World Education Support Personnel Day: Pandemic, Privatisation and Public Education
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News 2021-05-15 World Education Support Personnel Day: Pandemic, Privatisation and Public Education
Education International fixed 16 May of every year as a day to recognise Education Support Personnel (ESP). The day focuses on rights and status of these education workers, has called attention internationally to the essential role of ESP.
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Opinion 2021-05-15 “Education Support personnel are the glue that holds their schools together!”
Interview with Becky Marciante.
Becky Marciante is a Clinic Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Mulberry Middle School in Mulberry, Florida (USA) and a member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). She has worked for the Polk County Public School system since December 2015. As we prepare for celebrating World Education Support Personnel Day...
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Opinion 2021-05-14 "The tightrope walk: the experience of a guidance counselor through the pandemic", by Daniel Lajoie.
How to deal with the uncertainty of a pandemic, an unexpected lockdown, new technological tools, and a busy routine with children? Being a tightrope walker dealing with this entire imbalance accurately depicts the experience of a guidance counselor during the main period of the pandemic.
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Opinion 2021-05-13 “As a guidance counsellor, I continue to transform the lives of students during a pandemic”.
Interview with Orlando Guerrero Sandí.
To mark World Education Support Personnel Day, on May 16th, we interviewed Orlando Guerrero Sandí about his experience during the pandemic. Orlando is a guidance counsellor in the San José de Río Sucio Primary School, located in Sarapiquí Canton (Heredia Province, Puerto Viejo District, Costa Rica). He has 19 years...
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Opinion 2021-05-12 “Addressing the international data gap on teaching assistants”, by Rob Webster.
The international data tell us about almost nothing about education paraprofessionals, known as teaching assistants or teacher aides (TAs). As we approach International Education Support Personnel (ESP) day, UK academic, Rob Webster, considers how the drive to successfully including children with special educational needs in mainstream schools may depend on...
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News 2021-05-06 Colombia: Global education movement condemns abuses of basic human rights
Education International and its affiliates around the globe are deeply concerned about the brutal repression of protests in Colombia. The global trade union federation demands democratic governance of the country and urges public authorities to put a halt to human rights abuses.
Colombia: Global education movement condemns abuses of basic human rights