31st August

At the start of the school year

At the start of the school year every teacher should receive the following documents from their school:

Your salary statement — this should state where you are on the main salary this should state where you are on the main salaryscale, where you are on UPS, the value of any TLRs you may hold and your overall salary. If you don't receive incremental progression up the main pay scale or upper pay spine, we strongly urge you to appeal. A local officer or your school NUT rep can support you in this.

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3rd September

House business

The National Education Union is formed from The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL). Until January 2019, local branches of the NUT and ATL will continue to operate as before and so existing NUT members will continue to be supported by local NUT officers.

New members, who will include all education workers, will join the NEU, but will also be supported by local NUT or ATL officers.

If you need support, in the first instance contact the NUT adviceline on 0203 006 6266.

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3rd September

2018 Black Teachers' Conference

Date: 16th to 18th November 2018
Venue: Bristol
Fee: £354

The NUT Black Teachers' Conference is an annual event that allows black and minority ethnic members to discuss and address issues of equality, education, and the workplace. The Black Teachers' Conference is empowered to submit one motion, selected by majority vote, to NUT Annual Conference. Associations, divisions, individual NUT members attending as delegates, and the National Executive can submit motions to the Black Teachers' Conference. City of Leicester NUT will support your attendance at the conferences, subject to meeting the local application process. You can self fund a place to attend the conferences. What to do if you decide you want to go to an Equalities Conference and wish to be funded by City of Leicester NUT:

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4th September

Report from the Supply Teacher Conference 2018

The first NUT/NEU two day Supply Teacher Conference 2018 was held at Warwick University on 23rd and 24th June. Nearly 100 delegates, including supply teachers from Wales, attended.

The Conference started with Kevin Courtney showing his support and commitment to supply teacher members and their concerns.

Further introductions were made by the Supply Teachers' National Organising Forum (NOF), which has been in existence over a year. Its function is to help the Union take forward campaigning on behalf of supply teachers and to help supply teacher members in the wider Campaigning life of the Union.

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More news

• Supply Teachers and Agency Workers Regulations
• Hazel Danson elected
• Black Teachers' Network AGM
• Leicester Schools UnitEd : A Linking Network Project
• Health & Safety Matters - Stress & Mental Health, Swimming
• TUC Black Workers' Conference
• Leicester and Leicestershire Supply Teachers' Network
• Kate needs your help
• NEU Local Structures
• Conference 2018: Burning Books
• Conference 2018: Targets, Data, Appraisal and Performance Related Pay Do Not A School Make
• Conference 2018: International Solidarity
• Conference 2018: A hint of sadness
• Disabled teachers
• Conference 2018: What Every Supply Teacher Needs to Know About Agency Worker Regulations
• Conference 2018: To stream or not to stream? That is the question
• Conference 2018: Attending for the first time
• Reporting from 2018 Conference
• Annual General Meeting
• From the Archives: Other Unions

Meetings and events

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