Report to the People
24th January 2005
Learning is Order of the Day
Most
of us have working environments which are fairly stressful and hectic.
But
can you imagine, instead of just being interrupted by stupid emails from head
office every 5 minutes, or having to listen to Doreen from accounts tell
everyone with whom she has a telephone conversation the same pointless anecdote
about her children, you had to try to work in noisy chaos, punctuated
periodically with shouts of abuse aimed at the boss from the headbangers up the
back?
You
simply wouldn’t tolerate it.
So
why should our children put up with it in the classroom?
As
HM Inspectorate of Education confirms, our children’s education is already
suffering thanks to the terrible state of our school buildings, but their
learning environment shouldn’t be made even worse by unruly, disruptive
pupils.
It
doesn’t take an expert to work out that good learning requires good order in the classroom.
And, when today’s pupils need to be prepared to compete in a global job
market, making sure they get the most out of their education is more important
than ever.
To
help teachers reduce indiscipline, therefore, Inverclyde has been given £128,542
by the Scottish Executive to
recruit new educational support staff – including learning support assistants, classroom assistants and
pupil support base staff.
This cash will allow Inverclyde Council to look at a range of options to better deal with disruptive pupils and free up teachers’ time, letting them do what they signed up for – teaching.
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