SSTA News
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Posts Congress 2012 Bulletin
The post-Congress 2012 edition of the SSTA Bulletin can be downloaded from here. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open the Bulletin. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader it can be downloaded from http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/.
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Scottish Teacher Requests Support for his Family
Hi fellow educational professionals and trade unionists I am emailing you about an issue which goes beyond the relatively small, ideological differences between the various trade unions and associations. It is an issue directly related to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for private and family life.
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SNCT – Chartered Teacher
The attached paper was agreed in principle at an SNCT meeting held yesterday, Thursday 31 May 2012. This agreement ensures that teachers on the Charter Teacher scale will continue to receive their current salary in recognition of their enhanced role within schools.
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SSTA Calls for Teachers’ Concerns Over Deep Audit to be Properly Addressed
The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association, representing 9000 Scottish secondary teachers, has once again raised concerns about the integrity of the ‘deep audit’ completed in March 2012.
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Motions from Congress 2012
Details of the motions passed at Congress, held on 11-12 May 2012 can be found on our website below. Further details of this, and a review of other business, will be sent to all members in the next newsletter. In the meantime this will provide some information about the issues dealt with at Congress.
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Presidential Address – 11 May 2012
The recurring theme of my last several District Secretary Reports, and indeed motions to Congress, was that of ‘Groundhog Day,’ ie, that each year we faced again the same issues of indiscipline, large classes and unrealistic expectations of teachers, in addition to ongoing pernicious issues such as workplace bullying and intimidation. There was, several years…
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Working to Contract – Advice from the SSTA
This advice sets out the context for working for contract and should answer all but the most complicated questions. If you have a query not answered by this information please do not hesitate to contact the Association at info@ssta.org.uk
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Ballot on Industrial Action Short of Strike Action
During the last 2 weeks of April members were balloted on industrial action to protect teachers’ pensions. The question asked if members were willing to participate in ‘action short of strike action’.
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Ballot on Industrial Action Short of Strike Action
At a meeting held on 3 March Executive and Council decided to ballot members on industrial action short of strike action, including a work to contract, in response to the attack on teachers’ pensions. It was clear from the consultation held during February that the majority of members wished to be balloted on a work…
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March 2012 Bulletin
The post-March 2012 Council edition of the SSTA Bulletin can be downloaded from here. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open the Bulletin. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader it can be downloaded from http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/.