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The ASTI is Ireland's main second-level teachers’ union, representing over 18,000 teachers.
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Health and safety must be the priority for re-opening schools
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The ASTI says it has not been provided with a credible level of assurance by the Government that schools will be safe places next week. Statement:
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The ASTI was asked to decide if it wanted all ASTI members to get a 1% general pay increase or if it wanted an equivalent financial amount to be used in another way...the ASTI has decided to prioritise reducing the pay-gap for post 2010 entrants to teaching
#ASTI22
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ASTI secures full indemnity, advises members to engage with the Calculated Grades for Leaving Certificate 2020 model
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We are touched by the tributes coming in today following the passing of our President Miriam Duggan.
The clip below shows Miriam receiving a standing ovation at our Annual Convention last April.
Miriam Duggan RIP -
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Motion 25 is now being proposed by the Drogheda Sean Higgins Branch: That, as a matter of urgency, the ASTI seek a written assurance from the Department of Education that school management does not require teachers on sick leave to submit work for their classes.
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Press statement: ASTI shocked and dismayed at reports of changes to vaccinations programme
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Siobhan O'Donovan, Desmond branch is now proposing Motion 47 - 'That the ASTI refuse to engage in any discussion on Leaving Cert Reform until a full, open and transparent study of the Junior Cycle has been conducted and its findings made public.'
#ASTI22
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"As a matter of urgency, we need a reduction in the Croke Park and Haddington Road hours and an opt-out scheme for supervision and substitution work.
Valuing teachers will give us the education system we want and need."
"Minister, when the bucket is full, the bucket is full and nothing further can be added to the bucket until something is removed.
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Following strong representations made by the ASTI seeking modifications, the State Exams Commission has confirmed changes to previously issued guidance regarding oral examinations.
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#asti21
John Conneely of the Clare Branch is proposing a motion on Leaving Cert Subject Specifications.
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Motion 48 - Leaving Certificate Assessment 'That the ASTI insist that the assessment and grading of the leaving certificate remain the sole remit of the State Examinations Commission' is being proposed
#ASTI22
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ASTI President tells
#ASTI23
that responses to a recent ASTI survey found that the introduction of common-level papers for non-core subjects had a negative effect on learning and preparation for Senior Cycle
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Welcome to our new President - Geraldine O’Brien, a second-level teacher at St Joseph’s Community College, Kilkee, Co. Clare, begins her term today:
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The wearing of face masks by students and teachers will now be compulsory with the exception of candidates who are exempted from wearing masks normally.
The ASTI welcomes this change which addresses the concerns raised by members.
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Students, teachers to wear face coverings following ASTI representations
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@Education_Ire
must act urgently to address serious concerns regarding the moving of Leaving Cert Exam Paper 1 in English and Irish to the end of fifth year for students entering fifth year this September, according to teacher unions and subject reps:
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We
#SupportOurSecretaries
and caretakers.
ASTI resolutely supports the
@forsa_union_ie
campaign to demand improvements to their pay and conditions.
Members are encouraged to lend solidarity and support:
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The union said it is concerned that today’s Government decision has been made without full consideration of potential consequences to current public health objectives.
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Pictured at a Donegal Branch Function are Miriam Duggan, ASTI President, Ollie Horgan, ASTI member & teacher at St. Eunan’s College, Donegal & Kieran Christie, ASTI GS. Ollie received a 2021 Achievement Award for his exceptional achievements as Finn Harps football manager.
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Together with our TUI and INTO colleagues we are a force of nearly 70,000 teachers who are saying NO to discriminatory treatment of colleagues. This is a powerful force - ASTI President
#ASTI18
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In truth, teachers assessing their students for State Certification is simply a bad idea, General Secretary tells
#ASTI22
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Teacher unions endorse calls for oral examinations to return to pre-pandemic timings - Joint ASTI and TUI Statement
@TUIunion
-
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I work side by side with people with the same qualifications as me, who qualified just a few months before me, who are on a significantly better salary scale than I am. I am not asking for a pay rise, I am asking for equal pay for equal work delegate tells
#asti19
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ASTI members have voted to reject the New Entrants’ Salary Measure by 53% to 47%. -
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ASTI members reject ‘Outcome of Talks’ proposals - ASTI Press Release
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The ASTI staged a short protest outside Presentation College Athenry today to highlight the school’s refusal to allow an elected representative of the Teaching Council to attend Teaching Council meetings.
Niall Duddy represents second-level teachers across 13 counties on the TC.
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"The penny-pinching under investment in our schools has gone on for too long, the cuts have been too deep, and if ever there was a moment that they will need to step up to the plate it is with the reopening of schools in the midst of a Pandemic." Kieran Christie
#asti20
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“ASTI members remain absolutely committed to achieving equal pay for teachers who entered the profession from 2010. We will not stop until this abhorrent inequity is removed,” said the ASTI President, Ann Piggott.
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We have a teacher shortage currently in several subjects, yet there is little to attract young teachers into the profession ASTI President tells
#ASTI21
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A delegate has read a message from a colleague on the post-2012 pay scale who was unable to attend Convention this week as she has had to take on extra work to ensure she could cover rent and car insurance this month
#asti19
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ASTI wishes to extend condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and students of primary school teacher Ashling Murphy. She will be a great loss to the teaching profession.
A vigil will be held in her memory tomorrow at 4pm outside the Dáil.
