UCU: IfL, CPD, QTLS, GPRLS...etc

Motion

Motion text: FE Sector Conference opposes the:
growing number of lesson observation schemes which are linked with PRP;
increased tendency for management to see satisfactory as unsatisfactory;
narrowing focus of CPD on college and national priorities rather than on the needs of the teacher.
FE Sector Conference is concerned about the:
cost of the IFL at a time when funding for FE is being squeezed
shift of the IFL towards being a controlling rather than supportive body
structure of the IFL and the limited involvement of public sector FE practitioners
FE Sector Conference therefore instructs FE Officers to draw up guidelines for Branches on lesson observation and CPD incorporating these issues to raise the IFL and to conduct a full debate with UCU members on UCU's relationship with the IFL.