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Not as inspired as the one you made in 1995!! Or was that just a shortage of good candidates! ----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff Riley <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: Re: Shortage of business and economics teachers > I appointed someone straight from University (Newcastle) in 1990 as a new, young, naive HoD and it was one of the most inspired decisions I have ever made - the person concerned cut his teeth at the RGS for five years and is now a highly successul housemaster/HoD at a leading Independent day/boarding school. > > No personal experience of the GTP in recent years - but if the right person comes along, I would have no hesitation in doing so again - indeed I have interviewed two such people in the last four months who simply wrote to me or the school asking if there were jobs available or in the pipeline > > Housing costs must be one of the big issues. I could never have left the RGS to come down to my present school unless accommodation had been part of the package > > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: r.loxley [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thu 02/05/2002 08:00 > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: > Subject: Re: Shortage of business and economics teachers > > > > Adrian, > > Interesting. To solve the problem we have twice had to recruit fresh from > university. Once was ten years ago (before my time here) and the second > time was this year. I have a new graduate, without a PGCE, starting in > September who will need to be trained up on the GTP. I have had to give him > a very much reduced timetable (which is fine) although we needed him to > relieve pressure as numbers are growing. Consequently I cannot have four U6 > sets as I would like but have to put up with three very large ones. The > risk is that he could find it a struggle and not be up to it, which a PGCE > finds out for us. I would be interested in your feedback on the GTP, and > advice on it. > > Roger > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adrian Lyons <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: Shortage of business and economics teachers > > > > Roger, > > > > I think the specific problem for Economics is: > > > > Rapid decline in popularity of Economics as opposed to Business Studies in > > most schools (I know your school is an honourable exception) > > This knocks on several years later to decline in numbers specialising in > > Economics at PGCE > > This in turn leads to lack of availability of Economics teachers forcing > > more schools to drop Economics in favour of Business. > > > > Adrian Lyons > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: r.loxley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: 01 May 2002 08:16 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Shortage of business and economics teachers > > > > << File: ATT00009.html >> I wrote on this topic earlier this year. For > > some reason there seems to be a paucity of candidates for jobs and yet > > there are still jobs in the TES. I do feel that some research needs to be > > carried out into this phenomenon, sooner rather than later. > > > > Our recent vacancy, which arose due to the need to recruit an extra person > > to the department due to expanding numbers of Economics students, > attracted > > one application. I even approached the main PGCE centres for Economics > and > > yet none of their students applied (it was March and many may have had > jobs > > already). Certainly it is a siuation that we are very familiar with here > > in the NE. Each Economics job attracts maybe two to six applicants, most > > of whom are not even interviewable. We have been lucky in that each time > > we have had a vacancy the one candidate interviewed has been eminently > > appointable. > > > > Nevertheless it raises questions about the mobility of good Economics > > teachers. Do the big southern schools have the same problems or are they > > swamped with applicants? Is it a north/south thing? (your experience > > suggests not). Are all the Economics PGCE students finding jobs before > > October? Where are all the vacancies coming from? Economics is expanding > > in those schools where it is taught well but who's doing the teaching? > > > > Answers on a postcard please ..... > > > > Roger Loxley > > Head of Economics > > Royal Grammar School > > Newcastle > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: CJ or SI Turner > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:00 AM > > Subject: Shortage of business and economics teachers > > > > > > Can the situation have got so bad? I knew anecdotally that it was hard > > to replace staff, but our recent advert in the Times Ed for a Head of > > Business Studies (in Hertfordshire) has resulted in no applicants at all. > > Is this typical, or are we doing something wrong? > > > > Sue Turner > > > > > > > ================================================ > Standard Disclaimer:This message is confidential. You should not copy it or disclose its contents to anyone. You may use and apply the information only for the intended purpose. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the Royal Grammar School Newcastle does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are only those of the author and not those of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle. If this email has come to you in error please delete it and any attachments. 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