Dear Colleagues You may have noted speculation in TESS about the creation of new posts for current probationers. I have sought assurances that teachers currently seeking employment will not be penalised and am somewhat reassured by the promise that posts will be advertised and the selection process will be that normally used by local authorities. We have been informed that the only relevance the phrase ‘current probationers' has is numerical, and will dictate the number of posts to be appointed.…

Dear Colleagues Speculation about changes to teachers' conditions of service Many of you will be aware of recent speculation in the press and elsewhere about attempts by COSLA to change those parts of the McCrone deal they dislike. Shortly after the budget announcement on Wednesday 17 November John Swinney wrote to the leaders of all Scottish local authorities confirming the following arrangements. COSLA agreed to protect the number of teacher posts as far as possible in order to secure: •…

Dear Colleagues You will be aware of press reports and rumours regarding possible changes to our conditions of service, and the renegotiation of the McCrone deal. As yet there have no proposals put to any teaching union by COSLA so any information is at best speculation. We have a meeting with COSLA on 8 December to discuss their proposals.   Presumably these proposals will be known shortly before then. As soon as we know what COSLA are demanding the information…

16 November 2010 TO:       SSTA MEMBERS Dear Colleagues URGENT - Claims in relation to accrued maternity leave Further to the information provided on the poster sent to schools at the start of the session, the Association now additionally advises as follows. In order to protect the position of members who were on maternity leave during leave year 1/9/09 to 31/8/10 with regard to the accrual of leave during maternity leave, such members are advised to contact the…

Herald Scotland (Andrew Denholm, Education Correspondent) – 28/10/10 06:03 A historic agreement governing the pay and conditions of Scottish teachers should be re-opened as council budget cuts loom, the Education Secretary said yesterday. Michael Russell told the Scottish Parliament's education committee it was time for the 2001 McCrone deal to be “revisited”. The comment came as the committee discussed suggestions from some councils that increasing the hours teachers spend in the classroom would allow them to cut staff and save…

In June of this year the SNCT amended the national Conditions of service in relation to accrual of holidays during Maternity leave in order to bring teachers' conditions of service in line with legislation. The new arrangements are more complex that the previous ones. The text of the arrangements is available from Part 2: Section 7 of the The SNCT Handbook of Conditions of Service Outline of the Arrangements Teachers on maternity leave now accrue holidays on the same basis…

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The Association today attacked the agreement reached by the SNCT on 27 May relating to the "Role of the Chartered Teacher". The SNCT agreed a Code of Practice which the SSTA representatives vigorously opposed. General Secretary, Ann Ballinger led the opposition: "Since the first days of Chartered Teacher status the employers have been determined to assign duties to CT status. The SSTA has opposed this from the outset: the post-McCrone agreement is totally clear that the contractual duties of Chartered…

PAY REVIEW 2008 Following the PAY REVIEW agreed on 13 December 2007, an advance provisional copy of the pay scales is available here. Please find here an advance provisional copy of the pay scale resulting from the PAY REVIEW agreed on 13 December 2007. The increases are as follows: 1 Dec 2007 0.5% on all scale points 1 Apr 2008 2.25% on all scale points 1 Apr 2009 2.5% on all scale points 1 Apr 2010 2.4% on all scale…

The Salary Scales shown below are taken from SNCT 33 issued on 24 May 2004. Full text of the Settlement can be viewed in SNCT 33. Unpromoted Teachers Point Annual Salary as at 1.08.03 2.9% Increase 1.4.04 2.9% Increase 1.4.05 2.0% Increase 1.4.06 2.25% Increase 1.4.07 0 (Probationer) 18000 18522 19059 19440 19878 1 21588 22215 22860 23316 23841 2 22875 23538 24222 24705 25260 3 24174 24876 25596 26109 26697 4 25578 26319 27081 27624 28245 5 27198 27987…