Meetings

NDM6703 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the growing teacher recruitment crisis in maintained schools in Wales. 

2. Regrets that there has been insufficient Welsh Government action to address the causes of this to date. 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to work with the Education Workforce Council to develop a national school workforce plan for Wales, in order to:

a) remove unnecessary barriers to the recruitment of overseas trained teachers;

b) recognise the skills of experienced and successful teachers working in further education colleges, and in independent schools and colleges by providing them with qualified teacher status; and

c) establish routes into teaching for experienced teaching support assistants in Wales.

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1. Julie James (Swansea West)

Delete all and replace with:

1. Notes the ongoing work of Welsh Government to develop a high-quality education profession and attract the best and brightest to teach in Wales, including:

a) reformed and strengthened Initial Teacher Education;

b) targeted incentives for high quality graduates in priority subjects and Welsh-medium education;

c) an ongoing highly targeted digital recruitment campaign;

d) establishing the National Academy for Educational Leadership; and

e) establishing the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Advisory Board.

[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]

Amendment 2. Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Add as new point after point 1:

Notes the National Education Union Cymru figures that show that over 50,000 working days a year are lost by teachers due to stress-related illness and that 33.6 per cent of school teachers that responded to the Education Workforce Council national education workforce survey intend to leave their profession in the next three years. 

National Education Union Cymru press release, 'New Education Minister Must Tackle Stress' - 25 July 2016

The Education Workforce Council National Education Workforce Survey

The item started at 17.38

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM6703 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the growing teacher recruitment crisis in maintained schools in Wales. 

2. Regrets that there has been insufficient Welsh Government action to address the causes of this to date. 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to work with the Education Workforce Council to develop a national school workforce plan for Wales, in order to:

a) remove unnecessary barriers to the recruitment of overseas trained teachers;

b) recognise the skills of experienced and successful teachers working in further education colleges, and in independent schools and colleges by providing them with qualified teacher status; and

c) establish routes into teaching for experienced teaching support assistants in Wales.

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1. Julie James (Swansea West)

Delete all and replace with:

1. Notes the ongoing work of Welsh Government to develop a high-quality education profession and attract the best and brightest to teach in Wales, including:

a) reformed and strengthened Initial Teacher Education;

b) targeted incentives for high quality graduates in priority subjects and Welsh-medium education;

c) an ongoing highly targeted digital recruitment campaign;

d) establishing the National Academy for Educational Leadership; and

e) establishing the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Advisory Board.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

Amendment 1 was agreed.

As amendment 1 was agreed, amendment 2 was de-selected.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM6703 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the ongoing work of Welsh Government to develop a high-quality education profession and attract the best and brightest to teach in Wales, including:

a) reformed and strengthened Initial Teacher Education;

b) targeted incentives for high quality graduates in priority subjects and Welsh-medium education;

c) an ongoing highly targeted digital recruitment campaign;

d) establishing the National Academy for Educational Leadership; and

e) establishing the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Advisory Board.

The motion as amended was agreed.