Teacher Training; Teaching Has Not Been So Attractive for 30 Years ; the Success of Recent Initiatives to Draw Teachers Back into the Profession Is Beginning to Show. Wendy Berliner Reports on How Teaching Has Become Financially Lucrative

Berliner, Wendy, The Independent (London, England)

STATE SCHOOLS have just started the long summer holidays but many head teachers will already be looking ahead with dread to the autumn when they won't have enough qualified staff to cover all classes. Part-time education for some pupils is a distinct possibility in the early days of the new term.

Teacher shortages are a long way from being solved although successive initiatives by the Government to increase the flow of people into teacher training are now bearing fruit.

So the good news is that, in cash terms at least, teaching is now a good career option. Training bursaries, child care allowances, golden hellos, and performance-related pay make teaching …

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Publication information: Article title: Teacher Training; Teaching Has Not Been So Attractive for 30 Years ; the Success of Recent Initiatives to Draw Teachers Back into the Profession Is Beginning to Show. Wendy Berliner Reports on How Teaching Has Become Financially Lucrative. Contributors: Berliner, Wendy - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: July 26, 2001. Page number: 6. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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