Euan DuncanPresident Press Release - President Elected 27 May 15 Scotland’s only specialist union for Secondary Teachers, the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association, has recently selected North Ayrshire teacher Euan Duncan as its new President. Euan was elected unopposed following a call for nominations from the Association’s districts throughout Scotland. Seamus Searson, SSTA General Secretary said "I would like to congratulate Euan on his successful election as President and wish him every success in a period where education in Scotland is…
Annual Congress 2015
The Association held it's 71st Annual Congress on Friday 8 May and Saturday 9 May 2015 at Crieff Hydro. This page will be updated with links to Reports and with video recordings of speeches and motions as they become available online. Reports General Secretary Congress report 2015 Superannuation Report of the UK Teachers’ Superannuation Working Party – Fiona Dalziel Motions: A list of the motions from Congress 2015 are available to view at this page. Seamus Searson delivered the Report…
Congress 2015: Report of the General Secretary
Seamus Searson delivered the Report of the General Secretary at the SSTA Annual Congress on Friday 8 May 2015. The text of the General Secretary's report can be download using the link below. Report of the General Secretary
Annual Congress 2015 - Motions
You can find a note of the motions taken to Congress 2015 and the decision of Congress below. Links to Reports and speeches from Congress 2015 can be found here. Motion A – Remitted to Executive Congress calls on the SQA to remove the requirement for pupils to complete “Added Value Units” and Assignments at National 4 and National 5 as these have little educational value to justify the unnecessary stress they place on pupils and their teachers. These assessments…
Congress 2015: Guest Speaker- Ashley Cameron, Who Cares? Scotland
Ashley Cameron an Ambassador for 'Who Cares? Scotland' was the Guest Speaker at the SSTA Annual Congress on 8/9 May 2015, and delivered an informative and inspiring speech about her life in care, & since.
Congress2015: SQA Q&A Session
Dr Janet Brown, Chief Executive and Ronnie Summers, Head of Qualifications Development (CfE) of the SQA attended the SSTA Annual Congress on 8 May, and answered questions from delegates.
SSTA joint union letter to the new Government
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association and most other UK teaching unions have written an open letter to the new government setting out our concerns about the potential impact of funding cuts on the education system. The letter, published in the Sunday Times, calls for a commitment to fund the additional costs already facing schools and colleges and protect all education funding regardless of sector, age or location.
CfE Working Group Tackling Bureaucracy Follow-up Report
The CfE Working Group Tackling Bureaucracy Follow-up Report’ published in March. This report has been produced by the Scottish Government, the employers and Teacher Unions and is intended to tackle the problems teachers face in schools. The report has four sections Assessment Forward Planning Monitoring and Reporting Self-Evaluation and Improvement Planning FOUR posters have been produced to highlight the sections within the report for school notice boards. The SSTA believes that this report has the potential to reduce teacher workload…
General Secretary Report
CfE Cutting Bureaucracy Report March 2015 *****IMPORTANT***** Guidance for schools on Assessment – based on professional judgement, no need for large folios of evidence Forward Planning – NO need to plan, assess, record or report every outcome Monitoring and Reporting – use CAUTION with ICT planning and reporting systems Self Evaluation and Planning – “tick box” audit distracts from teaching and learning SSTA to issue guidance to be used in Working Time Agreements negotiations. Materials to be circulated to…
Supply Teachers' Bulletin
Printable version SSTA has always recognised that Supply Teachers are an important and essential part of the education service. Schools are unable to function without an experienced and professional group of teachers. SSTA insists that the supply teacher shortage has been as a direct result of the lack of understanding and respect of the importance of supply teachers. A short term fix in 2011 is now causing severe problems in schools. Supply teachers take this career path for a number…
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