So I visited the Times Educational Supplement jobs site. Now this isn't the most scientific form of data collection but it gives a reasonable picture. I searched for specific secondary subject jobs that were not promoted. These were all the newly advertised jobs in Scotland on TES.
TES Vacancies - 30/5/8
| Subject | Jobs | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Art | 5 | 7% |
| Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Business Std | 3 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 7% |
| Computing | 0 | 0% |
| English | 21 | 30% |
| Geography | 7 | 10% |
| History | 2 | 3% |
| Maths | 14 | 20% |
| Modern Lang | 1 | 1% |
| Modern Std | 0% | |
| Physics | 5 | 7% |
| Religious Ed | 4 | 6% |
| Totals | 70 | 100% |
I suspect this is a topic I will return to from time to time...
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2 comments:
Kenneth, I can never get your stories to appear in your RSS feed!
The situation for probationers seems to be pretty dire. We have 6 in our school - one with a job so far. When I was looking for a job (back in 2005) they were thin on the group for Computing and it seems to still be this way. As was the commentary on this news in the media - a lot of people are going to drift back to other jobs...
Not sure about the RSS, but I have now set it to full and I have it in Vienna so it does work. Try this:
http://ict-echo.blogspot.com/atom.xml
The TES this week revealed statistics gathered by the GTC which suggests 74.2% of secondary teachers in April of their 1st year after probation had permanent posts.
I think the issue I'm trying to raise is that there is a lot of pessimism amongst probationers and student teachers. This seems to be based on anecdotal evidence rather than statistics.
When I started teaching in 1993 I got a 0.8 temporary contract for the 1st year of my probation which was then made full-time permanent October of the following year (which I was interviewed for and successful gained).
There are issues about staffing levels in relation to Computing and I hope to write something about it in the near future.
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