The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association representing 9000 teachers in Scotland's secondary schools has appointed Ann Ballinger as its new General Secretary. Mrs Ballinger is currently President of the Association. The other candidate for the post was Mr George Sturrock, a Past President of the Association. In a ballot of members conducted during April, Mrs Ballinger received 57% of the votes to Mr Sturrock's 43%. Mrs Ballinger will take up her post in June of this year. For further information, please…
Election of General Secretary
The result of the ballot for the post of General Secretary is shown below. The ballot closed at noon on Friday 1 May. Candidate Valid votes cast Ann Ballinger 1069 George Sturrock 817 Spoiled papers 3 Turnout 27.5% Ann Ballinger will therefore serve as General Secretary until 2014. The full result as detailed in the balloting agent's report will be sent to all members via a bulletin following Congress later this month. JIM DOCHERTY Acting General Secretary
SSTA Consultation on Outcomes & Experiences
The Outcomes and Experiences relating to Curriculum for Excellence are now published on the Learning Teaching Scotland website and should be in schools in paper form by 15 May. The Outcomes and Experiences aren't subject to formal consultation but the Association wishes to know members views. Your responses can be made on each subject by clicking on the appropriate link below. Members should note that there are a number of cross curricular areas. Please respond in as many areas as…
Teacher union criticises consultation on new exams
The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association, representing 9,000 teachers in Scotland's secondary schools, today attacked the consultation exercise conducted to gauge support for the new examination system proposed for fourth year students in Scottish schools. In a letter to members, Association President, Ann Ballinger, and Acting General Secretary, Jim Docherty, criticised the validity of the questions posed in the consultation and the methods used to assess support or otherwise for the proposals. Ms Ballinger commented "It is clear that many of…
Association criticises consultation on new S4 qualifications.
The Association has written to the Cabinet Secretary condemning the mechanism used to consult on the new examinations intended to replace Standard Grades and the Intermediate National Qualifications. The consultation took place earlier this session. Many members responded on an individual basis. Additionally, a formal SSTA view was submitted. Regardless of the merits (or otherwise) of certain of the proposals, the Association commented unfavourably on the questions posed in the consultation, noting that many were loaded towards the provision of…
ETUCE Conference - Work Related Stress for Teachers
ETUCE Conference - Work Related Stress for Teachers Brussels 16/17 February 2009 - attendee F Dalziel, Professional Officer The objectives of the Conference were: � to bring together Unions in Europe to share and agree best practice on drawing up and carrying out Risk Assessments on teacher stress � to share the results of surveys already carried out on the health of teachers in relation to work related stress including a particularly useful one originated by the German government Work…
Bulletin no 413/09 March 2009
1. APPOINTMENT OF PREFERRED CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF GENERAL SECRETARY Council has remitted to Executive the matter of the appointment of the Association's new General Secretary. Executive set up an Appointment Panel which made a decision on the matter. The Panel met on 16 February and selected George Sturrock, Past President of the Association and current member of Executive as Council's preferred candidate. 2. BALLOT FOR THE POST OF GENERAL SECRETARY In accordance with legislation and current rules of…
Election of Vice President 2009-2011
Margaret Smith, District Secretary in Fife and member of Executive and Council will be the Association's Vice-President for the period 2009-2011. She defeated Richard Goring, also a member of Executive and Council, in the recent ballot. We extend our congratulations to Margaret and commiserations to Richard. The report of the balloting agent, Electoral Reform Services, is below. ELECTION OF VICE PRESIDENT 2009-2011 Our report of voting for the above election which closed today at noon is as follows: Number of…
Post of General Secretary
The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association is Scotland's second largest teachers' trade union, serving the needs of secondary teachers throughout Scotland. The Association seeks to appoint its most senior official following the retirement of the current post holder. The post is based in Edinburgh. Candidates should be able to display leadership and innovation and have a genuine interest in education and the welfare of its practitioners. A background in trade unionism is desirable but not essential. The post of General Secretary…
RETIREMENT OF DAVID EAGLESHAM, GENERAL SECRETARY
The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association today confirmed the early retirement of its General Secretary, David Eaglesham with effect from the end of December 2008. The Council of the Association had already been informed of Mr Eaglesham's intention to retire early. Mr Eaglesham was employed by the Association for 14 years, and took up the post of General Secretary in 1996, following the deaths of his predecessors Alex Stanley and Alan Lamont in 1995 and 1996 respectively. James Docherty, the Depute…
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