February 2010 TEACHERS BEFORE BANKERS Join us at Northern Conference 26-27 February Kevin Smyth Northern Committee Chair INDIAN ADVENTURE Locals in beautiful Silichar. Contents: Page • Handwriting Competition 3 • INTO/UTU Clss Size Campaign 8/9 Breda O’Driscoll, Holy Family Primary School, • Conditions of Service Update 12 Belfast, selected to go to India as part of The Global Classroom, courtesy of Adelaide Sign up for our e-newsletter for regular updates delivered straight to Insurance. your inbox. www.into.ie/NI/ IRISH NATIONAL TEACHERS’ ORGANISATION Education Teachers’ Pay Scales 2009/2010 Funding Main Pay Scale Salary Point 1 Leadership Group Salary Point 1 Sept 2009 Gavin Boyd and Shane McCurdys’ Sept 2009 addresses to the recent INTO/UTU M1 21,101 1 36,617 23 62,919 Leadership Conference [see page 6] M2 22,771 2 37,536 24 64,479 are available on the www.esait.org.uk M3 24,601 3 38,473 25 66,082 website. Key statements included: M4 26,494 4 39,432 26 67,716 £90 million cut to education budget M5 28,582 5 40,413 27 69,393 2010/11; M6 30,841 6 41,425 28 71,116 Role to support teachers achieve 7 42,541 29 72,876 better results for pupils; UPPER PAY SCALE 8 43,523 30 74,690 Need to shift balance of resources UPS1 33,411 9 44,610 31 76,537 from the centre to schools; UPS2 34,649 10 45,755 32 78,439 The conundrum of children’s UPS3 35,929 11 46,943 33 80,388 educational experience; 12 48,025 34 82,375 Support for leadership development TEACHING ALLOWANCES 13 49,226 35 84,422 at all levels; TA1 1,806 14 50,452 36 86,513 ESA will not interfere with principals TA2 3,649 15 51,710 37 88,663 running their schools; TA3 6,266 16 53,083 38 90,858 TA4 8,631 17 54,304 39 93,072 Shane McCurdy ESAIT stated that TA5 11,648 18 55,669 40 95,395 the education budget 2009/10 was 19 57,049 41 97,778 £2 billion but only £1.1 billion goes SEN1 1,956 20 58,463 42 100,227 to schools. So ESAIT has a job to SEN2 3,865 21 59,910 43 102,734 do shifting a good part of that £0.9 22 61,397 billion towards schools. Where does it get spent now? There remains a clear disparity which needs to be addressed between Getting help… primary and post-primary schools in this year’s budgets e.g: Members can contact their Northern Committee Representative as below: St Colman’s College Newry £3,688,406 AREA NAME Home/Mobile School No. St Colman’s Abbey PS Newry £724,431 St Catherine’s College Armagh £4,450,532 CEC 1 Mary Cahillane 07522100726 9060 1294 Mount St Catherine’s Ps Armagh £607,722 CEC 2 Tony Lappin 3833 6334 — Methodist College Belfast £7,917,745 St Brides’ PS Belfast £2,174,490 BFC Patrick McAllister 9445 2728 3884 0825 St Patrick’s Academy Dungannon £6,179,932 NEELB Primary Mark McTaggart 9028 7449 2826 0444 St Patrick’s PS Dungannon £2,188, 148 NEELB Post-Primary Barney Magill 9077 7742 9084 8433 SEELB Primary Kevin Smyth* 9020 1571 9038 1455 SEELB Post-Primary John McAnulty 9060 1555 4483 0311 BELB Primary (1) Gerry Murphy 3753 9591 9023 8773 BELB Primary (2) Eddie Keenan 9059 2401 9035 1023 BELB Post-Primary Des McDonagh 9084 9797 9080 8050 SELB Primary (1) Mary Dorman 8774 1229 8676 3151 SELB Primary (2) Mary Hughes 3755 1136 3753 1284 SELB Post-Primary Jim Magee 3026 8178 4175 3366 WELB Primary (1) Charlie Glenn 7134 1578 7135 1830 WELB Primary (2) Rita Fox 8076 1647 8224 5628 WELB Post-Primary Ann Marie Conway 8076 0996 8224 2717 Education Minister Caitriona Ruane Vere Foster House, Northern Offi ce, is open from 9.00am – 1.00pm and from has guaranteed to protect frontline 1.45pm – 5.00pm, Monday to Thursday and to 4.00pm on a Friday. services. Telephone: 028 9038 1455 Fax: 028 9066 2803 Email: [email protected] Journal of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation in Northern Ireland, 23 College Gardens, Belfast BT9 6BS Telephone: (028) 9038 