Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

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The Association will be holding our next Health and Safety Training Day on Saturday 27th April 2013 from 9.30am until 3.30pm. All school and district health and safety representatives are invited. A programme will be issued nearer the time. The training day will be held at a hotel in the central belt at a location to be confirmed depending on the numbers attending.

I would be very grateful if you could confirm your attendance to me by completing a form on our website by the 22nd February 2013

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Following a number of enquiries regarding Working Time Agreement the Association has produced an advice sheet for School Reps which is available to download.

Should you have any questions regarding your school Working Time Agreement please contact headquarters by emailing info©ssta.org.uk or calling 0131 313 7300.

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There were 500 responses

The highlights of the survey are as follows

• Nearly 90% supported the electronic format being used.
  
• The great majority of respondents were happy with the smaller printed format (80%).
  
• 75% of respondents rated the articles in the newsletter as being interesting and relevant and 69% believed that 2 newsletters per session were sufficient.

The full survey results are available for any member. Please contact the Acting General Secretary.

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Today the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association condemned the continuing complacency of Scottish Government towards the problem of indiscipline in Scottish schools. The Association called for a re-calibration of the extent of the problem and the resumption of the co-ordinated and government directed action that followed the publication of Better Behaviour Better Learning in 2001.

Alan McKenzie, Acting General Secretary said “We seem to have lost our way a bit since 2001. There once was a clear path to progress set down by Better Behaviour Better Learning. That path has become difficult to navigate because local authorities and indeed individual schools re-invent the wheel on an individual basis. The SSTA has always called for a national plan”.

Margaret Smith, President of the SSTA said 'This issue of indiscipline in Scottish schools, both serious indiscipline and lower level misbehaviour, is an issue which has long concerned me. Over the years I have spoken out against what I consider to be an ad hoc and somewhat complacent attitude on the part of some authorities and managers regarding indiscipline in our schools.

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