SSTA News
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Annual Congress 2015 – Motions
You can find a note of the motions taken to Congress 2015 and the decision of Congress below. Links to Reports and speeches from Congress 2015 can be found here. Motion A – Remitted to Executive Congress calls on the SQA to remove the requirement for pupils to complete “Added Value Units” and Assignments at…
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Congress 2015: Guest Speaker- Ashley Cameron, Who Cares? Scotland
Ashley Cameron an Ambassador for ‘Who Cares? Scotland‘ was the Guest Speaker at the SSTA Annual Congress on 8/9 May 2015, and delivered an informative and inspiring speech about her life in care, & since.
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Congress2015: SQA Q&A Session
Dr Janet Brown, Chief Executive and Ronnie Summers, Head of Qualifications Development (CfE) of the SQA attended the SSTA Annual Congress on 8 May, and answered questions from delegates.
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SSTA joint union letter to the new Government
Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association and most other UK teaching unions have written an open letter to the new government setting out our concerns about the potential impact of funding cuts on the education system. The letter, published in the Sunday Times, calls for a commitment to fund the additional costs already facing schools and colleges and…
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CfE Working Group Tackling Bureaucracy Follow-up Report
The CfE Working Group Tackling Bureaucracy Follow-up Report’ published in March. This report has been produced by the Scottish Government, the employers and Teacher Unions and is intended to tackle the problems teachers face in schools. The report has four sections Assessment Forward Planning Monitoring and Reporting Self-Evaluation and Improvement Planning FOUR posters have been…
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General Secretary Report
CfE Cutting Bureaucracy Report March 2015 *****IMPORTANT***** Guidance for schools on Assessment – based on professional judgement, no need for large folios of evidence Forward Planning – NO need to plan, assess, record or report every outcome Monitoring and Reporting – use CAUTION with ICT planning and reporting systems Self Evaluation and Planning –…
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Supply Teachers’ Bulletin
Printable version SSTA has always recognised that Supply Teachers are an important and essential part of the education service. Schools are unable to function without an experienced and professional group of teachers. SSTA insists that the supply teacher shortage has been as a direct result of the lack of understanding and respect of the importance…
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Celebrate May Day
A summary of May Day events being held around Scotland are listed below. Further information on the events can be found on the STUC website at http://www.stuc.org.uk/campaigns-and-external-events/mayday-2015 Sunday 3rd May, GLASGOW May Day March and Rally Sunday May 3rd George Square 11am assemble 11.30am March off. Rally O2 Academy Glasgow – ALL WELCOME. Thousands of…
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SSTA responses to the Children’s and Young Peoples Act 2014
Consutation Children YP 2015 Responses
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SSTA Fact Sheet – Named Person
Printable Version The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 enshrines the concept of ‘Named Person’ in Statute. However the ‘Named Person’ is familiar to us all from any work we do that relates to the Scottish Government’s key child protection policy GIRFEC – or Getting It Right for Every Child. Why is the Scottish…