NEWS
Have ‘Pride’
An NASUWT member is hoping to use his passion for rugby to inspire and empower children across Africa. Richard Bennett from Dean Close School in Cheltenham is seeking teachers and schools to get involved in his Bhubesi Pride’s TransAfrique 2011 challenge. Next January Mr Bennett will be setting off on a trip to coach
rugby to disadvantaged pupils at schools across ten African nations. Using sport as a force for positive social change, the project aims to leave a lasting legacy of partnership between schools in Britain and Africa. The project is being backed by the official rugby boards in Britain and South Africa. Mr Bennett is seeking five rugby enthusiasts to join him as
part of his coaching team and schools interested in forming links with schools in Africa.
For more information and to get involved, visit the website at
www.rugbyinafrica.org or email
richard@rugbyinafrica.org.
New rights for supply teachers
New rights that will give supply teachers access to the same conditions as permanent staff are due to come into force next year. Under the new UK-wide draft Regulations, all
workers employed by agencies, including supply teachers, who have spent 12 weeks in a given post will qualify for equal benefits with permanent employees.
The Regulations are due to come into force in October 2011 under the European Agency Workers Directive. The NASUWT has welcomed the new rights but is pressing for the entitlement to be strengthened to ensure that supply teachers are given parity of esteem with their permanent colleagues. The Union is continuing to work to ensure that all service within one local authority, not just one school, counts towards the 12-week qualifying period.
The Regulations will also extend health and safety protections for pregnant workers to agency staff for the first time. The NASUWT is continuing to press for the laws around pregnancy-related dismissal and maternity pay and leave to be similarly extended to cover all agency workers. The NASUWT continues to campaign for the regulation of supply agencies to ensure that they implement the directive from October 2011 and pay teachers in accordance with the national pay and conditions framework.
More information on the Regulations is available on the NASUWT website at
www.nasuwt.org.uk/MemberSupport/Teacher Groups/SupplyTeacher.
Curriculum change on violence welcomed
New measures to introduce issues about violence against women and girls into the personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum in England have been welcomed by the NASUWT as a critical component of tackling abuse. The Government has announced that teaching about violence against girls and women will become a compulsory part of the PSHE curriculum from 2011. Teachers are to receive training on how to deal with suspected cases of abuse of female pupils and women in their schools, including how to refer those at risk to support services. The NASUWT has welcomed the announcement, as the
Union believes that schools and wider children’s services have a critical role to play in tackling violence against girls and women.
4 Teaching Today May 2010
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: “Educating young people about healthy, non-violent relationships, tackling bullying and other inappropriate behaviour towards women and young girls is everyone’s responsibility. “The Government needs to ensure that governing bodies take this issue seriously.” Schools will receive guidance on responding to and preventing abuse and new advice will also be made available for parents and carers. The NASUWT will be pressing for initial teacher training (ITT) and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes for experienced teachers to include support and training on this issue.
www.nasuwt.org.uk
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