SSTA News
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TOO MANY ISSUES DEVOLVED TO HEADTEACHERS SAYS TEACHER UNION
The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association today supported complaints made by secondary headteachers in relation to issues now being delegated to them. In a newsletter to members, SSTA General Secretary, Ann Ballinger, attacked local authorities in their approach to the issue. She noted in particular “There seems to be a myth circulating that delegation to “schools”…
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TEACHING UNION CRITICISES LOSS OF SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS PUPILS
The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association, representing 8500 secondary teachers in Scotland, today criticised the withdrawal of education support from some pupils who are diagnosed as having special education needs and have identified support requirements. The SSTA General Secretary, Ann Ballinger, today criticised the loss of dedicated auxiliary support from such pupils. Normal 0 false false…
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Teacher Workload Survey 2009
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New 2 Teaching (N2T) Group
The Association has created a new closed peer support network on Facebook which is open to all members who are in their first 10 years of their career. The New to Teaching Network is: open to all teachers (in the first 10 years of their career irrespective of age), NQTs and student members a peer…
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Bulletin no 415/09 19 October 2009
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Code of Practice on the Role of the Chartered Teacher – SNCT-09-14
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Congress 2009 Newsletter
This newsletter contains an overview of events at the Assoications annual Congress held in Peebles on 15/16 May 2009. The full text of the motions passed at Congress can be seen in the May 2009 Bulletin.
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Restructuring of the GTC
The Consultation The most important consultation exercise the profession has been involved in within the last twenty years is to be undertaken this year. It does not relate to the curriculum, to conditions or to faculty arrangements: it relates to the structure and operation of the GTC (or GTCS as it has become). There must…
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Bulletin no 414/09 – 31 May 2009
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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…