SSTA News
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SSTA Attacks SNCT Agreement on Chartered Teacher Status
The Association today attacked the agreement reached by the SNCT on 27 May relating to the “Role of the Chartered Teacher”. The SNCT agreed a Code of Practice which the SSTA representatives vigorously opposed. General Secretary, Ann Ballinger led the opposition: “Since the first days of Chartered Teacher status the employers have been determined to…
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Presidential Address – Annual Congress 15/16 May 2009
President’s Address Peebles 15 May 2009 Congress, Guests, Colleagues, Congress may recall that last year the part of my speech reported in the press was the section on bullying. I discussed the effect bullying had on staff and the need for all of us to stand up to bullies and support victims. Although I was…
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SSTA appoint new General Secretary
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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,…