TO PROMOTED POSTHOLDERS IN EDINBURGH CITY Dear Colleague FACULTY ARRANGEMENTS IN EDINBURGH CITY The current move in Edinburgh City towards faculty arrangements appears to have been left very substantially in the hands of headteachers rather than involve senior officials of the authority who might have experience in employment matters. As a result, a significant amount of misinformation may be circulating. It is not clear whether headteachers themselves have been inaccurately advised. The Association offers the following advice to promoted postholders.…
Congress 2011 Videos
Video of the Guest Speech and a selection of the debate at Congress 2011 Peter Wright giving the Presidential address to Congress 2011 Mike Jennings, IFUT General Secretary speech at SSTA Congress 2011 - Part 1 Mike Jennings, IFUT General Secretary speech at SSTA Congress 2011 - Part 2 Janine McCullough speaking in favour of the Salaries & Conditions of Service Committee Report. John Gray speaking in favour of the Salaries & Conditions of Service Committee report. Alan Taylor and…
Update for members
Colleagues, There has been a flurry of press speculation in recent weeks concerning proposed changes to pensions, information contained in submissions to the McCormac review and responses to the imposed changes to conditions of service. This Association only circulates leaflets and advice notes when we know the outcome of any consultation and the final decisions have been made. In the meantime I will attempt to keep members updated via emails and the website. Pensions The Government has…
Bulletin No 422/11 - May 2011
The May 2011 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/.
Feedback on SQA Exam Diet
The SQA are seeking feedback on the exam diet. They particularly welcome your views on the questions and on any issues you believe will have affected pupil performance. They are also delighted to receive suggestions for improvements to future exam papers. If you have any comments to make (positive, negative or a combination of both) please send them by email to info@ssta.org.uk adding SQA feedback to the subject line. We will collate these and forward them…
COSLA Document
Colleagues, You may be aware of a report circulating about a document produced by Cosla. This document is their submission to the McCormac review into Teachers’ pay and conditions and clearly indicates their preferences for the future of our profession. The document makes very interesting reading and I have highlighted only a few of the points it makes: the primary role of a teacher should not be to teach children!!!! extension of the teacher year but not the…
Research project on post induction teacher employment
The Association has been asked to invite appropriate members to take part in a Glasgow University Research Project dealing with the career trajectories of post induction teachers. This research should provide an accurate picture of what paths teachers actually take on completion of their probationary period and will be a valuable marker for all those involved in teacher planning. Additionally the project may focus on transition from university to employment; induction experiences; support during first year of teaching; support following…
Presidential Address - Annual Congress 13/14 May 2011
President's Address Peebles 13 May 2011 Congress, Guests, Colleagues, In March of this year, I attended a conference on CfE on behalf of the Association. I was introduced by the chair as the representative of an organisation which had been a “critical friend†to CfE. I’ll repeat that: “a critical friendâ€. I think that was an absolutely accurate description of our stance. The SSTA is fundamentally in favour of CfE’s principles: greater flexibility…
New CfE factfiles
Four new CfE factfiles were published this week on the LTS main and Parentzone websites. Topics this time are literacy across learning; numeracy across learning; 3-18 transitions; and outdoor learning. http://www.LTScotland.org.uk/commstoolkit (under latest resources) http://www.LTScotland.org.uk/Parentzone (under News)
Imposed changes to our Conditions of Service
Dear Colleagues By now you will be aware of the disgraceful events at the SNCT Teachers’ Side meeting on 28 April, when some teacher representatives surrendered after approximately 12,000 of the 60,000 eligible teachers voted to accept the Cosla proposals. This Association refused to accept the proposal and gave formal notice that we intend where justified to take legal action on behalf of members. Of particular concern are the conservation, accrued leave and supply rate issues. The full…
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