Teachers must be compensated for assessment workload burden

Teachers and lecturers face increasing workload burdens from controlled assessments and coursework and should not be expected to complete work vital for examination courses without pay, members of NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union will hear this weekend.

At the NASUWT Northern Ireland Annual Conference in Belfast, members will debate a motion highlighting the increased workload and stress on teachers and lecturers of marking and assessing coursework-based subjects which is neither recognised nor compensated. 

This is compounded by increased administrative responsibilities associated with marking, recording, and submitting Controlled Assessments.

The motion to be debated at the Belfast Conference, will hear calls for ways to combat spiralling workloads caused by the marking of controlled assessments and course work including alternative assessment methods, greater collaboration with policymakers to develop a system that reduces workloads, allocated teacher time for assessments and additional resourcing and support.