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In September I welcomed the report ‘*Teaching: A Valued Profession’* from the Independent Panel led by Professor Mick Waters which reviewed the existing School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions and made proposals to support our education reforms when Wales assumed the responsibility for this area on 30th September 2018\.


I have had the opportunity to consider the proposals in detail and am pleased to be able to update you today on a number of areas which will both support the teaching profession and enable us to achieve Our National Mission.


Firstly, and having reflected on feedback from Headteachers regarding further dedicated time to prepare for the new curriculum, I am consulting on proposals for new National Professional Learning INSET days. I am proposing to amend regulations to allow schools an additional INSET day each year for the next three years, specifically for the purpose of Professional Learning to support the introduction of the new curriculum.


These will be in addition to the existing INSET days and, together with the £24million I previously announced for the National Approach to Professional Learning (NAPL), represents a significant investment in the teaching profession. Working with the profession, we are delivering the support, opportunities and conditions that makes Wales the best country in the UK in which to pursue a teaching career.


Turning to Mick Waters’ report, and building on the discussion that I have had with Headteachers and trade unions, I intend to have further discussions with them on the detail of the recommendations.  This process of co\-construction is important as we work together in a positive and practical way. 


I am pleased that some of the recommendations featured in Mick Waters’ report are already being taken forward as part of the devolution timetable, or reflect public commitments I have made previously. These include committing to the principle of “no detriment” and maintaining comparable pay scales for teachers and leaders. The report also recommended establishing a Pay Review Body, which I recently announced.


Some of the recommendations which relate to teachers’ pay and conditions may be included in future Independent Welsh Pay Review Body remits and will need to be considered in detail, and over time by the Pay Review Forum and the Review Body. They relate to pay portability; a new longer pay scale and new progression arrangements; TLRs to be set into scales rather than ranges and professional learning; and an increase in Professional Learning days and the longer term approach to INSET days. This is separate to the additional INSET days outlined above which are for the next three years and specifically allocated to support the introduction of the new curriculum. I will be particularly interested in the review body’s ideas and thoughts on how INSET days are currently used and the number required to support effective Professional Learning.  


I will be asking the National Academy of Educational Leadership to consider the recommendations that relate to leadership matters and to establish a working group, to include serving school leaders and unions, to address these as they potentially impact on the management infrastructure in schools. We need to get this right to ensure effective leadership of teaching and learning in our schools, and this continues to be a priority for me, recognising the OECD’s previous comments about the lack of focus on leadership within our system


The recommendations for Welsh Government to consider include those which relate to; performance management, induction, initial teacher education, pedagogy and additional learning needs. Any changes to these areas could potentially require legislative changes, major policy changes or are already under review as part of Our National Mission.  As these are being developed we will continue to work with the trade unions and the profession.


Where these have been developed into more detailed proposals, as they relate to pay and conditions they will fall under the remit of the newly established Independent Welsh Pay Review Body for its consideration.


Finally, with regard to the proposal to ‘Re\-Imagine Schooling’ and to establish an independent Commission to report on how that could be achieved, I will make a further announcement in due course. 


In progressing the consultation on the additional INSET day and the recommendations in the report ‘*Teaching: A Valued Profession’* I want to build on existing and ongoing dialogue with all relevant stakeholders, to ensure we take those forward in a manner which will help raise the status of the profession and contribute to a highly motivated profession.


The ‘Additional National Professional Learning INSET days 2019\- 22’ consultation can found on the Welsh Government website: https://beta.gov.wales/additional\-national\-professional\-learning\-inset\-days\-2019\-2022







Translation:


 
Ym mis Medi, croesewais yr adroddiad ‘*Addysgu: Proffesiwn Gwerthfawr*’ gan y Panel Annibynnol, dan arweiniad yr Athro Mick Waters, a adolygodd y sefyllfa bresennol o ran cyflog ac amodau athrawon ac a wnaeth gynigion i gefnogi ein diwygiadau addysg pan gafodd Cymru’r cyfrifoldeb am y maes hwn ar 30 Medi 2018\.


Rwyf wedi cael cyfle i ystyried y cynigion yn ofalus a heddiw gallaf roi diweddariad ichi ar sawl peth a fydd yn cefnogi’r proffesiwn dysgu ac yn ein galluogi i gyflawni Cenhadaeth ên Cenedl.


Yn gyntaf, ac wedi myfyrio ar yr adborth rwyf wedi’i gael gan brifathrawon o ran clustnodi rhagor o amser i baratoi ar gyfer y cwricwlwm newydd, rwy am ymgynghori ar gynigion am Ddiwrnodau HMS Cenedlaethol newydd ar gyfer Dysgu Proffesiynol. Rwy’n cynnig diwygio rheoliadau er mwyn caniatáu i ysgolion gael un diwrnod HMS ychwanegol y flwyddyn, am y tair blynedd nesaf, yn benodol ar gyfer Dysgu Proffesiynol er mwyn cefnogi’r gwaith o gyflwyno’r cwricwlwm newydd. 


Bydd y dyddiau hyn yn ychwanegol at ddiwrnodau HMS presennol. Mae hyn, ochr yn ochr â’r cyllid o £24 miliwn a gyhoeddais o’r blaen ar gyfer y Dull Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Dysgu Proffesiynol, yn cynrychioli buddsoddiad sylweddol yn y proffesiwn addysgu. Gan weithio gyda’r proffesiwn, rydym yn rhoi’r gefnogaeth ac yn darparu’r cyfleoedd a’r amodau a fydd yn sicrhau mai Cymru yw’r wlad orau yn y Deyrnas Unedig i gael gyrfa addysgu ynddi.


