the rectorate of Toulouse organizes a Job-dating
“Are you available quickly?” Opposite Mehdi a manager of the Human Resources division of the Academy, and an inspector. He holds a Master 2 of research in Letters and would like to be able to teach in college or high school. “I would be a beginner,” he admits to his examiners. “I have never taught in front of a class”. Like him, 450 candidates came to this large room which hosts this Job-dating. Of the contractuals, the Academy in research 80 in all the subjects. Emilie is applying for a position in mathematics or physics and chemistry. “What are your diplomas?” asks the person who receives it. “I hold a doctorate in Sciences of the Universe”, replies the candidate.
An atypical profile for someone who aspires to become a contract worker. A position for which she will receive 1,600 euros net at the start. “I thought that the research deepened me well but, in the end, I enjoyed giving lessons during my thesis much more than doing research”, she admits. “I think I can bring much more to students by revealing to them, concretely, the application of physics and chemistry.” She sees this contract position as a first step before passing the aggregation.
“I would feel useful”
After a selection process, all are likely to find themselves in front of a class very quickly. For some, in just a fortnight. But for Vincent Denis, the secretary general of the Academy of Toulouse, we do not abandon them. They will be accompanied. “There is first of all a training process of a few days. Then they will be accompanied by the entire educational team of the establishment who will receive them and by the inspectors of their discipline who will follow them carefully”, he details.
He is pleased that such different profiles can be called upon to give lessons to students. “It’s rather good news to be able to attract new profiles,” he said. The teachers’ unions for their part denounce a “tinkering” to hide the shortage of teachers.
“The future degradation of the education system”
For Pierre Priouret, academic secretary of the SNES FSU, the need to use contract workers reveals that there is a problem of attractiveness. “For us, this is a sign of a future deterioration of the education system,” he insists. He wonders about the training of these staff and their ability to intervene in front of students. “Professional experience in a setting far removed from teaching does not guarantee that the person has mastered the qualities of the profession in which he is entering,” he says.
He adds: “Furthermore, we must also succeed in retaining quality profiles. However, their low remuneration can lead a certain number of them to distribution. This is a phenomenon that we observe very regularly”. They would retain that the ministry offers paid training in exchange for a commitment to pass the teaching competitions and to practice for several years.