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‘Have your say in the INTO Poll on the Pay and workload offer.’ Following the recent Pay and Workload Offer INTO members will be given the opportunity to give their view in an online poll. To ensure members can take part in the poll there needs to be a valid email address and/or mobile number for you on the INTO database. The Poll will take place from 12.00 noon on Monday 20 April 2020 to 5pm on Wednesday 22 April 2020. The deadline for submitting your data to INTO Northern O...ffice is 4pm on Friday 17 April 2020. PLEASE NOTE: If you receive the INTO E bulletins/newsletters by email this does not necessarily mean that INTO has a valid email address for you on the database. You can check whether you have a valid email address/mobile number on the INTO database If you have already registered on the INTO website by logging in to your account, using the email address you used to register originally and putting in your password. If you recently received a pre-registration email, please click on the link and register on the INTO website today. You may need to check your junk mail or older email addresses as the email has been sent to the email address that is recorded for you on the INTO database. If you haven’t registered previously and didn’t recently receive a pre-registration email, then there is no email address recorded for you on the INTO Database. Please email infoni@into.ie with your name, TR number, school (if appropriate) and mobile phone number and your data will be updated on the INTO database. Following that a pre-registration email will be sent to you. If you are having any issues with your password please use the Reset Password facility on the log in page. Thank you for your co-operation in this. Gerry Murphy Northern Secretary
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Workload This offer provides the following immediate changes to workload. Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) • ETI will not increase inspection activity. ... • Inspections of schools will not be determined, in itself, by whether or not they participated in Industrial Action. • A school will receive the name of the inspection team on notification of an inspection. • Clarification has been agreed on the information and documentation required by ETI from schools. Health &Wellbeing • Schools to use one School Development Day to promote teacher health and wellbeing in 2020-21
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Workload This offer provides the following immediate changes to workload.
Initiatives ... • All new initiatives must be consulted on and workload assessed though an agreed framework. All new initiatives must be related to the School Development Plan and properly resourced and funded. • Current assessment arrangements will remain unchanged pending the outcome of the Review of Assessment. This is a direct result of successful INTO led action against a system that is not fit for purpose.
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Workload This offer provides the following immediate changes to workload. Directed Time
... • 10% of teachers’ Directed Time budget will be allowed for Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA). This means that 126 hours of a teacher’s 1265 hours must be given over to PPA. • Meetings will be scheduled at the beginning of the school year, published for the academic year and accommodated within Directed Time budgets. Meetings are limited to one per week for a maximum of one hour. A clear agenda should be provided in advance. • SENCOs must have dedicated time to meet the requirements of their role, proportionate and appropriate to the needs of the pupils in the school.
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On Wednesday 8th April 2020 Management Side, at a meeting of the Teachers' Negotiating Committee (TNC), formally presented the overdue offer to Trade Union Side addressing the long running dispute on Teachers’ Pay and Workload. INTO has posted explanatory information on the offer on our website and social media platforms to help inform our members’ thinking. https://www.into.ie/…/2020_04_8_INTO_Wo rkloadPayOfferFlyer1…

INTO Northern Secretary Gerry Murphy stated,"Today's offer is the first step in the process of restoring our members' pay to the level it should be at after a decade of austerity and pay restraint."

On Wednesday 8th April 2020 Management side, at a meeting of the Teachers Negotiating Committee (TNC), formally presented the overdue offer to Trade Union Side addressing the long running dispute on Teachers’ Pay and Workload. INTO members will finally have the opportunity, following two years of negotiation, to consider and give their verdict on the offer. https://www.into.ie/…/…/pay-pensions/ pay-and-workload-offer/ https://www.into.ie/…/2020_04_8_INTO_Wo rkloadPayOfferFlyer1…

Education Minister Peter Weir was asked at Stormont today about substitute teachers' pay during the period when schools are closed.Would the department consider making payments based on average earnings? Mr Weir said the department has prepared proposals that were with the Department of Finance.Good news soon we hope for substitute teachers.

Register on the INTO Website Today https://www.into.ie/…/members-register- on-the-into-website…/

At this time of uncertainty, and with the INTO Office closed, it is important for INTO to be able to continue to communicate with its members. The most efficient way of doing so is by email and via the INTO website/Portal.
If you haven’t already registered on the INTO website you should have received a pre-registration email at the weekend. Please click on the link and register on the INTO website today. You may need to check your junk mail or older email addresses as the ema...il has been sent to the email address that is recorded for you on the INTO database.
If you haven’t registered and didn’t receive a pre-registration email at the weekend then there is no email address recorded for you on the INTO Database. Please email infoni@into.ie with your name, TR number, school (if appropriate) and email address and a pre-registration email will be sent to you.
if you are having any issues with your password please use the Reset Password facility on the log in page.
Thank you for your co-operation in this.
Please note this communication is sent via a different medium and is not an indication that there is a valid email address for you on the INTO database.
Gerry Murphy
Northern Secretary
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INTO Northern Secretary Gerry Murphy said,"The trade unions remain hopeful that a mechanism can soon be found to enable our casual substitute colleagues to have their livelihoods maintained during the crisis."

Do as much or as little as you and your family can cope with.

Members being left exposed without the reassurance of testing or personal protective equipment.

Schools should not ask staff to contact pupils who appear not to be engaging with online activities, with the exception of those who may be penalised in terms of examinations if they do not engage. https://www.into.ie/…/contacting-pupils -at-home-into-advice/

Subject: InTouch Magazine – April 2020
Dear member, This is the first ever digital-only edition of InTouch with you. Intouch is an INTO magazine primarily for the members in the Republic of Ireland with a section of Northern News 3 times a year. This issue is not a joint North/South issue but some articles may be of interest to INTO members in the North, particularly the one on page 22, by the INTO Northern Secretary, Gerry Murphy. You can access it on the INTO website here... athttps://www.into.ie/media-centre/public ations/intouch/. You can also download the InTouch app to your mobile phone. Just search for ‘INTO InTouch’ in Google Play or the App Store. This issue is packed full of timely advice, top tips and updates for teachers. With articles on managing and supporting each other during the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning and maintaining your mental health as well as expert financial advice and details of the ‘One Million Trees’ campaign, that the INTO is proud to support, there is something for everyone.
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INTO calls for School staff to be protected.

Coronavirus Tutoring Initiative aims to connect university students with young people, offering free and remote tutoring to all. Anyone taking up this offer should ensure/be satisfied that appropriate safeguarding measures are in place. https://coronavirustutoring.co.uk/