Dear All,
Some standing and some new to share with members this week with highlight being the statutory ballot opening this Wednesday 12th. Look out for your envelopes arriving by post from the 14th onwards. If a speaker at branch meetings would be helpful, please contact glasgowla@eis.org.uk . We’d cover all themes of the Stand Up for Quality Education campaign: Workload, Behaviour and ASN along with the upcoming statutory ballot, and any H&S issues or other agenda items specific to your school.
- Statutory Ballot: Will run from this Wednesday 12th November until the 14th January. This will be a postal ballot and for every member’s voice to be heard, it is crucial that contact details are up to date and most especially email and home address. Please check these details on MyEIS and update where necessary. Click here to login or register for MyEIS. Further background information on the dispute can be found here.
- All Members Meeting: Further information to follow.
- Managing a Classroom in 2025: is this Wednesday 12th November from 4.30-6pm in the EIS offices at 34 West George Street. This course will offer a review of current research and strategies that embed a health, safety and wellbeing approach to low-level classroom disruption and will also look at training and strategies to support a wide range of complex needs. To register please sign up on CPD Manager.
- Pensions Q&A: Stephen Stewart and Murray McLeod, EIS Pensions and Payroll Specialists, will be holding meetings via Microsoft Teams during November and December. These sessions run from 4-6pm and all cover the same topics so please only sign up for one. Click on the link of your choice to register for: this Thursday 13th November; Tuesday 18th November; Wednesday 26th November; Wednesday 3rd December and Tuesday 9th December
- Local Reps Network Meetings: There are two 4.30-6pm twilight Rep’s Network meeting on Monday 17th and Wednesday 19th November, in-person and online respectively. See CPD Manager for further details and signing up.
- Exploring Digital Tools to Engage Neurodivergent Learners: Join the EIS and Digital Skills Education online, on Thursday 4th December, from 5.30-7.30pm. This workshop will equip participants with free tools and resources that they can use to support neurodivergent learners and will also provide practical examples that participants can take back to their own educational settings. No prior knowledge of digital tools is required for participation in this learning. Click here to register.
- National Reps Training: Each session, the EIS/TUC offer accredited training courses for School Reps and Health & Safety Reps. Please click here for further information on registering for training.
Thanks,
Jane
