| The new Oft said Framework is one sign that teachers professionalism is being revived, in a sense. The idea that teachers should just deliver curricula has made them sound more like workers than professionals and this de motivating terminology as, to some extent, been recognized as such by government and other bodies. This potential improvement can be coupled with the increasing evidence that many teachers are leaving after only a few years, literally because they find much of the current accountability framework to be oppressive. This is where the establishment of the GTC may lead to greater self-regulation and a return to a more trusted and autonomous teaching profession. Overall, then, teachers work over the last decade has been made increasingly accountable but also more controlled and restricted. More recently, the damaging effect of this oppressive framework has been recognized and a number of measures suggest a return to more teacher autonomy and professional integrity. This will be discussed further below in relation to the role of teaching assistants. |