teachers warn of 'constant' cctv surveillance - cameras in classrooms

Teachers say they are often monitored by CCTV cameras in schools that should be used to keep students safe.
A poll conducted by TheNASUWT union showed that 8% of the 7,500 members surveyed said classroom cameras recorded their courses.
They feel that school leaders are using this video to monitor their performance.
The survey was conducted when delegates attending the annual union meeting in Birmingham discussed a proposal for excessive monitoring of teachers.
It says that monitoring without justifiable reasons is unreasonable and has little value for students' progress.
The motion added: "its impact is to stifle creativity in education, to deprive teachers of power, to put procedures before purpose and to increase the workload of teachers.
Speaking of their school, a teacher said: "CCTV was used to deal with staff, suggesting that they were dealing with a situation in error, even though CCTV had no sound.
Another said: "At my school, the senior leadership team thought that new teachers who did not perform well specifically used it.
"Nearly 90% of the teachers installed CCTV in the classroom, and they said they couldn't turn off the cameras, and 40% of the teachers claimed that the recordings were monitored by the school leaders and the footage used to judge the performance of the employees.
Chris Katz, secretary general of NASUWT, said: "Teachers are already struggling to cope with excessive surveillance, disguised as classroom observations that are regularly visited by senior management and many others.
"The story that the teachers told us in the survey was a shocking catalogue of disrespected and unacceptable invasion by the profession.
"No other professional is treated so badly;
No one should be under constant pressure and pressure from constant surveillance.
Experimental rats have more professional privacy.