Teachers Pay - April 2018  SSTA Position First priority Retention and Second priority Recruitment and third priority the Restoration of teachers’ pay a common % increase for all teachers at all grades Parity for unpromoted teachers with FE lecturers of £40,000+ SNCT 2018 Pay Claim submitted on the 8 February 10% restorative claim for all grades SNCT Pay Claim EIS and SSTA are the only negotiators for the SNCT COSLA (employers) response on 27 March To offer all local authority…

PDF - Members Bulletin-March2018 SSTA Rejects the COSLA Pay Offer The SSTA is negotiating through the SNCT in progressing the 2018 pay claim. The Teachers’ Side submitted a pay claim of 10% for teachers at all grades to the SNCT on 8 February. COSLA (the employers) responded on 27 March by making a pay offer of 2% for those above £36,500 and 3% for those below (Colsa letter '2018 Pay Offer Letter to SNCT' ). The Teacher Side negotiators (SSTA…

Teachers Pay - April 2018 Scottish Government Budget has made provision for a 3% increase for public service workers earning less than £36,500 and 2% for those above SSTA Position First priority Retention and Second priority Recruitment and third priority the Restoration of teachers’ pay a common % increase for all teachers at all grades Parity for unpromoted teachers with FE lecturers of £40,000+ A major reduction in teacher workload The SNCT 2018 Pay Claim was submitted on the 8…

PDF Version - General Secretary Report - February 2018 Teachers Pay - April 2018  1% increase backdated to cover April to end of December 2017, and a further 1% from January until the end of March, across all grades and scale points. The SSTA is preparing a submission for the April 2018 pay claim. To be discussed at the SNCT teacher’s side meeting on 5 February 2018. Scottish Government Budget has made provision for a 3% increase for public service…

The SSTA has arranged an initial series of  professional education courses for teachers that have been funded by the Scottish Union Learning Fund. The Scottish Government provides funding to the STUC to facilitate union learning and these courses have been provided for the benefit of union members. The SSTA is acutely aware of the difficulties members have in being released by schools but the SSTA is keen that members have the opportunity to participate. These one-off courses are three hours…

SSTA meets Deputy First Minister The SSTA met with John Swinney, Deputy First Minister (DFM) on 19 December and discussed a number of the Association’s motions from our Annual Congress in May. The SSTA delegation was led by Kevin Campbell (President), Elaine Henderson (General Treasurer), John Guidi (Vice-President), and Seamus Searson (General Secretary). The following issues were discussed: Workload Benchmarks National 5 Local Authority Inspections on Teacher Workload Teachers’ Pay Survey Career Structure Additional Support Needs (ASN) Regional Improvement Collaboratives…