Vol 28 No.6 - May 2006 - TUI

65 Dundalk IT/Dublin CollegesCongress demands that in all Institutes ofTechnology adequate time be allowed duringthe working week for the correction andadministration of examination results byour members.61 Dun Laoghaire IADTThat Congress instructs the Executiveto review developments in e-learning toensure that they do not affect or diminishthe conditions of service for all lecturers inInstitutes of Technology.ECONDITIONS OFSERVICE – GENERAL84 Executive CommitteeTUI is totally opposed to the introductionof performance appraisal of teachers bycolleagues in the second level teaching serviceand seeks the elimination of the system ofperformance appraisal of individual lecturersby colleagues in the third level system.85 Executive CommitteeCongress rejects any unilateral attempts tolessen the security of employment of TUImembers, whether brought about by theremoval of the requirement of Ministerialsanction for the termination of employmentas is currently enjoyed by many members, orby any interpretation of legislation which wasdesigned to protect those appointed to nonpermanent positions. Congress commits thesupport of the union to the protection of theemployment of any member threatened bytermination of employment brought aboutby either of these situations using whatevermeans are required up to and including acommitment to strike action.89 Dublin CollegesCongress notes that the terms of nationalagreements now have widespreadimplications not only for the pay of membersbut also their conditions of employment.Congress agrees that there should be asmuch discussion as possible among membersbefore they vote on these agreements.Congress believes that in future a specialcongress of members should be called todecide on a recommendation to membersbefore they vote.Congress therefore instructs the Executiveto call a special congress before any new payagreements are put to a vote of memberswith the purpose of decidingon a recommendation to members in relationto the vote.86 Executive Committee(Amended by Executive Committee/Waterford City)Congress authorises the ExecutiveCommittee to instruct members not tomonitor and evaluate or cooperate in themonitoring and evaluation of FETAC QualityAssurance procedures until the DES providesthe personnel and supports necessary toimplement Quality Assurance procedures asoutlined in the McIver recommendations.FDISCIPLINE97 Shannon/Executive Committee/Limerick City Schools/Co. Clare(Amended by Co. Donegal)Congress instructs the Executive Committeeto make urgent representations to theDepartment of Education and Science toimplement the recommendations of the TaskForce on Student Behaviour, consistent withTUI policy. Congress calls on the governmentto fund interventions and supports to fosterpositive behaviour and support learning in allpost-primary schools.Congress instructs the ExecutiveCommittee to continue to campaign forthe implementation in full of TUI policyon student behaviour, as set down in ‘AnApproach to Discipline in Schools, 2004’ andour submissions to the Task Force on StudentBehaviour, 2005, and that Congress, notingthe serious disciplinary problems in Irishsecond-level schools and their likely impacton the health and safety of teachers, andconscious of the inadequate provisions andrecommendations in the interim report of theTask Force on Student Behaviour publishedin July instruct the Executive to enter intonegotiations with ASTI on a commonapproach to the Department with a unitedfront on the use of industrial action shouldthe requirement for formal and legislativemeasures designed to end the currentdiscipline crisis not be met.”95 Donegal C&CThat the TUI policy on discipline as outlinedat the Special Discipline Congress beimplemented in full.GEDUCATION116 Co. SligoCongress instructs the Executive torecommend to the Department of Educationand Science that no subject inspections beheld in the last six weeks of the school yeardue to the disruption this causes.104 Co. KildareCongress instructs the Executive to negotiatethat all inspectors be qualified in the subjectin which they are inspecting and have at leastfive years experience teaching the subject atthe level being inspected.127 Co. Louth/ShannonCongress deplores the selective admissionpolicies of many second-level schools andcalls on the Executive to initiate discussionswith DES in order to ensure that all schoolsequally share the responsibility of educationfor all.108 Dublin City PP“Congress notes that the role of teachers isto teach and that this job cannot be currentlycarried out because of the diverse factorsthat impinge on the life of children in theclassroom and their ability to learn.Congress notes that the DES does notcurrently adequately resource the needs ofchildren in our schools. Congress believesthat the DES is unaware of the issues beingdealt with on a daily basis by second levelteachers. To redress this Congress demandsthat the TUI commission an in depth surveyand analysis of the factors that impinge onthe education of each child in at least oneurban and one rural school and this analysisbe presented to the DES with a demand forproper resourcing.This survey/analysis should take thefollowing factors into account:• Learning needs at entry point• Learning levels at entry point• Guidance needs• Behavioural factors impinging onclassroom teaching for the individual andthe group Psychological/therapeutic needsaffecting the learning happening in theclassroom for the individual student andeach class member• Curricular needs• Current provision in the schools."Congress notes the above motion fromCongress 2002 and demands an immediateresponse to this in recognition of the crisissituations in many of our centres.