Teachers on strike - do they usually name names?

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Just had a letter from dc's school, warning us of strike action at the end of the month and listing by name those teachers who will be on strike, and those who won't. They will close the classes of the striking teachers, and keep open the others.

Is this normal practice? I would have thought it would expose individual teachers to some irate parents? I also expected that they would treat it as a whole school issue, provide what cover they can, maybe suspend lessons and hav a games day in the hall. And if they couldn't do that, close the whole school?

I think JoBo69 was just trying to be obnoxious. She didn't really have any point to make.

I am f**king annoyed by the 6 teachers striking because it means I am going to have to fork out £50 of my after tax income in childcare.And because they haven't had the decency to inform us if they are closing the school or not yet i just hope I can arrange it at such short notice.

fairydoll If you know that 6 teachers are striking, then presumably the school has let you know - that school is open, apart from those 6 classes.

It would seem the obvious logic clam

I've actually not had a single negative comment about the proposed strike except on MN odd that...

Nor me!

Me either, mrz - not a single one. I've found the vitriol on MN shocking, to the extent that I no longer care whether parents support us or not. So those of you who think that teachers' main concern should be gaining support from parents, your aggression has been counter-productive. Parents are not the ones I want to negotiate with my Union. Parents will make no difference.

Ds school have not given us any information yet about whether they will be open or not, would you assume from this that it will be business as usual? They can be a bit slow to make decisions, when it snowed they decided to keep the school open, then once I dropped ds off they decided to close it 15 minutes later However, I am assuming they'll be open as nothing has been said, but I would have thought it would be polite to say something one way or the other to parents??

I would assume the school is open (however staff don't have to tell the head if they are striking so a great deal depends on the relationship of SMT with teachers).

Thankyou Mrz, I'm assuming they will be open but would be nice to know for sure just so I can let my employer know whether I will be in or not.
I am a parent who fully supports the strike by the way I have many teacher friends and most have said if they were studying now they wouldn't have joined the profession. Is that really what we want for our kids and future generations, that teaching becomes less and less attractive as a career choice??

To all teachers and public sector workers taking action on J30 - I support you! Go teachers!

I don't know where that 6 came from!! An exreaneous key stroke There are only 4 teachers at the school! We don't know whether it's shut or open yet and presumabl;y won't til monday night at the earliest which makes arranging childcare a bit late.

As only two unions are involved in the action I would assume your staff are in another union

Ah, life is full of inconveniences - but I suppose expecting people not to blame/get their knickers in a twist/moan is probably unreasonable.

I think some parents will probaby moan in private at the inconvenience, but also fully support teachers' motives in striking: those will not complain to teachers or schools.

As for me, having learnt more about what teachers really do (in the short time I've been a parent gov) I am still and that, like nurses, they don't receive more money and recognition. Its just such a massively important job, done well.

Gove wants the parents to go in and keep the schools going on Thursday now. They will all have the day off anyway so why not? altogether now...'We're all in it together'

It will be interesting ...

He is an idiot. He claims that the wants the teaching profession to have respect and then suggests that parents go in and take their place because let's face it - anyone can teach. how are they going to CRB everyone before Thursday or will they make a special exception?

"Idiot" is putting it nicely. "Twat" is the word I'd use. Talks out of his backside.

He's already said

You should do everything possible:

? To be flexible: Changes can be made to the structure of the school day; opening/closing times can be altered and half day sessions can be run with different groups of pupils;

? To be pragmatic:

a) There is no statutory requirement to teach the National Curriculum every day of the school year;

b) There are no maximum general pupil-teacher ratios set out in law; with the exception of the infant class size limit; and (so lets get in a couple of parents for KS2 or 3 or 4)

c) Senior management and support staff may fall within the definition of a "school teacher" for the infant/teacher ratios. (doesn't he know? )

The majority of parents that I know realise that teachers do a good job Strix, and the majority of parents I know realise that there is a real issue to be fought. If this is passed then teachers will be a lot worse off on a monthly basis which may or may not impact on their family life, their stress level and in turn their performance as a teacher. My childrens teachers are all striking, and I, along with many of the other parents at our school, intend to be out there with them on Thursday.

I knew there was a good reason I'm so knackered all the time!!

I've been told by head teacher to keep my DS at home even though his teacher is not actively striking. Is this allowed?

Depends on the circumstance - is the school closed?

The school I teach in is closed because there won't be enough staff there to guarantee safety. I'm NASUWT so I'll be going to work, just won't be teaching any kids. mumma22 - you might find your DS's school is in a similar situation.