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Redundancies
The authority has
identified a number of redundancies in Derbyshire schools
(...more)
Conference Report
This years Conference
was held in Harrogate with Baljeet Ghale in the chair
(...more)
Happy Retirement
Malcolm Anderson, the
Regional Secretary, has retired.(...more)
Local Rep Stars in Teacher
Debbie Turner, one of our
roving Learning Reps was featured in The Teacher
Magazine.(...more)
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Redundancies
The authority has issued a
series of 188 notices to Derbyshire.
A section 188 notice
notifies the staff at a school that it is the intention of
authority to identify staff for redundancy. The notice
identifies the number of redundancies and may identify which
areas the redundancies may come from, but does not identify
individuals.
Redundancy is
currently facing staff in fourteen schools. After the notices are issued, a
series of negotiations are held to determine the procedure
by which the redundancies will be made. This is the first
stage in the redundancy procedure.
It is essential that the
union is involved at this stage. Schools are expected
to notify the union if 188 notices are issued, but this does
not always happen.
If there are
redundancies in your school, you must notify the union as
soon as possible.
Contact details are
available here.
Conference Report.
This years
Conference was held in Harrogate with Baljeet Ghale,
the union's first black President, in the chair.
Discussions also
took place to re-affirm the union’s stance on the
following issues.
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Lesson
Observation and Monitoring
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Young Teachers'
Pay
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Building
Schools for the Future
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Climate Change
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Pupil Behaviour
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Childhood and
Excessive Testing
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Health and
Safety
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Teachers'
Mental Illness
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Work/Life
Balance
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Primary
Curriculum and Early Years
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Treatment of
Black Pupils
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The major decisions were:
We will be voting for strike
action on pay.
Along with other Public
Sector unions, we will be balloting our members with a view
to taking strike action on pay.
We have established a
political fund.
For the last few years
there has been a debate on The Political Fund. This means
we can back other political organisations.
We will be taking the
government to court.
For several years now, we
have not been a member of the RIG group. This has meant we
have been excluded from talks on pay and working
conditions. We will be taking the government.
To see pictures of the
DAT president's reception click here.
Happy Retirement
Malcolm Anderson, the
Regional Secretary, has retired.
Before becoming a full time
union officer, Malcolm has always had close links with
Derbyshire.
Malcolm was always very
well informed and his calm and considered approach to
negotiation was often successful where more confrontational
methods had failed.
Malcolm will be remembered
for his unique filing system which apparently consisted of
letting piles of files build up on his desk, covering them
with a sheet and then moving office.
Local
Rep Stars in Teacher
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Debbie Turner, one
of our roving Learning Reps was featured in The
Teacher Magazine.
In the article,
which is part of the series “My Role in the Union”,
Debbie outlines the roles and responsibilities of a
learning rep as well as passing on advice to members
thinking of becoming Learning Reps. She says she is
most proud the number of people she has manage to
place in training, in particular the take up on the
ICT courses.
Debbie won the
Midlands Region TUC Learning award in 2004.
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