UNION WARNS ON FUTURE TEACHER SHORTAGES The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association today warned local authorities not to risk future teacher shortages by reducing management posts in schools. “Many local authorities, for reasons best known to themselves, have recently decided to reduce the number of management posts in secondary schools. This particularly affects Principal Teacher posts, although senior management posts are also being reduced. These reductions, now and in coming years, will not only reduce the effectiveness of school management in…
CONGRESS General Secretary's Report -11 May 2007
General Secretary's Report -11 May 2007 President, colleagues, in presenting this report to you today, I want to take the opportunity to introduce you to the latest member of the Eaglesham family, Isaac Kael Eaglesham, born on 25th April at 17:00, weight 7lb 6oz, first child of Martin and Sara, first grandchild for Doreen and me. Shortly after his birth, someone said to me "You have now seen the face of the future", and these words remained uppermost in my…
CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS - 11 MAY 2007
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS - FRIDAY 11 MAY 2007 ““YOUR CONCERNS – OUR PRIORITIES” I became an SSTA member 35 years ago in 1972, at a time when probationer teachers were arriving in schools in considerable numbers, without already having signed up to membership of any professional association and I suspect that unlike the majority of members I made a conscious and reasonably well-researched decision to do so. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that this was at least…
CONGRESS 2007 MOTIONS PASSED
CONGRESS 2007 MOTIONS PASSED The following motions were approved at the Association's 63nd Annual Congress, 11-12 May 2002 , Hilton Coylumbridge, Aviemore. The following motions were approved by Congress. MOTION 1This Association believes that employers of teachers in Scottish schools should ensure that every time a pupil is excluded from school for violent behaviour, a Risk Assessment is carried out, as a matter of course, before that pupil returns to school. MOTION 2This Association expresses grave concern about misuse of…
63rd ANNUAL CONGRESS 2007 - 11/12 MAY 2007
63rd ANNUAL CONGRESS 2007 - 11/12 MAY 2007 The Association's Annual Congress was held on the 11 & 12 May at the Hilton Coylumbridge, Aviemore. Details of motions passed, President's Address and the General Secretary's Report are now available for your information
CONGRESS GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT - 12 MAY 2006
GENERAL SECRETARY'S REPORT - FRIDAY 12 MAY 2006 President, Colleagues,I rise today to present to you the report of the General Secretary. I now do this for the 10th time, re-enacting my first speech to you here in Aviemore in 1997. You may recall that day well, but it will almost certainly be for reasons other than the perspicacity and erudition of my peroration. Yes, it was the day when Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, aged 14 ¾ first ascended to…
CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS - 12 MAY 2006
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS - FRIDAY 12 MAY 2006 “SUPPORTING TEACHERS PROFESSIONALISM” Since becoming SSTA President in May last year, I have been privileged to represent the Association at a wide variety of events throughout Scotland, the UK and Ireland and occasionally in Europe, and, on such occasions, I have been tremendously impressed and encouraged by the respect and goodwill shown towards the Association. The SSTA enjoys a well-deserved and hard-won reputation both within Scotland and the wider education community for a…
MOTIONS PASSED CONGRESS 12/13 MAY 2006
The following motions were approved at the Association's 62nd Annual Congress, 12-13 May 2006 , Hilton Coylumbridge, Aviemore. EMERGENCY MOTION The Association welcomes the publication by Audit Scotland of “A Mid Term Report – a first stage review of the cost and implementation of the teachers' agreement ‘A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century'”, and commends the analyses which it provides.Congress deplores, however, the misleading inferences, being drawn from the report by certain commentators, which imply that ‘value for money'…
62nd ANNUAL CONGRESS 2006 - 12/13 MAY 2006
62nd ANNUAL CONGRESS 2006 - 12/13 MAY 2006 The Association's Annual Congress was held on the 12 & 13 May at the Hilton Coylumbridge, Aviemore. Details of motions passed, President's Address and the General Secretary's Report are now available for your information
General Secretary's Report Congress 13/14 May 2005
General Secretary's Report Congress 13/14 May 2005 President, Colleagues, My text for today can be found in the 10th book of Bill Bryson, modestly entitled “A Short History of Nearly Everything”. For those of you who have read Bill Bryson's works, this magnum opus would have come as a bit of a shock. First of all, it is not a history book but a science book. Secondly, it is not the “book at bedtime” genre but a challenging read, to…
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