School : 44 percent of new teachers in Berlin are newcomers

The Senate administration for education also had to adjust to the second half of the year, a high proportion of newcomers. The education and science trade Union (GEW), presented on the Thursday of the staff councils, the Figures that among the approximately 960 new teachers, 44 percent are newcomers. The shortage had been exacerbated by the fact that only around half of the 1000 original applicants had actually commenced their traineeship, according to the WT. It demands, therefore, is to pay teachers better.

According to the staff councils are among the 425 now set cross 280 who have studied a school subject such as mathematics for beginners. The other 145 teachers belong to the group of so-called teachers without full teaching qualifications: they have only studied a related subject – such as archaeology instead of history or your degree abroad. Yet these teachers are allowed to attend job-related training. Education Senator Sandra Scheeres (SPD), however, has announced plans to relax the relevant regulations.

teachers in Berlin to earn a little

The shift away from the legal clerkship in Berlin a variety of causes, as confirmed by the WT-Chairman Tom Erdmann. The high Rents and the lack of childcare places. "But above all, the Berlin legal clerkship salaries are lagging behind with around 1350 euros in comparison to the other Federal States", criticized Erdmann. Only Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland paid even less than in Berlin. "For all of the financial measures for attracting and retention of teachers, the trainee teachers have been forgotten in the past", the WT-chief. Thus, the Expansion of the study space could help to counter the shortages of Teachers in fact, should be the internship more attractive. The GEW calls for "a significant increase in the traineeship remuneration of 300 euros a month".

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the fully trained teachers who have completed an internship migrate to WT-estimates about 20 percent in the other provinces, since they vorfänden there more attractive working conditions. In the current round of collective bargaining for the public service of the Länder of Berlin and have the opportunity, the salaries of teachers in comparison to the official Supplement.

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