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'High quality education at risk due to teachers' working conditions, pay inequality' - ASTI President
Addressing the serious deterioration in teachers’ working conditions and the inequitable pay of recent entrants to the teaching profession is essential to maintaining a high quality second-level education system, the new ASTI President Deirdre Mac Donald has stated.
NCCA invites feedback on Senior Cycle Review
The NCCA is inviting feedback on the areas of development from the review of Senior Cycle to date contained in the interim report and the accompanying consultation document.
ASTI gain for SEN job-share teachers
Job-share teachers who previously received the Special Education Needs allowance (prior to being appointed as job-share teachers) may be entitled to the allowance and to back pay for the school years 2017/18 and 2018/19, following a claim lodged by the ASTI at the Teachers’ Conciliation Council.
Important information for teachers retiring in September
The Department of Education and Skills has confirmed that teachers retiring on 1st September 2019 will benefit fully from the pay increase due under the PSSA on that date.
ASTI at Pride 2019
The ASTI will be participating in the Dublin Pride Parade on Saturday, June 29th.
Teaching Council re-vetting
The ASTI wishes to inform members that re-vetting by the Teaching Council will continue to take place over the summer months
ASTI President sends message to exam students
In a message to approximately 124,000 students beginning their Leaving and Junior Cert written exams on Wednesday, June 5, ASTI President Breda Lynch urged students to maintain perspective over the coming weeks
ASTI urges members to sign housing petition
The ASTI supports the Raise the Roof housing campaign
Seminar for Principals and Deputy Principals postponed
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Seminar for Principals and Deputy Principals scheduled for 12th June in Athlone has had to be postponed.
Raise the Roof Rally for Housing
On Saturday May 18 the trade union-led Raise the Roof campaign will stage a mass rally in Dublin in protest at the ongoing and worsening housing emergency.
