SSTA News
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Message to Members – 26 August 2022
An Improved Pay Offer BUT STILL Not Enough The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (COSLA, Scottish Government, SSTA and EIS) met on 18 August and COSLA made a pay offer of 3.5%. The Teachers’ Side (SSTA and EIS) made clear that this offer was totally unacceptable and must be improved. COSLA then made a further offer…
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SSTA Members’ Briefing 2022
The SSTA has arranged a series of in-person members briefing in September. Seamus Searson the SSTA General Secretary would like to meet with SSTA members to discuss the issues that face secondary teachers (to include the 10% teacher pay claim, the future of national qualifications and the progress of the Muir review). This is your opportunity…
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Message to Members – 19 August 2022
An Improved Pay Offer BUT Not Enough The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (COSLA, Scottish Government, SSTA and EIS) met on 18 August with COSLA making an improved pay offer of 3.5%. The previous offer was undifferentiated 2% increase on all SNCT pay points effective from 1 April 2022. COSLA claimed that this offer was all that…
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SSTA Newsletter – July 2022
The post Congress, July 2022 Newsletter is now available for members to download. SSTA Newsletter – July 2022 The newsletter contains information on the SSTA 77th Annual Congress, including: Presidential Address from Catherine Nicol; Report of the General Secretary from Seamus Searson; Guest Speech from Professor Ken Muir; Motions passed at Congress; Financial statement to…
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Members Bulletin – 27 June 2022
No Improved Pay Offer for 2022-2023 The Extended Joint Chairs of the SNCT (COSLA, Scottish Government, SSTA and EIS) met on Wednesday 18 May to receive a pay offer from the employers for 2022-2023. The 2% undifferentiated increase on all SNCT pay points effective from 1 April 2022 was rejected by the SNCT teachers’ side…
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Message to Members – Teacher Unions reject 2% Pay Offer from the Employers
Teacher Unions reject 2% Pay Offer from the Employers The Extended Joint Chairs of the SNCT (COSLA, Scottish Government, SSTA and EIS) met on Wednesday 18 May to receive a pay offer from the employers in response to the SNCT Teachers’ Side pay claim of 10% for 2022-2023. The 2% undifferentiated increase on all SNCT…
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Report of the General Secretary
SSTA General Secretary Report to Congress 2022 Friday 13 May 2022 Dear Colleagues, it is a great pleasure to stand before you and see so many familiar faces and so many new faces in the room as we try to return to a normal SSTA Congress. Unfortunately, I unable to see the 20 plus delegates…
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Presidential Address – 77th Annual Congress
Catherine Nicol, SSTA President Address to the 77th Congress of the SSTA In October 2021 we were all aware that the Pandemic was not yet over. At that time news of the Omicron variant was emergent but the impact it would have on society was as yet unknown. It was abundantly clear that the measures…
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Home Economics is disappearing from Secondary Schools
The SSTA conducted a school representative survey to gauge the situation of home economics and home economic teachers in secondary schools across Scotland. The survey was completed by 190 school representatives (53% of secondary schools). Seamus Searson, SSTA General Secretary said “Home economics as a subject is at serious risk of disappearing from secondary school…
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STATEMENT FROM THE BRITISH AND IRISH GROUP OF TEACHER UNIONS
Work overload negatively affecting wellbeing in education systems Following the first in-person meeting of Presidents and General Secretaries from the ten education unions within the British and Irish Group of Teacher Unions (BIGTU), the group has called on policy makers within their jurisdictions to prioritise the tackling of teacher workload and the promotion of practitioner…
