SSTA News

  • Members Bulletin – SSTA Meeting with Deputy First Minister

    Members Bulletin – SSTA Meeting with Deputy First Minister

      SSTA meeting with Deputy First Minister The SSTA met John Swinney, Deputy First Minister (DFM) on 12 June and discussed a number of the Association’s motions from our Annual Congress in May. The SSTA delegation was led by John Guidi (Vice-President), Catherine Nicol (Convenor Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee)and Seamus Searson (General Secretary).…

  • Congress 2018 Newsletter

    Congress 2018 Newsletter

    The 2018 Congress Newsletter is now available for members to download from the Website Teachers’ Pay 2018 – Update – 21 June 2018 The SNCT Annual General Meeting (Teacher Unions, COSLA and Scottish Government) took place on 31 May. A report of the pay negotiations was made and we were informed that COSLA were unable to proceed…

  • Video from SSTA Annual Congress 2018

    Video from SSTA Annual Congress 2018

    The SSTA’s 74th Annual Congress took place on Friday 18th & Saturday 19th May 2018 at Crieff Hydro. Video of the Presidential Address, Report of the General Secretary and John Swinney’s speech and Question and Answer session from the  74th Annual Congress is now available to view at http://www.ssta.org.uk/congress2018 

  • Members Bulletin & Privacy Policy Update

    Members Bulletin & Privacy Policy Update

    SSTA Congress 2018 The 74th SSTA Annual Congress took place on the 18-19 May in Crieff. The SSTA President Kevin Campbell’s Address and the General Secretary’s Report can be viewed by clicking on the links. The Deputy First Minister John Swinney addressed Congress and took questions from members. Seamus Searson General Secretary gave a reply to…

  • Report of the General Secretary – SSTA Annual Congress 2018

    Report of the General Secretary – SSTA Annual Congress 2018

    SSTA General Secretary Speech to Congress 2018 We are approaching 75 years of the SSTA and the issues in 1944 are the same as the issue of 2018 to protect the interests of secondary teachers in Scotland. Concerns over conditions of service, pay and workload appear throughout our history and will probably do so for…

  • Kevin Campbell, SSTA President – Address to the 74th Annual SSTA Congress

    Kevin Campbell, SSTA President – Address to the 74th Annual SSTA Congress

    Colleagues, guests, friends and delegates from deepest, darkest Fife. I take great pleasure in welcoming you all to the 74th Congress of the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association.   I find myself being captain of our great ship in a year through which we have sailed some pretty turbulent seas. It gives me great pleasure however,…

  • SSTA Members’ Bulletin – May 2018

    SSTA Members’ Bulletin – May 2018

    Members Bulletin – May 2018 SSTA Congress 2018 The 74th SSTA Annual Congress is taking place on the 18-19 May in Crieff. The Deputy First Minister John Swinney will be addressing Congress on the opening morning of Congress. You can follow the events and debate on motions of Congress on twitter on #SSTA18. Working Time…

  • SSTA Survey – National 5

    SSTA Survey – National 5

    The SSTA is conducting a survey of members who have been involved in the teaching of the ‘New’ National 5 Qualification. Last year SSTA members predicted a high level of increased workload because of the changes to National 5 qualification.  It is now important following the implementation of the new qualification to assess the true…

  • General Secretary Report – May 2018

    General Secretary Report – May 2018

    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…

  • Teachers’ Pay 2018 – Update

    Teachers’ Pay 2018 – Update

    Teachers’ Pay 2018 – Update – 20 April 2018 The latest meeting of the SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (EIS, SSTA, COSLA and Scottish Government) took place on Thursday 19 April.  The teachers’ side were disappointed that the Scottish Government,at this stage, were not prepared to offer any additional funding after having said at the last…