SSTA News
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SSTA Members’ Bulletin – March 2018
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…
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Teachers reject Cosla Pay Offer but remain committed to negotiated agreement
Tuesday 27 March 2018 The Teachers’ Side negotiators of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) have today (Tuesday) rejected a pay offer of 2% / 3% from local authorities to Scotland’s teachers. The offer was presented by the Employers’ Side of the SNCT at a meeting of the SNCT Extended Joint Chairs group. The…
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General Secretary Report – March 2018
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…
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2018 Pay Claim – Retention, Recruitment and Restoration
Update on 2018 Pay Claim for Teachers The SSTA conducted a pay survey of members in December and published the findings on 23 January 2018 The members survey highlighted the need for a substantial pay increase, the excessive workload placed upon teachers, the high number of members who had considered or are considering leaving the…
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General Secretary Report – February 2018
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…
