Aspect encourages EYPs to lobby MPs on terms and conditions

Mon, Aug 3rd, 2009

Aspect (Association of Professionals in Education & Children's Trusts) recently presented a briefing paper to the DCSF describing the current working conditions for most EYPs. It stated that if issues were not addressed urgently, the drive to recruit graduates into the early years would wither.

Should you wish to voice your concerns, a template for a letter to your local MP is provided on Aspect's website available here.

In addition, Aspect invites EYPs and EYPS candidates  to sign a petition demanding similar pay structures to teachers and other professionals. The petition includes the following:

Early Years Professional Status is considered equivalent to Qualified Teacher Status. When recruited EYPs were told the new roles would lead to positions that had parity with the roles of teachers in schools. It is essential that to continue to recruit and retain this essential workforce, and to meet the ambitious targets the CWDC are working towards to have EYPs in every setting by 2015, similar national pay arrangements to teachers (and other professional groups such as doctors, social workers and police officers) should be put in place immediately.

If you would like to sign the petition, you can find it here


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