{"id":1701,"date":"2021-10-15T14:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/education-minister-gaslighting-principals-and-teachers\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:44:38","slug":"education-minister-gaslighting-principals-and-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/education-minister-gaslighting-principals-and-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Minister Gaslighting Principals and Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>How can the Minister solve a problem that she doesn\u2019t accept exists?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A crisis in subbing means children with additional education needs are missing out on teaching hours with their special education teachers, according to Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince schools returned in September, I have been repeatedly contacted about the huge problem principals are having trying to source substitute teachers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the course of pandemic, schools were permitted to use special education teachers as substitute teachers when they could not source a substitute elsewhere. The educational hours, which children with additional education needs lost with those teachers, were then \u201cbanked\u201d and used later to ensure children did not miss out over the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchools were assured these \u201cbanked\u201d hours could be used throughout this year and next year. However, this has now changed. Schools have been told they can no longer bank hours \u2013 despite the crisis in subbing persisting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncredibly, Education Minister Norma Foley has denied a problem with subbing exists. In her view, there is no issue. In an interview with Newstalk during the week, she repeatedly refused to accept the reality of what is happening on the ground in our schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister\u2019s refusal to listen to school communities means that children with additional education needs, who were disproportionately disadvantaged during the pandemic, will continue to be denied the educational support they need and deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can the Minister solve a problem that she doesn\u2019t accept exists? Schools are not imagining the substitution crisis. Instead of gaslighting teachers and principals, the Minister should be coming up with solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the very least, the Minister should permit schools to continue banking hours if they are forced, as a last resort, to use special education teachers as substitute teachers. This is the minimum that must be done until this situation is resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>15 October, 2021<\/p>\n<p>2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can the Minister solve a problem that she doesn\u2019t accept exists? A crisis in subbing means children with additional education needs are missing out on teaching hours with their special education teachers, according to Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon. \u201cSince schools returned in September, I have been repeatedly contacted about the huge problem principals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,316,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-gary-gannon","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Education Minister Gaslighting Principals and Teachers - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/education-minister-gaslighting-principals-and-teachers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Education Minister Gaslighting Principals and Teachers - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How can the Minister solve a problem that she doesn\u2019t accept exists? 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