{"id":5637,"date":"2024-11-06T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2024-11-06T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:50:40","slug":"teacher-shortages-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/teacher-shortages-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Shortage  Critical &#8211; Education Department needs to get its act together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we see more news reports about<strong><em> &#8221; huge shortages of Teachers &#8220;<\/em> <\/strong>with 100s of unfilled vacancies across Ireland .<\/p>\n<p>The numbers of roles available make grim reading and unless the Department of Education starts using unique solutions such as Back 4 Good the situation will only get significantly worst .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6035\" src=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-624x936.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/546BCA03-9016-4F95-901B-83B07370D1E6-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless should the Minister for Education and her Department look at the unique proposal<strong> Back 4 Good<\/strong> have submitted \u00a0to her government colleagues she will find a solution that can go someway towards addressing the ongoing shortage of teachers across Ireland .<\/p>\n<p>Our county by county approach assist teachers to return home to their own town, village or county and to take up roles in the local school which makes \u00a0the choice to work and live in Ireland more affordable .<\/p>\n<p>Our subscriber database consist of 100s of teachers that are considering return to teach in Ireland if the right circumstances are created for them to make that choice.<\/p>\n<p>In Dublin the Government must deliver a &#8220;City Allowance &#8221; to go towards meeting the huge differences between working in large urban areas and must also look at the length of contracts currently on offer along with career progression for all teachers .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6033\" src=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/83A4B2BC-4581-467C-AA8D-CC2FEF63A4D8-624x416.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5498\" src=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4099-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Back 4 Good<\/strong> are keen to commence our Teacher Talent Drive and will submit a planned proposal to the Department of Education next week.<\/p>\n<p>If your are struggling to source a teacher for this September contact <strong>Back 4 Good<\/strong> and we can reach out to candidates on our database in your area <strong><em>greg@project.blueberry.ie<\/em> <\/strong>or the contact details on our site will result in immediate response .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we see more news reports about &#8221; 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The numbers of roles available make grim reading and unless the Department of Education starts using unique solutions such as Back 4 Good the situation will only get significantly worst . 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