The day after tomorrow is 928 Teachers' Day, and the school's administrative work is heavy. Many teachers would rather stay on the front line of teaching than take on administrative duties. The Taiwan Education Industry Union announced the "2026 Teacher's Day Teacher Opinion Survey" today (26th). 45.5% of part-time administrative teachers had "positive feelings" about the administrative work bonus policy, but 31.6% still gave a negative evaluation. Guo Yancheng, chairman of Taiwan Education Industry, said that bonuses do make some administrative teachers feel good, but whether they can retain people is still related to the actual workload and system. In addition to bonuses, administrative procedures should also be simplified, school affairs systems should be integrated, and the administrative job system should be reviewed.
The Ministry of Education increased the work bonus for part-time administrative teachers at the end of last year, hoping to improve the difficulty of finding administrative manpower in schools. Taking a junior high school teacher who serves as a team leader as an example, in addition to the additional bonus for the original supervisory position, those who meet the qualifications can receive an administrative work bonus of 1,000 yuan to 1,500 yuan per month.
Please read on...
Guo Yancheng said that the survey showed that 18.8% of part-time administrative teachers expected to "improve the administrative system and load" and "really implement the reduction of school administration" accounted for 13.2%, which were significantly higher than the 5% and 4.4% of tutors, showing that in addition to salary, the front line also cares about workload and administrative system.
Yang Yifei, CEO of the Taiwan Education Industry and Education Policy Think Tank, said that schools undertake various projects, government decree publicity, evaluation and reporting work. In addition, the declining birthrate has resulted in reduced classes and reduced administrative manpower. It is not uncommon for one person to hold multiple jobs. The continued increase in administrative work will also reduce the time teachers have to prepare lessons and accompany students.
Frontline teachers reported that the teaching team often handles leave requests, substitute teaching and hourly fees, but different school administration systems cannot be automatically connected, and hourly fees still need to be manually compiled and verified at the end of each month. Taiwan Education Industry believes that course selection, course scheduling, travel leave, substitute teaching and hourly fee settlement can be integrated, and duplication of work can be reduced through automatic data connection, online approval and automatic generation of inventory.
Li Yajing, secretary-general of Taiwan's Education Industry, said that digital tools should really help administrative staff reduce their work, rather than adding another reporting system. Education authorities should integrate school affairs platforms to reduce manual repetitive filling in and paper verification, and return time to teaching and students.
Taiwan Educational Industry put forward three suggestions, including reducing administrative reporting, evaluation and performance indicators that have nothing to do with teaching; integrating school administration and information systems to reduce repetitive tasks with technology; and reviewing the course load reduction, job additions and reasonable manpower establishment of part-time administrative teachers, hoping to reduce the burden on front-line administrative teachers through system adjustments and substantial administrative reductions.
