Episode 24: Understanding Adult Education Teachers’ Rights in Ireland With Anne Foster

About this episode

Anne Foster discusses the rights of adult education teachers in Ireland and the challenges they face.

In this episode, I’m joined by Anne Foster, Vice Chair of the Adult Education Teachers’ Organisation (AETO) and an adult education teacher with the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). Anne shares insights from her many years working in adult education and talks about her involvement with AETO’s campaign to secure better rights for teachers. She highlights several challenges within the sector, especially those affecting teachers with many years of service, such as pension rights and the impact of the new adult educator contract on these teachers. If you would like further information or would like to join the AETO, you can email inquiries.aeto@gmail.com .

People in this episode

Host: Karen Bunyan

Guest: Anne Foster

Topics covered

• adult education
• teachers' rights
• education policy
• pension rights
• contract impact

Keywords

• adult education
• teachers' rights
• AETO
• pension rights
• education contract

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adult Education Teachers’ Organisation, City of Dublin Education and Training Board

Places: Ireland

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