For sixteen years, Stéphane (those referred to by their first names did not want to give their names) made the same request every year: to be transferred from the academy in Créteil, where he has taught since his time at a vocational high school. At the beginning of his career, he was assigned to the academy in Bordeaux, where he comes from. March, ” Wonder ““The response was positive in the end,” says Sandra, his wife. But the relief was short-lived for this couple with two children. Sandra, a school teacher in Val-de-Marne, had a transfer request she had been making for eight years rejected.
“There was a need in the Gironde, but Val-de-Marne did not approve my departure due to the lack of teachers in the department.”explains the 36-year-old teacher and was then faced with the difficult decision of whether to live 600 kilometers away from her partner, pay for two accommodations and weekly travel, or at least temporarily give up working. ” for what (She has) has completed a five-year course of study and passed a difficult selection test.”.
Like all teachers, the couple knew the rules when it came to holding the competition in public. When expressing desires, teachers do not choose their first practice according to rules that differ between first and second degrees.
At the primary school level, recruitment is academic and winners cannot be assigned only in one of the departments of the academy in which they were admitted, which is not necessarily the one in which they live. For almost three years, between 2018 and 2021, 38-year-old Cécile had to commute between Cherbourg (Manche), the city where she lives, and Flers (Orne), the city where she teaches, because she couldn't managed to obtain a mutation. “I was transferred to Flers for my first job in 2014. At first I only came home on weekends, but after a few years I got fed up and started traveling every day »says the school teacher. Almost four hours drive on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, leaving at 5:30 a.m. and returning at 7:00 p.m.
“Completely ossified” movement
At the secondary level, recruitment is nationwide and those admitted to the competition are deployed across the territory as required in each discipline. Anyone who then wants to change the department in the primary level or the academy in the secondary level must submit to a system based on a points scale (a newly hired teacher has 14), the number of which increases with seniority and depending on the individual and family situation – a possible Disability – or even the type of position held. “A married teacher with children is actually more likely to be transferred than a single teacher.”summarizes the Ministry of National Education.
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