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UNIONS ARE UPSET ABOUT CHANGES IN TEACHER EVALUATIONS WHICH DECIDE PAY RISES TEACHERS are striking in protest at a new scheme for evaluating their work that they say is not practical and is
just a money saving exercise. All but one of the teaching unions are involved. Demonstrations are planned around the country, including one in Paris at Place Denfert-Rochereau. The strikers
there will be marching to Sèvres-Babylone, near the Education Ministry. The action mainly affects secondary school staff, however 8.5% of teachers are also expected to be on strike in
primary schools. The scheme that is contested involves headteachers carrying out an evaluation interview with secondary teachers every three years, to be used to decide on their salary
increases. It is seen as a “declaration of war” by the leading secondary education union, Snes-FSU. Formerly evaluations were done jointly by visiting inspectors and headteachers: inspectors
checked teachers’ classroom skills and the headteachers checked administrative matters. The unions say heads are not best suited to assess teaching and discipline skills and fear the
measure may slow down increases in salaries.
