The SWOT analysis on the work conditions of the teachers in Kallaveden koulu
1. Kallaveden koulu
Kuopio Finland
The SWOT analysis on the work
conditions of the teachers in Kallaveden
koulu
10.6.2012
2. Strengths
As a teacher it is important to have functional
facilities at school. Our school is quite new
and hence modern, which makes teaching
easy for that part. We have quite a lot of
recreational activities for staff. We get
discounts for various sports facilities and we
throw parties with different themes, for
example at the beginning of holidays. Our
staff is very communal, which makes the
atmosphere at school open and
improvements to our work easier to make.
Teachers are also encouraged to educate
themselves further.
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3. Weaknesses
Our class sizes are pretty big and that
makes it difficult to pay attention to
different learning mechanics our pupils
have. Big classes are also more difficult
to manage. This also affects the size of
the school itself, for it is very large in
personnel, student population and the
school itself, thus hard to manage and
supervise. Our school is also lacking in
proper av-equipment. That makes it
harder to keep the teaching methods up
to date and even-handed.
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4. Opportunities
As teachers we feel that our school
has opportunities in both recess
activities and activating the parents.
We already have a reasonably active
parent’s association that we could
make even better use of by getting
parents to be part of school work. We
also already have a game room that
students can use when they are in
recess, but it can only be used by one
class at a time.
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5. Threats
Big cuts in the funds for the education in the
city of Kuopio are probably the biggest threat
we are now facing. If the funds keep
disappearing at current speed, it’s going to be
almost impossible to even upgrade the
teaching equipment and also the class sizes
will continue to get bigger. We also now face
a decision that will unite our school with a big
elementary school. That will make the
weaknesses of our school even more
apparent. Also the popularity of the social
medias has proven to be a threat in school
work.
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