1455 Fax: (028) 9066 2803 e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Frank Bunting Printed by: Northern Whig Limited, 107 Limestone Road, Belfast BT15 3AH Telephone: (028) 9035 2233 Printout is published by INTO. Except where INTO has formally negotiated agreements as part of its services to members, inclusion of an advertisement does not imply any form of recommendation. While every effort is made to ensure the reliability of advertisers, 2 INTO does not accept any liability for the quality of goods and services offered. IRISH NATIONAL TEACHERS’ ORGANISATION ANNUAL INTO/EBS Handwriting Competition INTO and EBS are delighted to launch words If you have any queries please the Annual INTO/EBS handwriting contact Jan Saunders in Northern 3. P4 and P5 classes – up to 50 competition. The entry is open to Offi ce on 028 90 381455. words all schools in the age categories specifi ed and entries will be judged 4. P6 and P7 classes – up to 100 on style, fl air, neatness and layout of words the handwriting. 5. Special Recognition Award for Travelling How does the competition work? Achievement in Handwriting Entries should be written on a single Children’s Prizes Expenses A4 page, ruled or unruled. Information In categories 1-4, there are wonderful regarding each entrant (name, Teacher travelling on school duties, prizes like Art Sets, Gift Vouchers and category, school address etc) should are paid the JNC casual users’ rate Board Games for fi rst, second and be appended to the reverse of each which from 1 April 2009 is: third places. Three prizes of equal entry. No particular script or style is value will be awarded in category 5. necessary and there is no set text. Per mile 1st 8500 The focus is solely on handwriting so Timescale illustrations are not required. Only 451-999cc 42.9 pen or pencil should be used – no Northern Ireland entries should be 1000-1119cc 47.7 calligraphy pens allowed. submitted to Jan Saunders at Vere 1200-1450cc 60.1 Foster House, Northern Offi ce, 23 In Category 5 teachers are asked to College Gardens, Belfast, BT9 6BS nominate a child who is receiving by Friday 26th March 2010, providing Special Education provision and the name, address and Education who is deserving of recognition for and Library Board. The date and time Coming Soon the exceptional effort and progress of the prize giving will be sent out made in the area of handwriting. This with the result of the competition. Tax Free bikes for school! category is now called the ‘Special Recognition Award for Achievement School Prizes Benefi ts: in Handwriting’. The length of the There is a national draw for a Prim handwriting piece submitted is at the Ed/promethean voucher worth 2000 25% saving on a new bike and safety teacher’s discretion. A short citation euro for all schools that enter the equipment:- (no more than 50 words), written competition. Each school will also Pay monthly and save income tax by the teacher, should accompany be entered in a draw for 100 euro and National Insurance. each piece stating the reason for vouchers. The National Prizegiving Get any make and model from a nomination. ceremony will take place on Saturday choice of local bike shops. Categories 24th April 2010, EBS offi ce, 2 Burlington Road, Dublin 4. This in under discussion in the 1. P1-up to 20 words Teachers’ Negotiating Committee. The Northern Ireland Area Co- 2. P2 and P3 classes – up to 30 ordinator is Eddie Keenan Northern More news soon. Committee. 3 IRISH NATIONAL TEACHERS’ ORGANISATION INTO WEBSITE HAVE YOU ACCESSED THE Please remember to quote your it diffi cult to guess e.g. use MEMBERS’ ONLY AREA INTO Membership Number for all alphanumeric characters and communications with INTO Head symbols. YET? Offi ce. 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