Gan droi at adroddiad Mick Waters a chan barhau â’r drafodaeth rwyf wedi’i chael gyda phenaethiaid ac undebau llafur, rwy’n bwriadu cynnal trafodaethau pellach gyda nhw ar fanylion yr argymhellion. Mae’r broses gydweithredol hon yn bwysig – mae’n beth da cydweithio mewn ffordd bositif ac ymarferol.


Rwy’n falch ein bod eisoes yn bwrw ymlaen gyda rhai o’r argymhellion yn adroddiad Mick Waters fel rhan o'r amserlen ddatganoli, ac mae eraill yn adlewyrchu ymrwymiadau cyhoeddus rwyf wedi’u gwneud yn flaenorol. Mae hyn yn cynnwys ymrwymo i’r egwyddor ‘dim niwed’ a chynnal graddfeydd cyflog cymaradwy ar gyfer athrawon ac arweinwyr.. Mae’r adroddiad hefyd yn argymell sefydlu corff adolygu cyflogau – rhywbeth a gyhoeddais yn ddiweddar.


Caiff rhai o’r argymhellion sy’n ymwneud â chyflog ac amodau athrawon eu cynnwys, o bosibl, yng nghylchoedd gwaith Corff Adolygu Cyflogau Annibynnol Cymru yn y dyfodol. Bydd angen i’r Fforwm Adolygu Cyflogau a’r Corff Adolygu Cyflogau eu hystyried yn fanwl. Maent yn ymwneud â cludadwyedd cyflog; graddfa gyflog hirach a threfniadau cynnydd newydd; gosod Cyfrifoldebau Addysgu a Dysgu mewn graddfeydd yn hytrach nag ystodau; a dysgu proffesiynol. Mae hyn ar wahân i’r diwrnodau HMS ychwanegol y soniwyd amdanynt uchod – mesurau dros dro, ar gyfer y tair blynedd nesaf yn unig, yw’r rheini yn benodol ar gyfer cefnogi’r gwaith o gyflwyno’r cwricwlwm newydd. Bydd diddordeb arbennig gennyf mewn clywed syniadau’r corff adolygu o ran sut y mae diwrnodiau HMS yn cael eu defnyddio ar hyn o bryd a’r nifer sydd ei angen i gefnogi Dysgu Proffesiynol effeithiol.


Byddaf yn gofyn yn benodol i’r Academi Genedlaethol Arweinyddiaeth Addysgol ystyried yr argymhellion sy’n ymwneud â materion arweinyddiaeth ac i sefydlu gweithgor, a fydd yn cynnwys arweinwyr ysgolion a chynrychiolwyr o’r undebau, i fynd i’r afael â’r rhain gan y gallant effeithio ar y strwythur rheoli mewn ysgolion. Rhaid inni gael hyn yn iawn er mwyn sicrhau bod y dysgu a’r addysgu yn cael ei arwain yn effeithiol yn ein hysgolion. Mae hyn y parhau i fod yn flaenoriaeth i mi, gan gofio am sylwadau blaenorol y Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd (yr OECD) am y diffyg ffocws ar arweinyddiaeth yn ein system.


Mae'r argymhellion i’w hystyried gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn ymwneud â rheoli perfformiad, ymsefydlu, addysg gychwynnol athrawon, addysgeg ac anghenion dysgu ychwanegol. Mae'n bosibl y bydd angen newidiadau deddfwriaethol neu newidiadau polisi sylweddol ar eu cyfer, neu efallai eu bod wrthi’n cael eu hadolygu ar hyn o bryd fel rhan o Genhadaeth ein Cenedl. Wrth i’r rhain gael eu datblygu, fe barhawn i weithio gyda’r proffesiwn a’r undebau llafur.


Lle bo’r rhain wedi’u datblygu’n gynigion manylach, gan eu bod yn ymwneud â chyflogau ac amodau, mater i Gorff Adolygu Cyflogau Annibynnol Cymru, sydd newydd gael eu sefydlu, fydd penderfynu arnynt. 


I gloi, o ran y cynnig i ‘ail\-greu addysg’ a sefydlu Comisiwn Annibynnol i adrodd ar sut y gallwn gyflawni hynny, byddaf yn gwneud cyhoeddiad pellach maes o law.


Wrth symud ymlaen gyda'r ymgynghoriad ar y diwrnod HMS ychwanegol a’r argymhellion yn yr adroddiad ‘*Addysgu: Proffesiwn Gwerthfawr*’, rwyf am adeiladu ar y drafodaeth flaenorol a pharhaus gyda'r holl rhanddeiliaid, er mwyn sicrhau ein bod yn bwrw ymlaen â’r rhain mewn modd a fydd yn helpu i godi statws y proffesiwn, a’i ysgogi.


Gellir gweld yr ymgynghoriad ‘Diwrnodau HMS Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Dysgu Proffesiynol 2019\-22’ ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru: https://beta.llyw.cymru/diwrnodau\-hms\-ychwanegol\-dysgu\-proffesiynol\-cenedlaethol\-2019\-2022