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It is deplorable that ordinary teachers have to use their pay to rectify a reckless government decision that has left schools unable to recruit teachers - ASTI President tells
#ASTI22
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Press Release - ASTI dismayed at Minister’s abject failure to address teacher recruitment and retention crisis:
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It all adds up.
The ASTI has demanded radical action on teacher supply as schools warn that certain subjects are at risk of being dropped. ASTI General Secretary Kieran Christie has called for a number of actions - read the article in January's ASTIR:
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Statement:
No credible level of assurance that schools will be safe next week
The ASTI says it has not been provided with a credible level of assurance by the Government that schools will be safe places next week.
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ASTI Executive recommends rejection of proposed public service agreement
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We encourage our members in every staffroom to organise a small celebration 🙌🍰☕️
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ASTI announces industrial action over recently qualified teachers' pay&worsening of members' terms and conditions
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ASTI President - Media should seriously investigate the proposed new Junior Cycle rather than blindly cheerleading it
#ASTI17
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The union said that it continues to engage with the Department of Education and Skills and will meet public health officials with a view to discussing all the implications of today’s Government decision.
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AGS Moira Leydon and DGS Diarmaid de Paor met today with Obert Masaraure (
@OMasaraure
), the National President of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (
@ARTUZ_teachers
) and Andrew Anderson (
@ettrick49
) Executive Director of
@FrontLineHRD
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In 2016, we secured an agreement that a longitudinal study of Junior Cycle be undertaken. Wouldn't we be in a much better position today to assess where we need to go with Senior Cycle if the Department had not reneged on that commitment? - GS tells
#ASTI22
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Last week the ASTI wrote to the Minister for Education regarding the re-opening of schools
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ASTI members vote to reject Building Momentum agreement
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ASTI Press Statement: ‘Pandemic has exposed serious under-investment in school buildings’ – ASTI President
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ASTI president criticises lack of consultation on school continuity document
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Well done to teacher & ASTI activist Jason Poole who spoke on domestic violence & about his sister the late Jennifer Poole
@NWCI
rally
#nowomanleftbehind
today
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Una Mullally: Leaving Cert students deserve qualified examiners -
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ASTI expresses support for history and geography as compulsory subjects at Junior Cycle
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ASTI President Deirdre Mac Donald explains why we held a solidarity protest earlier today.
#EqualPayForEqualWork
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On Oct 27 ASTI teachers will take strike action over pay of recently qualified teachers. Teachers explain why
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Congratulations to Edel Shanahan who was the recipient of the ASTI Medal
@MICLimerick
this year. The medal is presented to the graduate who excels in education & school placement on the BA in Education (Post Primary) programmes. Edel is pictured with ASTI President Eamon Dennehy.
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ASTI and TUI welcome reinstatement of value of Postgraduate Masters in Education (PME) allowance -
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Following a meeting with representatives from the DES today, the ASTI said the union has no access to medical data demonstrating that schools are sufficiently safe for students and teachers at this time, in the context of the new variant and the alarmingly high numbers.
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Education unions encourage minute’s silence in all schools and colleges to honour Ashling Murphy:
@INTOnews
@forsa_union_ie
@TUIunion
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Vote NO on Building Momentum – A New Public Service Agreement 2021-2022 - The agreement does not achieve equal pay
Read more in the Nuacht Ballot Special:
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ASTI members can organise a staffroom cake this week and recoup the cost by submitting receipts directly to their branch treasurer. Please email your pictures of the World Teachers’ Day treats and celebrations in your school to sfarrelly
@asti
.ie or share them with us here.
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ASTI will strive to improve fairness, equity in Calculated Grades for Leaving Cert 2020 process
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"Equal pay for equal work - it hasn't gone away. And we will be as strident in seeking this as we were so many years ago when it first came on the agenda."
#asti20
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Motion 28 - Inspection, Motion 26- Inspection and Motion 24 - Supervision and Substitution were carried by
#ASTI22
this morning
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ASTI President: 'The study on the implementation and impact of the JC Framework is due for publication in 2024 and it strikes me as somewhat odd, the rush to make changes at SC before a report of the impact of changes at JC has been analysed by all stakeholders.
#ASTI23
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ASTI president and general Secretary join teachers on the picket line at Pobalscoil Neasàin
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ASTI Press Release: ASTI members vote for action over NQT pay and worsening of teachers' terms and conditions
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Tipp teacher Joe Moran receives ASTI Honorary Life Membership Award from Ger Curtin ASTI President
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Teachers are the most trusted profession
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ASTI General Secretary Kieran Christie raises post 2010 teachers' pay and teachers' deteriorating terms and conditions at the Educational International World Congress today.
@eduint
#EICongress
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"Our members' health and safety has been our priority from the beginning and will remain so as we go forward." ASTI President Deirdre Mac Donald speaking at the 2020 remote Convention.
#asti20
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Watch out for our ads in today's Irish Times, Irish Independent and Irish Examiner
#equalpayforequalwork
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As the collective voice for teachers, let me say this: there can be no change to our working conditions without negotiation, ASTI President tells
#ASTI22
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President Miriam Duggan receives a standing ovation from Convention as she finishes her address 👏👏
Her speech will be available to read on the Latest News section of our website shortly:
#ASTI23
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Education and equal pay - Letters from Ger Curtin, ASTI President and Philip Irwin, ASTI Standing Committee, Region 18 - Irish Times - 4th January, 2018.
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