Mostly standing items and updates to these to share with members this week.
EIS Organising Conference: Takes place this Saturday 3rd October in the Clayton Hotel Clyde Street 9.30 for 10am until 3.30. This is open to all Reps and activists with a focus of building on organising skills within the context of our SU4QE campaign as well as fighting the influence of the far right. General Secretary Andrea Bradley and Taj Ali, journalist and historian, are the two keynote speakers and there will be eight workshops from which to choose three: two in the morning and one in the afternoon. See here for further details and to sign up for this conference.
Local Training: We have two training sessions which can be signed up for on CPD Manager.
PACT: As part of Challenge Poverty Week, EIS Glasgow is hosting a bespoke Anti-Poverty Professional Learning session for Glasgow Local Association members in-person here in the West George Street office, 4.30-6pm on 6th October. The session will explore the nature, causes and consequences of poverty in Scotland and Glasgow and what this means for our classrooms, schools, and wider community.
Reps Training Level 1/2: The session aims to support School Reps by providing information and training around skills for supporting members and the Branch. It takes place here in the West George Street office from 9.30-3.30 on Wednesday 20th October.
Local Network Meetings: We have three 4.30-6pm local Network meetings coming up and these can be signed up for on CPD manager
BAME Network is Thursday 8th October venue tbc
Two Rep’s Network meetings with the 19th in person in Glasgow office and online on the 21st of October.
National School and H&S Reps Training: These popular courses run each session and newly published dates and venues, along with information on how to register can be found here. The school Reps training is a four-day course in all but split into 2 sets of two consecutive days and the H&S Reps training is one set of two consecutive days.
Branch Meetings: Please contact glasgowla@eis.org.uk if a speaker would be helpful at any upcoming branch meetings planned in the new session. It may be for a talk on specific topics such as health and safety legislation or to discuss local issues/concerns with members.
AI Guidelines and Guardrails: The Scottish Government's 'Scottish Guidelines and Guardrails for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Schools,' produced in collaboration with the EIS, are now live, can be found here and apply to all use of AI in schools. Detailed EIS advice to members and reps will be issued shortly and a short introductory video can be found here EIS AI Guardrails - YouTube
The Gwen Mayor Trust: The Gwen Mayor Memorial Trust was established in March 1996 following the tragic events in Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996 when the teacher, Gwen Mayor, lost her life along with 16 pupils of the school. The purpose of the Trust is "to advance education by providing financial support for projects in connection with the arts, culture, music or sport submitted to the Trustees." Applications are now open and all primary schools and departments across Scotland are eligible for Gwen Mayor Trust Funding. Applications must be made on the prescribed Application Form no later than Friday 2 October 2026.
Encourage, Nourish and Grow: Friday, 6 November, for a day of Early Years focused professional learning, in the Glasgow Radisson Blu, 9-4.30pm. More information, including details on how to register to be found here.
2026 Annual Benefit Statements: Theseare due to have been circulated to members by the end of August. Once available, your statement can be viewed online through the SPPA Engage Portal. If you have not yet registered for Engage, we encourage you to do so now to ensure you can access your statement as soon as it is available. If you don't receive your 2026 ABS please email pensions@eis.org.uk and we can raise this with SPPA.
