Haddington Road Discussion ASTI/TUI/Non Union at Second Level

VOTE YES TO HR
We need some balance in the debate

Yes, CEC voted 77 to 42 recommending a No vote but that doesn’t mean we the members should not hear alternative views so here they are:
1. S and S is a wonderful way to get to know the kids you don’t teach. Kids these days innately respect their teachers so walking into a class you never met before poses no difficulties for the experienced Professional.
2. With every teacher available for five periods every teacher can take off on every trip they ever wanted to safe in the knowledge their class is being supervised by their colleagues. The Principal can green light every one’s dream trip! He/she can stay in their office and be sure that all staff are in the school 9-4. You can now avoid coming in late or going home early as your supervision period won’t allow that.
3. Personal days-you can now avoid going to every wedding or medical appointment you wanted to avoid because your chance of getting a colleague to cover you are about as high as getting Angela Merkel to admit the Irish took on more bank debt per person than anyone in the EU.
4. Croke Park hours-They were really really beneficial. Hearing Ex teachers now in the Inspectorate can lecture you on the latest weekly initiative or you can sit with colleagues on winter nights and enjoy the free heat and light. Vote Yes and they come back-forever.
5. The Minister has broken new ground by getting workers to pay not to work. S and S. Pilot scheme. Next you will be allowed pay for your sick days, Teaching material and use of toilet facilities.
6. The Junior Cert-once all this ends this lovely new course can finally be unleased. You can reveal in the joys of continuous assessment. Teach Real subjects like Mandarin Chinese to kids struggling with English Show kids how to do practically everything from brushing their teeth to making their own clothes and growing food which they will need to know once the 64 billion Bank debt is paid off.

7. Show The Brits that we can make a success of continuous assessment. Where they found that teachers/parents/Grind teachers were writing material for students-we can pump out our chests and say a la Bertie that we looked up every tree to ensure it was their own work and not anybody else-certainly not neighbour with a shotgun wondering why little Sorcha did so badly on the Project they wrote. The parents that is.
8. WE can get the 6 hours in Service Promised for the new JC English. Oh sorry I made a mistake-its six and a half hours.
9. The Minister has promised a Working group on our concerns for the JC which he was told in detail about over a year ago. Moderation meetings are all part of HR Thankfully they have not gone away. Moderation by its very nature is good-aint it? If you don’t know what it is –its like a staff meeting every week where you try to figure out why Mary got 4% less on her project than Mr Murphy gave her. She did call him a fxx fxxxx after all.
10. Failure will be abolished in the new JC. In newspeak its “not achieved” A bit like being told you are not tall rather than short. It makes all the difference.
11. No More promotions bar 300 posts spread throughout the land as an alleviation. No real middle management will exist within 5 years as the 70s and 80s generation shuffle off, so we are now all equal - it seems a bit like the Pigs on animal farm but with Napoleon buried in paperwork and speaking about collective responsibility .
I can’t wait-VOTE YES-This time a political promise will be carried out . The Minister is really really sorry about breaking Croke Park and paying the Bondholders. Really.

Could people cut and paste the above to a word document and post on their noticeboards-distribute just for balance.