Salaries Motions & Amendments 28-47

Created on: 28 May 2012 | Last modified: 16 Feb 2023

 

28. North Lanarkshire Local Association
 "That this AGM oppose the assertion in the McCormac review that maintaining a low pupil-to-teacher ratio does not necessarily result in improved outcomes and any future attempt to use this as justification for larger class sizes, or in opposition to the call for maximum classes of 20 pupils.”

Carried

 

29. South Lanarkshire Local Association
 "That this AGM reject recommendation 28 of the McCormac report that all primary teachers, in consultation with their headteachers, should be responsible for the education of their class for the entire length of the pupil week, although they need not necessarily be in class during all these hours.”

Carried

 

30. Edinburgh Local Association & South Lanarkshire Local Association
 "That this AGM instruct Council to invigorate the campaign to promote a maximum class size of 20 for all classes in mainstream schools.”

Carried

 

31. East Dunbartonshire Local Association
 "That this AGM resolve that Computing should be included in part 2 of the SNCT handbook Appendix 2.9 as a Practical Class, and instruct Council to work towards its inclusion.”

Defeated
119 for
132 against

32.  North Lanarkshire Local Association, Aberdeenshire Local Association, East Dunbartonshire Local Association, Fife Local Association & Glasgow Local Association
 "That this AGM instruct Council to renegotiate the 2011 SNCT Agreement covering the duties, hours and salary for short term supply staff with a view to reinstating the provisions which applied prior to 1 August 2011.”

Carried

 

33. Angus Local Association, Glasgow Local Association & Fife Local Association
 "That this AGM instruct Council to investigate and report on the availability of short term supply cover arising from the changes to pay and conditions of service of short-term supply staff from 1 August 2011.”

Carried

 

34. South Lanarkshire Local Association
 "That this AGM call upon the Scottish Government and the Local Authorities to conduct an Equality Impact Assessment on the effect of the short term supply rate of pay.”

Carried

35. Renfrewshire Local Association, Glasgow Local Association & South Lanarkshire
  "That this AGM resolve to campaign for:
(a) the retention of the Chartered Teacher grade;
(b) the end of the suspension of the programme in order to permit teachers part-way through the programme to complete their course of study to achieve Chartered Teacher status;
(c) the retention of a study based route to achieve Chartered Teacher status open to all teachers when they reach the top of the maingrade salary scale.”

Carried

37.  Edinburgh Local Association
 "That this AGM instruct Council to campaign vigorously for a pay award which would address the detrimental awards of recent years.”
Amendment - Council
After "instruct Council to” insert ”formulate a pay claim and”

Carried

39. East Dunbartonshire Local Association
 "That this AGM recognise the extra work of Language and Communication Resource Principal Teachers and Promoted Staff in Special Schools, and call on the EIS to campaign for greater recognition for such promoted members with respect to the Job-Sizing Toolkit.”

Remitted to Council

 

40. North Lanarkshire Local Association
 "That this AGM call for a Winding Down Scheme to be available to teachers with 30 years’ service.”
Amendment – Renfrewshire Local Association
After "30” insert "or more”

Remitted to council

 

41. Renfrewshire Local Association
 "That this AGM oppose any changes to conditions of service made without agreement in the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers and instruct Council to organise an immediate ballot for action up to and including strike action in reaction to any imposed alterations to teachers’ conditions of service.”

Carried

 

42. Angus Local Association
"That this AGM instruct Council to investigate and report on local authority policies and procedures in awarding permanent contracts to teachers.”

Carried

43. Glasgow Local Association
 "That this AGM reject any proposals to reduce holidays or lengthen the school day.”
            Amendment – EIS-FELA
After "lengthen the school” insert "or college”.
Amendment – Renfrewshire Local Association
Delete "to reduce holidays” and insert "to increase the length of the teacher working year from 195 days”

Carried

44. Glasgow Local Association
 "That this AGM instruct Council to investigate the threat to occupational sick pay as a result of attendance management practices and to campaign and issue advice to members as appropriate.

Carried

45. Glasgow Local Association
 "That this AGM instruct Council to investigate and report on management time allocations in schools.”

Carried

46. Glasgow Local Association
 "That this AGM reject any moves to fast-track the dismissal of teachers due to alleged incompetence.”
Amendment – EIS-FELA
After "dismissal of teachers” insert "and lecturers”.

Carried

47. Midlothian Local Association
 "That this AGM instruct Council to provide advice to all schools that all new initiatives should be managed within the consultative framework of school and departmental improvement planning and that these plans require to recognise the context of the 35 hour working week.”

Carried