SSTA News
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Attention Supply Teachers!
Working as a supply teacher and receiving the disgraceful remuneration agreed by another union in the sell out agreement (SOA), you will be very aware of the system now used to pay supply staff in differing authorities. We are now able to begin the process of collecting evidence of unfair treatment to enable us to…
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McCormac Review- The Report of the Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland
The full report of the McCormac Committee “Advancing Professionalism in Teaching – The Report of the Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland” is available to download from here A Summary of main proposals by the McCormac Committee is listed below. Annex B should be removed and all teachers work to a set of standards produced…
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McCormac Review – Letter to School Representatives
Dear Colleague The results of the review by Professor McCormac and his Committee are due to be published on Tuesday 13 September 2011. These deliberations will take the form of a set of proposals delivered to the Scottish Government. The Education Committee of the Scottish Parliament will take evidence concerning the Committee’s proposals on 22…
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Pensions Update – Letter to School Representatives
Dear Colleagues Pensions Update I wrote before the summer holiday to inform you of discussions taking place with the UK Government with regard to proposed changes to pension rules. I informed you that discussions were under way at the UK Working Party on Superannuation (UKWP) but that no firm proposals had been tabled. That remains…
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Opportunities to contribute to the work of GTC Scotland
PDF Version of Advert GTC Scotland is the independent professional body that maintains and enhances teaching standards and promotes and regulates the teaching profession in Scotland. We are looking to appoint talented individuals, with appropriate skills and experience, to serve on our: Council (Lay Members) Adjudicating Panels (Registered Teacher and Lay members) Independent Appeals Board…
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Education Secretary announces changes to Glow Network.
This afternoon, Michael Russell, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, made an announcement outlining the Scottish Government’s key objectives for ICT in education and his plans for the next generation of Glow. This included stopping the current Glow Futures procurement and utilising readily available tools, through a single sign-on, to make the next…
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HSE: School Trips and Outdoor Learning Activities: Tackling the health and safety Myths
Dear Colleague School Trips and Outdoor Learning Activities: Tackling the health and safety Myths In July this year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published a statement “School Trips and Outdoor Learning Activities: Tacking the health and safety myths” http://www.hse.gov.uk/services/education/school-trips.pdf to address perceptions that health and safety law is a barrier to school trips. HSE…
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GTCS Launches Consultations on Fitness to Teach and Codes of Practice
The General Teaching Council for Scotland has today launched three consultations on proposed changes to important areas of its work. The first consultation is on new Fitness to Teach and Appeals Rules. These rules set out the framework for how GTCS will investigate and determine the fitness to teach of individuals where it is alleged…
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Government Proposals for Public Sector Pensions
Current situation Much publicity has attached to the Government’s proposals for changes to state sector pensions. This has increased following the industrial action taken by some unions in England. (Given that the day of action was during the holiday period for many authorities, the question of industrial action by the Association never arose). Discussions between…
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SNCT Update
Imposed changes to conditions of service and the payment of supply staff take effect from 1 September 2011. The changes are likely to cause confusion and uncertainty for supply staff and simply confuse payroll departments. The SNCT document relating to these conditions of service is available from http://www.snct.org.uk/ and the most important changes are listed…