A national survey shows a deterioration in the working conditions of middle and high school supervisory staff. Burgundy is no exception to this observation. Explanations.
In France, national education has nearly 13,400 supervisory staff, principals, principals, heads and deputies of public colleges and high schools. Heads of establishments are stressed, this is what emerges from a national survey
Breathless staff
A survey carried out by Georges Fotinos, former inspector general of national education, among 4,400 management staff (33% of the workforce) entitled “management staff at the end of their rope, in demand for the future ”, reveals alarming indicators on the loss of confidence and the psychosocial risks of heads of establishments.
National results which do not surprise one of the national unions of management personnel. “For several years, we have loyally alerted our hierarchy to the continued deterioration of our working conditions”, Specifies the SNPDEN-UNSA, national union of national education management staff.
Our health is at stake and we can feel it with our colleagues who tell us so.
Some figures from the survey
90% of management staff deplore a recent deterioration in their working conditions over the past few years (and not only linked to the health crisis).
84% of management staff say they feel unable to properly assume all their assignments.
82% of management staff report sleep disorders and stress perceived as frequent.
80% of management staff report a loss of confidence in their superiors and a deterioration in their relations with them.
56% of management staff say they sometimes, regularly or frequently have a low self-esteem.
12.6% of management staff admit to having suicidal thoughts sometimes, regularly or frequently.
“These figures should challenge the ministry on the working conditions of its executives and bring about an urgent reaction to correct and improve a dysfunctional education system that school heads and deputies find it increasingly difficult to compensate to the detriment, often , their personal balance and their health ”, specifies Jérôme Naime, academic secretary of SNPDEN-UNSA.
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School leaders isolated in rural areas
The Dijon academy has 375 management staff. One of the peculiarities of the academy is the rurality. “Colleagues who are heads of establishments in isolated rural establishments find it difficult to be able to share their problems with other colleagues ”. An isolation which can accentuate their fragility. “The management team is small and solidarity and sharing of difficulties is difficult and this can give rise to particular problems ”, adds Jérôme Naime.
Meeting with the rector
Heads of establishments met this Monday, November 15, the rector of the Dijon academy, Nathalie Albert-Moretti. “We have constructive discussions with the rector who is attentive to our issues. She hears us but cannot give us answers ”, explains Jérôme Naime.
The ill-being of management staff is wide according to the SNPDEN-UNSA union. “We can see that there is a malaise of executives, due to this multiplication of tasks and this ability to communicate immediately (on the part of the government, editor’s note) without there being any precise texts”, specifies the academic secretary.
Precise institutional information
They expect changes in the transmission of information at the highest level. “We want precise institutional information that allows us to respond to users, students and teachers correctly”. They are also asking for a real overhaul of the professional digital space and to be able to refocus their missions on their core business, which is, “To make our students succeed”.
Managing teams and supporting families remains a priority for the national education supervisory staff.
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