It's easy to imagine his desk being overwhelmed with files. At the head of the Créteil academy for the past six months, Julie Benetti addressed some of the most salient ones on Tuesday afternoon, in Créteil (Val-de-Marne), in the heart of this rectorate that is due to move a few hundred meters away next autumn.
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The difficulties of replacing teachers - a subject that has been particularly highlighted following the controversial remarks of the new Minister of National Education - are among the issues that are of the greatest concern, particularly in the Val-de-Marne. "At the Jules-Vallès secondary school in Vitry-sur-Seine, some students have not had French lessons since the start of the school year in September, and this is just one example among many," says Camille Ferdinand, departmental co-secretary of the secondary school union Snes 94.
Julie Benetti is well aware of this situation, especially when it comes to teaching French. "We are working to ensure that these tensions over French no longer exist at the start of the next school year," says the woman who wants to "ensure that the continuity of teaching is ensured."
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One of the ways to achieve this is a need for resources. The rector assures that they will be there, even if the decline in the population tends to be confirmed in 2024. According to the figures presented at the beginning of the year, 130,539 pupils are expected at the start of the school year in September in Val-de-Marne in the 1st public level. That's 952 fewer students than expected. But the department could gain 30 full-time equivalents (FTEs). In secondary education, 56,350 pupils could attend secondary schools, 376 fewer than expected. Again, 32 FTEs are mentioned.
Objectives: to recruit new contract workers and AESH
While the crisis of vocations continues to be a cause for concern, the academy hopes to be able to recruit new contract teachers in the coming months. Now offering one-year renewable contracts, it is working to retain contract workers, "those who give satisfaction," says Mehdi Cherfi, the secretary general of the Créteil academy.
Faced with the challenges of inclusive schooling, the academy says it is doing everything in its power, for example by organizing recruitment operations for companions of children with disabilities (AESH). Anne-Marie Bazzo, Academic Director of the Val-de-Marne Department of Education, speaks of "800 recruitments made in the department."
According to Marion Fouret, from SNUipp94, this is not the case, for AESH as well as for teachers. "We're still very far from what needs are needed, which is very worrying," she said. "There is an urgent need to sit around a table to save the public education service. And if we want to start making people dream again with this profession, we have to stop saying anything about teachers! »