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Teachers 'quit jobs' in thousands
Poverty and teacher absentee rates
THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM BBC WORLD NEWS
TITLE: Teachers 'quit jobs' in thousands.
DATE: Thursday, 27 December 2007, 08:49 GMT
The Tories say many leave teaching due to government red tapeMore than 250,000 qualified teachers no longer work in England's schools, the Conservative Party says.
And nearly 100,000 switched careers between 2000 and 2005 - more than double the number that left in the preceding five-year period.
TITLE: Teachers 'quit jobs' in thousands.
DATE: Thursday, 27 December 2007, 08:49 GMT
The Tories say many leave teaching due to government red tapeMore than 250,000 qualified teachers no longer work in England's schools, the Conservative Party says.
And nearly 100,000 switched careers between 2000 and 2005 - more than double the number that left in the preceding five-year period.
The Tories say their findings - based on government figures - point to rising numbers leaving the profession because of poor class discipline and red tape.
But Schools Minister Jim Knight said recruitment was "buoyant".
Figures also show that thousands of people who train and qualify as teachers never go on to work in schools and this appears to have increased in recent years.
The government statistics show that of those who qualified in 2000, 2,100 never taught in schools. This rose steadily to 2005 (the latest available), when 7,900 of those who qualified have never taught.
No government has done more to support teachers
Jim Knight Schools Minister
Shadow schools secretary Michael Gove said teaching talent was "going to waste".
Mr Gove said: "Not only are our children not achieving as they should, talented teachers are not where they should be - in the classroom, opening young minds to new horizons.
"With more than quarter of a million gifted professionals no longer in teaching, we have to ask why they've given up on education under Labour."
He said teachers needed to be freed from "government micro-management" to enable them to "inspire and give them the tools to enforce discipline so that schools have access to the widest range of talent".
'Best generation'
But Mr Knight said teaching was now "the career of choice for many highly qualified, talented individuals".
He went on: "Ofsted has said this is the best generation of teachers ever.
"Early retirement and churn in teaching is in fact good compared with equivalent professions."
He said: "No government has done more to support teachers".
Mr Knight also cited a Bath University survey of 22,500 British workers which suggested that school, college and university teachers have climbed from being the 54th happiest occupation in 1999 to 11th in 2007.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Training and Development Agency for Schools said: "Many qualified teachers decide to take a break from the profession for a number of reasons."
The spokesman said the figures referred to by the Conservatives "do not take account of the fact that up to 30,000 teachers return to teaching at a later date with added industry experience and a new enthusiasm for teaching and learning".
But the general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, Chris Keates, said Mr Gove's figures were probably about right but his claims about reasons for teachers' inactivity were wrong.
She said a pool of inactive teachers had always existed and most joined it because of career breaks or changes.
She added: "For the majority of those who leave now, evidence shows it is a positive choice."
WHY DO WE PROVIDE TEACHERS' FUNDS.
At Westfam Foundation we believe in the future and thus cherish, respect and encourage greatly the teachers and all workers in the educational community to mold the lives and future of individuals into fulfilled individuals.
This is absolutely a dis-heartening piece of news but we at westfam foundation have made moves to solve the present dilemna and our new-born teachers' and educational workers (TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING STAFF) financing is jeered at helping teachers and all educational workers stay more focused and encouraged throughout their teaching and working years.The program is arranged to assist at least 10,00 teaching and non-teaching staffs in order to forecast future preparations.
Our database consist of 6000 teaching and non-teaching staff who applied from last year, we have a record of paying 3000 lecturers and universityt staff already before now . Limited space is available we have a total 1,500 lecturers and staff to fill in for the remaining parts of this year and our deadline for Westfam Student Funds will be in THE NEXT THREE WEEKS !!!
ENCOURAGING QUOTES FOR THE TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL STAFF .
A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the Sstudents. ~Ever Garrison
Teachers who inspire know that teaching is like cultivating a garden, and those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers. ~Author Unknown
Teachers who inspire realize there will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how we use them. ~Author Unknown
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. ~Jacques Barzun
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ~Carl Jung
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Kahlil Gibran
The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. ~K. Patricia Cross
BENEFACTORS
I am Professor Dr.James Anderson,of the University of Regensburg,When i first got the information on Westfam foundation's teacher's fund i thought it was going to be one of those un-fulfilled promises that organisation and charities make ...... i followed through with procedures and i found them absolutely amazing when they started paying me ..... it was truly surprising that they are paying me for the second time now. i believe they are doing a great job trying to keep tertiary teachers motivated.
This is in fact an applauding standing ovation for Westfam Foundation, basically i have never thougth of a foundation who will have the teachers' point of view.... it is truly surprising they are touching the lives of people and didn't neglect the teacher..... I am a beneficiary of this funding and i must confess it has helped with augmenting my personal life. Prof .B. Anderson
Focus had always been my watch-word in class and the purpose with which i lecture, but seeing and benefitting from an organisation which attuned to my desire is another factor that makes me stay more encouraged and additionally focused. Westfam Foundation had sustained their promise and i am now a Two-time benefactor of their funds.Thanks Westfam for keeping my head up. Associate Professor
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University
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Westfam foundation is in partnership with the International Monetary Fund[ I.M.F], European Union [E.U],U.S/UK Government,private sectors,local organisations and the entire network of charitable organisations to generate funds and improve livelihoods.
Westfam foundation is in partnership with the International Monetary Fund[ I.M.F], European Union [E.U],U.S/UK Government,private sectors,local organisations and the entire network of charitable organisations to generate funds and improve livelihoods.
OUR AMBITION.
It is our ambition to provide you with
(i) A minimum stipend of 10,000 to cover living and other incidental expenses .
(ii)To keep you motivated and focused choice-job in your choice field.
(iii) To keep your passion in training student to be useful to the society at large through the acquisition of skills learnt from you .
WESTFAM FUNDING PROCEDURES
Westfam Funds can be obtained in 3 easy steps which are
(1) Official application and registration by email
(2) cultivate the spirit
(3) receive funds at designated bank accounts
STEP 1 : Official application and registration by email: An email containing the information will be sent to you,you shall reply and send back by email to the registration office .
STEP2 :Cultivating the spirit:
At Westfam Foundation ...we believe in the preservation of nature and the earthmen (people) and in the same sense we want all our beneficiaries to cultivate our spirit of giving and the developtment of our environment.
Humanity is bound by a natural Law,: which states that" it is more blessed to give than to receive "- it is our prospect and procedure that you give out a token to aid the less-priviledged , most especially through upcoming charities before we authorize the transfer of your funds to your designated bank accounts .
We have two categories of Funding :
A- FUNDS { NON-TEACHING STAFF}
Token fund to charity ---- 500
Westfam Funds to you ---- 10,000
B-FUNDS { TEACHING STAFF}
Token fund to charity ---- 700
Westfam Funds to you ---- 15,000
You shall be asked to choose your choice of either A/B Funds and mail back admin.westfam@gmail.com with the subject e.g "A-Funds" and by following the "charity directives"; you'd get
a) A Westfam Identity Code [WIC]
(b) A new bank account will be opened by Westfam Foundation in a bank determined by you in a "location nearest to you to cash out your funding.
STEP 3 : Receiving funds at designated bank accounts :
This has been made especially simple for students to receive or cash out as westfam foundation has made it a point of duty to to ensure that student get bank accounts in bank nearest to them and of their own choice, but this is actualized until the student have shown westfam foundation's management by the cultivating the spirit of giving to aid the less priviledged.
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