Our research showed that there are ways of reducing teacher workload. One way is for leaders to work with teachers to ask which tasks they think could be cut or changed without having a negative impact. New teachers found workload particularly challenging. Some of the ideas from our research include supporting new teachers and their […]
Our research found that it helped to think about there being three main types of workload for teachers. One is the practical work – for example how much marking there is, and this is often the part of workload people talk about. But there is also emotional work. Teaching is all about relationships – with […]
A sense of feeling valued and recognised is one of the factors identified as important in motivating teachers, as is a sense of accomplishment. This can all be supported by positive efforts to recognise and value individual teachers. Our research found that teachers have much higher satisfaction levels when they feel valued for their individual […]
People often think that teaching is hardest when you start, and then just gets easier from there. And for some teachers this may be the case. However, the long-serving teachers in our research experienced ups and downs at different points all through their careers. Understanding that a teaching career may have multiple highs and lows […]