AGM 2010

"That this AGM instruct Council to:

(i)       condemn the lack of permanent or sufficient temporary employment opportunities for newly qualified teachers;

(ii)      condemn the practice of using probationers to avoid the appointment of substantive maingrade teachers on a continued and long-term basis;

(iii)     renegotiate the terms of the Teacher Induction Scheme to ensure that the allocation of probationer teachers is an enhancement to existing staffing complements in schools;

(iv)     remind the Scottish Government and local authorities of their responsibilities to maintain and enhance the level of the teacher workforce to ensure high quality education provision.”

Amendment – Council

Delete point (iii).
  carried
 
31
 EIS-FELA

"That this AGM instruct Council to enter into discussions with the SPPA to change the long term pension paid to widows and widowers of members of the scheme from the existing 50% of the member’s pension to the position whereby they retain 100% of the said pension for the rest of their life.”
  defeated
 
32
 Midlothian Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to seek to ensure that an agreement is reached at national level to enable the requirements of school and local authority moderation for A Framework for Assessment to be met without detriment to teachers’ contractual working hours.”
  carried
 
33
 Glasgow Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to investigate the impact of the reduction of support staff on teachers’ working conditions especially in relation to Annex E of the agreement ‘A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century’.”
  carried
 
34
 Angus Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to consider ways in which:

(i)       concerns over excessive workload can be publicised and;

(ii)      best practice in terms of managing workload can be disseminated.”
  carried
 
35
 Glasgow Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to resist any attempts to "average out” class size maxima within schools and continue to campaign for statutory class sizes limits.”

Amendment – Council

After "continue to campaign for” add "contractual or”
  amendment carried
 
36
 Glasgow Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to organise a campaign, including industrial action, to ensure a maximum class size of 20.”
  carried
 
37
 Renfrewshire Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to negotiate the inclusion of Music as a practical subject with a maximum class size of 20.”
  defeated
 
38
 West Dunbartonshire Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to call upon Local Authorities to ensure that class sizes in SEN establishments and bases and units in mainstream schools have class size maxima in accordance with SNCT Handbook, Appendix 2.9 section 2.”
  carried
 
39
 Angus Local Association

"That this AGM instruct Council to review EIS class size policy with particular regard to Additional Support Needs pupils within mainstream classes.”
  carried
 
40
 Aberdeenshire Local Association & East Renfrewshire Local Association

"That this AGM reject any attempt to impose a pay freeze on teachers and resolve to organise a campaign, including industrial action, to oppose any such attempt.”
  carried
 
41
 North Lanarkshire Local Association

"That the AGM instruct Council to reject any attempt by COSLA or Scottish Government to impose a salary cut post 2010.  Any such attempt shall trigger a programme of industrial action.”
  carried