The school is roaring.
Revaluation of salaries, creation of positions, and withdrawal of the Grenelle de l'Education, Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer's plan to reform the French education system: here is the watchword of the demonstration organized this Tuesday throughout France, at the call of the unions.
According to the ministry, 12.16% of teachers were on strike.
Far from being anecdotal, given the health context.
“Save the school!
Could one read on the signs of the demonstrators.
This is precisely the objective of the States General on education, a mobilization of 70 actors linked to the educational world and civil society initiated by the think-tank Vers le haut.
A year of debates across France to feed a platform of good ideas aiming to change the lives of teachers, students and their families.
This Wednesday, the penultimate stage in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), where Jean-Michel Blanquer is expected to close the debates.
What will emerge from the initiative?
The objective is to submit to the government, on June 12, the 20 best proposals, "those which are most likely to change the school", summarizes Marc Vannesson, general delegate of Vers le haut.
Who also wants to "lean an education charter" to the constitution, like what was done with the environment in 2004. To date, 455 proposals have been developed.
Selected pieces.
Proper guidance for students pays off!
Orientation towards higher education is the sea serpent of the second degree, which has become a crucial issue with the reform of the baccalaureate and the creation of specialist courses, on which Parcoursup relies in the spring to sort out the wishes of the students.
Teachers "do not have all the resources and time available to respond to this essential mission, which is not sufficiently valued as such," said one contributor.
Who wants to "provide a discharge time or financial recognition".
Note that another imagines making orientation "a subject in its own right".
Live my life as a teacher.
To challenge the clichés about the profession, one contributor suggests “offering non-teachers”, especially parents, “days in the daily life of a teacher”.
"We hear too often that they are lazy all the time on vacation," he regrets.
The idea: "Institute one or two days per year open to outsiders who would like to know / understand the profession by following a teacher in his daily life.
As the days do not end at 4:30 pm, the experience would also lead to sharing the time for correction and preparation.
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Parents, a real job!
All work deserves pay, the saying goes.
Normal, under these conditions, "to integrate work with parents into working time, remuneration and evaluation of teachers", we can read on the platform.
According to the author, "the time devoted by education professionals to the relationship with parents is not recognized or valued".
Too often it appears to depend "on the personal commitment of professionals, without this commitment being taken into account".
Result: “This does not encourage systematic work with parents within educational structures.
Another proposal, install "coaching" for parents, "sometimes totally overwhelmed in their role."
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Secretaries to manage the administration.
Overwhelmed by paperwork outside of copies, teachers reduce the time devoted to the student even more.
It is proposed to create an “operational agent” post dedicated to freeing teachers from tasks not related to teaching, in particular to provide “the family-school interface”.
In the same vein, in order to relieve the school directors, it is proposed to create a 100% human resources position in each establishment.
It would be responsible for managing the careers and training of teachers.
In priority areas, fight against self-censorship.
A study by Afev (Association of the student foundation for the city) shows that 70% of college students from REP (Priority Education Network) listen to their relatives rather than teachers when it comes to finding their way.
As a result, the impact of the sociological profile of families, here with little knowledge of existing channels, limits the possibilities of young people in their education.
The idea is to create “workshops against self-censorship” at college, to help students “listen to their desires and use their personal qualities”.
A garden, yoga, and… “thanks” in class.
Of the 455 proposals, some relate more to welfare than structural reform. Such as the establishment of yoga and meditation classes, or even sophrology during school time, to develop times of calm and promote concentration. Another example, institute daily or weekly moments to say “thank you” between teachers and students, for the progress made. Or the establishment of a garden "in all schools", which would be entrusted to the pupils and would develop an ecological appeal.
