Category Archives: covid19

June 2020 COVID-19 English Language Teachers’ Survey

[Department of Education and Skills, Marlborough St. Dublin]

PURPOSE
This survey seeks to learn about the experiences of English Language Teachers who were affected in their work in the Irish English Language Education sector because of restrictions placed on schools by the Department of Education and Skills.

PARTICPANTS
The survey is open to all English Language Teachers working in Ireland currently and/or at the time of the beginning of restrictions 13 March 2020.

This survey is for all English Language Teachers including those who:

  • teach online for their school,
  • have taught for a short time,
  • have begun to teach more recently and/or
  • have never taught for their school online.

FORMAT
All 15 required initial questions are multiple choice or checkbox. They are grouped into three sections. This section takes approximately 4 minutes.

If you have taught online you can access a final 20 optional follow-on questions regarding your experience of Teaching Online. These are grouped in 7 sections. The Teaching Online section takes approximately 6 minutes.

-You may review all your answers at the end of this survey before submitting.
-You may request a copy of the report sent to you by email.
-You can exit the survey at any time and your responses will not be submitted unless you click submit.

DATA
-A sub-committee of members of the Unite ELT Branch will process the data participants voluntarily submit.
-All data remains anonymous.
-The survey will not request names or specific workplaces.
-Emails will only be required if a copy of the results as requested by the participant.
-Your personal data cannot be shared without your consent.

DATA COLLECTION AND PRESENTATION
This survey will remain open for one month. Publication of data will happen as soon as possible after the survey closes.

LINK

Click here to access the June 2020 COVID-19 English Language Teachers’ Survey

Unite ELT Branch
3 June 2020

Covid-19 – School Closures Information


Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the
Public Interest) Bill 2020

20/03/20

BRANCH MEETING Today

ELT Unite is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Branch Member Motions
Time: Mar 19, 2020 15:00 – 16:00 PM

Please check your spam filters for an email from the branch. We will be discussing a document included. In addition, please bring your proposals, known as motions, to the meeting for consideration and approval by the branch.

If you have any questions please get in touch.

18/03/20

COVID-19 and your Rights as a Worker – Updated 18 March 2020

16/03/20

Information for workers facing layoff and/or requiring Department of Social Protection Support

March 16th: With regard to the COVID-19 situation, further updates have been issued through the Department of Employment & Social Protection to Trade Unions.

This information focuses on workers in lay-off situations and requiring and needing to deal with the Department. 

Please read the information in full and follow the guidelines as set out. 

Please also circulate this information to any colleagues, friends or family who you think may find themselves in these circumstances. 

You can also access the Guide via this link. 

Yours in solidarity

Brendan Ogle – Senior Officer – Republic of Ireland – 16/03/20
Covid-19 Jobseeker’s Emergency Payment Guide

13/03/20

Unite and Your Rights as a Worker

Hello to all members and non-members. Our schools have been forced to close, take classes online or perhaps, in some circumstances, keep going on a skeleton basis. The issue is that we need to gather information and establish courses of action.

Our branch is volunteer run and is always looking for new members to help. We will be holding remote meetings for members so please click here to join if you wish to participate.

Further information on schools, Unite and Government responses can be found in here in the information section of the site.

From 6pm, 12 March 2020, all schools, colleges and childcare facilities will close. Pupils should take their books and learning materials home with them this evening. While children are at home, they should practice social distancing such as minimising social contact, avoiding meeting up and keeping physical space between them and other people.

HSE

All members who have been laid off temporarily are advised to go to their local social welfare office and sign on immediately. If you need help with this please get in touch with us. If you have documentation from your employer please take that with you too, in order to ease the processing of your claim. You are not obliged to use your holiday leave, you should be paid either by the school or the state.

Citizens Information have further information if you follow this link.

WHO Guidelines

Don’t forget that during all this it is important to look after fellow teachers and we never stop our ongoing campaigns.