Eamonn O'Kane, general secretary designate of the National Association of Schoolmasters/ Union of Women Teachers, called on the Government to produce 'a clear delineation of duties and responsibilities to be carried out only by those with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)', and demanded a proper career structure for classroom assistants.
His report, entitled The Changing Role of the Teacher, was published to coincide with the union's annual conference and amid negotiations between education secretary Estelle Morris and the unions on ways to ease the teaching workload.
There are signs that the Government may be ready to offer teachers five hours a week of lesson preparation time, but Ms Morris wants to allow teaching assistants to supervise classes doing work set by the teacher, and cover for teacher absences.
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