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Celebrate May Day

A summary of May Day events being held around Scotland are listed below. Further information on the events can be found on the STUC website at http://www.stuc.org.uk/campaigns-and-external-events/mayday-2015 Sunday 3rd May, GLASGOW May Day March and Rally Sunday May 3rd George Square 11am assemble 11.30am March off. Rally O2 Academy Glasgow – ALL WELCOME. Thousands of trade unionists and supporters will march through Glasgow to celebrate the international workers day on Sunday May the 3rd. Organised by Glasgow Trade Union Council…

SSTA Fact Sheet - Named Person

Printable Version The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 enshrines the concept of ‘Named Person’ in Statute. However the ‘Named Person’ is familiar to us all from any work we do that relates to the Scottish Government’s key child protection policy GIRFEC – or Getting It Right for Every Child. Why is the Scottish Government insisting that Local Authorities have a Named Person for every child or young person from birth to 18 years or longer dependent on needs?…

2015 Summer Retirement Application

Colleagues Please see link to circular 2015/11 The purpose of this circular is to: 1. Advise that retirement applications can now be submitted electronically and how to do this2. Highlight the timescales for submission of summer retiral applications 3. Confirm the information required after retirement 4. Advise that the premature calculator for employers has been updated

Increase to public service pensions with effect from 6 April 2015

Members should note the contents of the Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme Circular 2015/10 STSS circular 2015 10 The purpose of this circular is to notify employers of the increase to public service pensions with effect from 6 April 2015. Employers should apply these increases to mandatory and discretionary compensation payments that they pay to retired teachers.

SSTA Welcomes Report on Tackling Bureaucracy

SSTA Welcomes Report on Tackling Bureaucracy CfE Working Group on Tackling Bureaucracy - Follow Up Report The SSTA General Secretary Seamus Searson has welcomed the ‘Curriculum for Excellence Working Group Report on Tackling Bureaucracy – Follow up Report’ published today. Seamus said “Bureaucracy is the single biggest threat to the Scottish education system by taking teachers away from their primary and most important role of teaching and learning. The Scottish education system is highly regarded across the United Kingdom and…

GTCS Vacancy - Senior Education Officer (Research and Professional Learning) Maternity Secondment

GTC Scotland is offering a 12 month maternity secondment as a Senior Education Officer. The successful applicant will work as a member of the Education Team, leading and supporting particular aspects of the ongoing work of GTC Scotland. Interested applicants should visit www.gtcs.org.uk/vacancies for further information and an application form. The closing date for applications is 5pm, Monday 23 March 2015. Potential applicants who require more information about this post should contact Carrie Cave, HR Manager (0131 314 6074). 2015-03-06…

Senior Managers’ Bulletin 1- Advice on Professional Update

Printable Version 1. General Principles This advice document has been prepared by the SSTA Senior Managers’ Advisory Panel to assist our Senior Manager members in addressing both their own Professional Update and the Professional Update of their school colleagues, many of whom will also be fellow SSTA members. Bearing this in mind, an empathetic and sensitive manager can ensure that the ‘Duty of Care’ towards staff is properly implemented and existing or potential problems are mitigated or avoided altogether. Professional…

Management of Absence 1 - Overview - School Rep Bulletin

Printable Version All members should be familiar with their employer’s management of absence policy Irrespective of a Council’s Policy in relation to the Management of Absence the employer has a duty of care to implement that policy in CARING and REASONABLE manner which is SUPPORTIVE and NON-THREATENING. The SSTA, however, accepts that an employer: bears an additional cost as a result of staff absence is entitled to attempt to minimize absence is entitled to set absence triggers Return to Work…

Named Person Questionnaire & Fact Sheet

The SSTA wishes to gauge teachers’ opinions on the implementation of Children’s and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. In particular of how the role of the Named Person is being implemented in secondary schools and specialist education provisions. We would ask you to completing the following brief SurveyMonkey questionnaire by Thursday 19th March 2015. The information we collect will be helpful in our forthcoming discussions with the Scottish Government consultation process and in supporting members. Named Person Fact Sheet

Celebrate May Day

SSTA responses to the Children’s and Young Peoples Act 2014