Industrial Relations in SchoolsThe subject of industrial relations is intimately connected with the nature of schooling - in particular, the teacher trade unions have played and will continue to play a crucial role in shaping the school system - yet this subject has been virtually neglected in educational literature. Mike Ironside and Roger Seifert's book redresses this balance and unravels the complex issues surrounding the employment and management of teachers. Recent changes in education have had massive implications for the way in which our education system is organised. In the light of recent events, this book questions who controls or ought to control schools, focusing on the government, Department of Education, LEA's, head teachers, school governors, parents and teaching unions. The authors argue that in order for schools to continue to function, industrial relations must be given priority, including the development of a proper framework for negotiation and the resolution of conflicts. |
Contents
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2 Pay and pay determination | 18 |
3 Teachers and their organisations | 68 |
4 Employers managers and the management of human resources | 114 |
5 The emergence of new issues in schoolbased industrial relations | 155 |
management and unions | 199 |
7 Conclusions | 226 |
Bibliography | 231 |
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action activity agreed agreements allowances appraisal arbitration argued Association authority basis body budget Burnham cent central changes chapter classroom collective bargaining Committee comparability concern consultation costs decisions determination disciplinary effective employers employment established evidence example formal governors grievance groups heads important increased individual industrial action industrial relations interests involved issues labour less major meetings membership methods NASUWT nature negotiations noted officers operation organisation performance position practice primary procedures professional pupils recruitment redundancy reforms remains representatives responsibilities result Review role salaries school managers school representatives school teachers secondary sector skills staff STRB strike structure suggests survey Table teacher unions teaching trade union traditional women workers workplace