish Teachers' Action Group for Employment @ScottishAction]

We recently ran a survey & have collected responses from 200+ teachers on how the lack of jobs in Scotland is affecting them. This is having a direct impact is on teachers' mental health & financial stability.

We have published some of the responses here

https://t.co/mIsNoDVE1B