Item 06 - LNCT MInutes
West Dunbartonshire Council · 20 March 2024
Back to Educational Services Committee — 20 March 2024 and its agenda
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LOCAL NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE FOR TEACHERS At the Hybrid Annual General Meeting of the Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers held in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton on Tuesday, 5 December 2023 at 2.00 p.m. Present: Councillor Jonathan McColl; Laura Mason, Chief Education Officer; Andrew Brown, Senior Education Officer; Alison Boyles, Head Teacher, Dumbarton Academy; Lindsay Thomas, Head Teacher, Linnvale Primary School; and Gavin Corrigan, Michael Dolan and James Halfpenny (all EIS). Attending: Louise Hastings, HR Business Partner, Educational Services; Kirsty Connor, Education Support Officer – Staffing; and Scott Kelly, Committee Officer. Apologies: Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Councillors Gordon Scanlan and Clare Steel; Claire Mackenzie (SSTA); and Dawn Wilson and Caroline Yates (EIS). Mr Gavin Corrigan in the Chair DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST It was noted that there were no declarations of interest in any of the items of business on the agenda. MEMBERSHIP In accordance with Paragraph 6 of the Local Recognition and Procedure Agreement, the Committee noted that the membership of the Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers (LNCT) for 2023/2024 would be as follows:- Management Side Members: Councillors Jonathan McColl, John Millar, Gordon Scanlan and Clare Steel; Laura Mason, Chief Education Officer; Andrew Brown, Senior Education Officer; Alison Boyles, Head Teacher, Dumbarton Academy; and Lindsay Thomas, Head Teacher, Linnvale Primary and ELCC. Advisers: Louise Hastings, People and Change Partner; and Linda McAlister and Kirsty Connor, Education Support Officers – Staffing. ITEM 6
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Teachers’ Side Members: Gavin Corrigan, Michael Dolan, James Halfpenny, Rebecca McCulloch, Laura Minto, Dawn Wilson and Caroline Yates (all EIS); and Claire Mackenzie (SSTA). Advisers: David Baxter, Area Officer (EIS); and Euan Duncan, Assistant General Secretary (SSTA). CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR In accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Local Recognition and Procedure Agreement, the Committee noted that in this, the twenty-first year of the LNCT, Councillor Clare Steel would assume the position of Chair for the Management Side and Gavin Corrigan would assume the position of Vice Chair for the Teachers’ Side. As Councillor Steel had been unable to attend the present meeting, Mr Corrigan continued in the Chair. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Minutes of Meeting of the Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers held on 13 June 2023 were submitted and approved as a correct record. GUIDANCE TO HEAD TEACHERS ON OPERATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MEETINGS (SCHOOL LEVEL) A report was submitted by the Joint Secretaries to the LNCT seeking approval for a review of the current approach taken within education establishments in relation to the operation of Health and Safety Committees within schools. After discussion and having heard both Sides, the Committee agreed:- (1) to note the contents of the report; and (2) to approve the undertaking of a short term pilot to test and evaluate a more streamlined, less bureaucratic approach to focusing on health and safety issues within education establishments. PROGRAMME OF FUTURE MEETINGS Following discussion, the Committee agreed:- (1) to note that a savings option relating to the continued provision of hybrid committee meetings was due to be considered by Council at its meeting on 20 December 2023;
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(2) that LNCT meetings for the next year should continue to be held as hybrid meetings, subject to the decision taken by Council; and (3) that meetings should be held on:- • Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 10.00 a.m. in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. • Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at 2.00 p.m. in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. • Tuesday, 10 September 2024 at 10.00 a.m. in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton. • Tuesday, 3 December 2024 at 2.00 p.m. in the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton (Annual General Meeting). The meeting closed at 2.15 p.m.
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