PROFESIONAL UNITY
Hounslow PU Presentation
EASTERN REGION YOUNG TEACHERS CONFERENCE 2016
Please find below the resources associated with the session I ran at Eastern Region Young Teachers' Conference on 24th April 2016. Click the link to download the resource or be taken to the relevant website.
Powerpoint presentation
A threat to education
You can download a leaflet for parents here.
A threat to our terms and conditions
You can download a leaflet for teachers here.
Can it really be that bad?
The report of the Centre for High Performance that recommends, based on a study of 160 existing academies, that academies seeking to improve should "exclude poor quality students, improve admissions and acquire a local primary school".
The report of the IPPR into the role of private education in schools, which includes the following conclusion in relation to for-profit education in Chile: "the commercial schools operated at lower cost, which they attribute to their ability to pay lower salaries and hire less-qualified teachers. They conclude that this may be why these schools are underperforming."
Report from Education International on the privatisation of education in Liberia.
The first chapter of this book, 'Global Education Reform: building resistance and solidarity', gives a short, very readable introduction to the Global Education Reform Movement.
The Banner Theatre production, 'Chicago: the great teachers' strike', is the best musical and theatrical introduction to the GERM. Find out if it's playing near you or get your association to book a performance.
Campaigning to defend education and balloting for action to protect terms & conditions
Email your MP, order leaflets and sign the petitions against the white paper here.
Find your nearest meeting here.
PRIMARY ASSESSMENT
Please find below resources related to the NUT campaign for an independent review of primary assessment.
Handout
Partners
The Arguments
Take Action
Resources
EDUCATION WHITE PAPER
This section has material for building the NUT ballot over terms & conditions and school funding:
Hounslow PU Presentation
EASTERN REGION YOUNG TEACHERS CONFERENCE 2016
Please find below the resources associated with the session I ran at Eastern Region Young Teachers' Conference on 24th April 2016. Click the link to download the resource or be taken to the relevant website.
Powerpoint presentation
A threat to education
You can download a leaflet for parents here.
A threat to our terms and conditions
You can download a leaflet for teachers here.
Can it really be that bad?
The report of the Centre for High Performance that recommends, based on a study of 160 existing academies, that academies seeking to improve should "exclude poor quality students, improve admissions and acquire a local primary school".
The report of the IPPR into the role of private education in schools, which includes the following conclusion in relation to for-profit education in Chile: "the commercial schools operated at lower cost, which they attribute to their ability to pay lower salaries and hire less-qualified teachers. They conclude that this may be why these schools are underperforming."
Report from Education International on the privatisation of education in Liberia.
The first chapter of this book, 'Global Education Reform: building resistance and solidarity', gives a short, very readable introduction to the Global Education Reform Movement.
The Banner Theatre production, 'Chicago: the great teachers' strike', is the best musical and theatrical introduction to the GERM. Find out if it's playing near you or get your association to book a performance.
Campaigning to defend education and balloting for action to protect terms & conditions
Email your MP, order leaflets and sign the petitions against the white paper here.
Find your nearest meeting here.
PRIMARY ASSESSMENT
Please find below resources related to the NUT campaign for an independent review of primary assessment.
Handout
Partners
The Arguments
- Parent Power - a powerful blog by Debra Kidd
- Putting Children First - my own contribution
Take Action
- Suspend Primary Testing 2017 - online petition
- More Than A Score sign-up page - add your name
- School group statement on primary testing - discuss with colleagues
- More Than A Score local group page - find or start your local parent group
Resources
- Exam Factories report - research by Professor Merryn Hutchings
- The Mis-Measurement of Learning - teachers & researchers set out the arguments in this short booklet
- Campaign Leaflet - from NUT HQ
- Draft Letter to MP - from More Than A Score
- Primary Colours campaign -write to your MP
- A Visit to Our MP - this is almost a year old but a useful guide if you haven't done it before
- Lobbying Your MP - from Oxfordshire (contact details out of date but advice not!)
- Meeting with Your MP - from More Than a Score
- Tips for Organising a Public Meeting - from Rescue Our Schools
EDUCATION WHITE PAPER
This section has material for building the NUT ballot over terms & conditions and school funding:
General Campaign Resources
School Meetings
Communications with Members
- Briefing on the White Paper - thanks to East London
- Leaflet for Teachers - thanks to East London
- Leaflet for Teachers - thanks to NUT HQ
- Leaflet for Parents - thanks to East London
- Leaflet for Parents - thanks to NUT HQ
School Meetings
- PowerPoint for School Meetings 1 - by me
- PowerPoint for School Meetings 2 - by me (slightly shorter)
- PowerPoint for School Meetings 3 - thanks to Dawn Taylor
- School Meeting Notice - thanks to Dawn Taylor
- Discussion Sheet for School Meetings - thanks to Dawn Taylor
- #ThisSchool - great for background as people come into school meetings
- #ThisSchool - behind the scenes video
Communications with Members
- Local newsletter - thanks to Oxfordshire
- Local newsletter - thanks to Wokingham
(Please feel free to steal any text from the above - much of which was stolen from Alex Kenny. If you want a localised version of any of the above materials with your local association details on, drop me an email g.little@executive.nut.org.uk)
Engaging Politicians
Social Media and Web Tools
- Using Hootsuite to schedule tweets - thanks to Dan Thompson
- Using Mailchimp to communicate with members - thanks to Dawn Taylor
Rep/Activist Meetings
- Script for calling NUT Reps to build Rep/Activist meetings - thanks to Oxfordshire
- Updated script for calling NUT Reps to build Rep/Activist meetings - by me (updated for revised white paper)
- A similar script for calling members at schools with no Rep - thanks to Oxfordshire
- Updated script for calling members at schools with no Rep - by me (updated for revised white paper)
- Powerpoint for Rep Briefing (national) - thanks to NUT HQ
- Powerpoint for Rep briefing (Windsor & Maidenhead) - thanks to Windsor & Maidenhead
