JNC Annual Report 2021.22
Renfrewshire Council · 7 June 2022
Back to Renfrewshire Council Joint Negotiating Committee for Teaching Staff — 7 June 2022 and its agenda
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Agenda Item .......... Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers To: Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers On: 07 June 2022 Report by Joint Secretaries Annual Report Session 2021/22 1. Background 1.1. Since the previous annual general meeting of the Renfrewshire Council Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers held on 08 June 2021, six scheduled meetings of the committee have been held (one was rescheduled to take account of school holiday arrangements in April 2022). 1.2. The ongoing work of the committee continues to be extremely positive with joint collegiate activity being continued through the past year. Agreements reached and activity undertaken by the committee are outlined in the appendix to this report. The attached appendix also indicates the membership of the committee over the period. 2. Recommendation 2.1. Members of the JNC are asked to: • note the contents of this report and the appendix attached; and • agree this paper is circulated to all educational establishments.
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Appendix Operation of Renfrewshire Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers The following provides members of the JNC with a summary of operations from 08 June 2021 until the Annual General Meeting of 07 June 2022. Membership of the committee during the period: Teachers’ Side: K Fella EIS M Russell EIS T Millar EIS JP Toner EIS C Carson EIS D Tolland EIS Y Murray EIS J Liston SSTA (from August 2020) L Gibson NASUWT Voice - To be nominated S.McCrossan, EIS Area Officer, Adviser to the Teachers' Side Management Side: Councillor J Paterson Provost L Cameron G McKinlay, Head of Schools replaced by T McGillivray January 22 J Calder, Head of Service H Paterson, Head Teacher, Heriot Primary School K Henry, Head Teacher, St Andrew’s Academy L Mullin, Principal HR and OD Adviser A Hall, Education Manager M Thomas, Education Manager J Colquhoun, Education Manager Joint Secretaries:
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K Fella G McKinlay replaced by T McGillivray January 2022 Reports Discussed The following areas were covered in reports submitted to the committee: SNCT Pay Agreement 2021 -22 SNCT 21/83 – Sabbaticals COVID-19 Related areas • SNCT 21/84 – COVID-19 and Long COVID Temporary additions to SNCT handbook • SNCT Covid-19 Related Absences • Education Recovery and Staffing • Covid-19 Health and Safety including CO2 monitoring/Ventilation in schools Trade Union Faculty Time for school reps – a reminder of current arrangements EIS Manifesto 2022 Council Budget EAL Provision WIFI in Renfrewshire Schools Lead Teacher Health and Wellbeing Quality Improvement Framework Amendment School Holidays 2022 – 2023 Investigations HMIE Inspections Business World ASN Review Payment and Placement of Educational Psychologists on the Pay Scale Implementation of the GTCS refreshed and restructured Professional Standards Teacher Recruitment Procedures for the Transfer of Teachers Ongoing Discussions and Engagement
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Discussion took place regularly throughout this year and both joint secretaries have continued to work together to progress and resolve a range of operational matters. Within the JNC there have been ongoing discussions across the year on key issues including staffing in relation to the health and wellbeing of all staff during the pandemic, digital and remote learning, early years expansion, teacher workload, tackling bureaucracy, devolved school management / school empowerment and working time agreements. The JNC and JNC sub-groups have continued to seek to take forward issues which are included in the items of ongoing work listed below. 1. Teacher workload 2. Supporting attendance 3. Discipline and grievance 4. Professional review and development 5. Risk assessment/health and safety 6. Specific duties and job remits 7. Consultation on school holiday pattern and additional IS days 8. Devolved school management of resources 9. Equalities issues The JNC are looking forward to the next year of continued partnership working.