April 29, 2020 at 3:05 pm
The Malta Institute of Management (MIM) is issuing a call for part-time teachers/tutors who are interested in carrying lectures and tutorials about the list of modules listed below: – Tourism and Hospitality Business Management – Services Marketing and Customer Service – Accounting and Finance – Academic and Professional Development – Events Management – Development of […]
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April 28, 2020 at 4:22 pm
The MUT is currently conducting a survey to analyse the work-life balance of educators following the closure of schools effective from 13th March 2020. The work-life balance is the division of an employee’s time and focus between work and family or leisure activities. This survey is completely anonymous and all educators are welcome to provide […]
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April 28, 2020 at 12:48 pm
The MUT wrote to the Permanent Secretary in relation to the circulars issued regarding collection of books in primary schools. The issue is that the Union is hearing all sort of directions from schools, some of which are outright misinformation. These include, for example, that parents will visit classrooms in the presence of teachers or […]
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April 28, 2020 at 12:30 pm
The Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes within MEDE has launched a new curriculum website called Teleskola.mt. This website contains a large number of lesson resources provided by education officers, heads of department and teachers including Digital Literacy Support Teachers. Thanks to these educators, the website contains over 1000 lessons/themes across most of the subjects […]
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April 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm
The MUT is receiving reports about administrative/clerical duties being delegated to teachers. This includes inputting of emails to create online groups. The MUT notes that teachers are expected to carry out teaching but cannot be expected to carry out administrative/clerical duties. Members are requested to report any undue pressure to the union.
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April 24, 2020 at 2:40 pm
The MUT will be meeting with the Ministry for Education and Employment following its protest in relation to the lack of consultation with the Union on the proposed closure of the Education Hub in Msida. The MUT objected to this, and while it expected MEDE to initiate immediate discussions, the union stated that it is […]
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April 24, 2020 at 2:24 pm
The MUT has requested MEDE to issue the call for KGE3 immediately so that it is aligned with the scholastic year. In a communication, the Union stated that there is a new cohort of university students completing a B.A. ECEC this academic year and they rightly want to join employment as KGEs. Unfortunately last year […]
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April 23, 2020 at 10:40 am
The MUT refers to the issuing of HR/04/2020 entitled “Donation of Vacation Leave from the Teaching grades” by the Directorate for Human Resources within MEDE. The MUT encourages all state educators to be generous and show solidarity with public sector and public service colleagues in need by donating any number of hours from their remaining […]
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April 21, 2020 at 5:05 pm
Especially in the current circumstances, when information is being forwarded mainly through email and other online means, the MUT would like to issue a call for members to update their information provided to the MUT. Particularly, members should make sure that they provide a valid email address that is used regularly so as to receive […]
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April 21, 2020 at 5:03 pm
The MUT once again contacted the DES after it was informed that despite an understanding otherwise, some LSEs were still told to send reviews to parents. In a reply, the DES stated that in the correspondence sent yesterday it should have explicitly been stated that these IEP reviews shall not be sent to parents or […]
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