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Newsletter November/December 2016 Kirklees Association NASUWT The Hudawi Centre Great Northern Street Huddersfield HD1 6BG Website: www.kirkleesnasuwt.org.uk Phone: 01484 513397 Fax: 01484 513397 Email: [email protected] NASUWT: The largest teachers' union in Kirklees & the UK! Member Support Advice Service for NASUWT members Tel: 03330145550 Email: [email protected] All I Want for Christmas? Whilst receiving a box of chocolates or a bottle of wine from grateful parents and pupils at Xmas is nice, wouldn’t you exchange them in a heartbeat for a reduced workload? Did you know the NASUWT is the only union involved in Action Short of Strike Action? This is a legal, balloted action and the instructions are in place to protect you as a member from the abuse of excessive workload and bureaucracy. There are over 25 action instructions in place and the union are focusing on key areas at present to help you tackle issues one at a time. Ticked off with Excessive marking? Members are instructed to refuse to comply with any marking & assessment policy which generates excessive workload and/or has not been agreed with the NASUWT. Fed up with unrealistic Appraisal Objectives? Performance Management objectives based on pupil results? Set objectives which are outside your direct control? Objectives imposed rather than agreed? More than three objectives set for the year? Every member is protected by our action on excessive marking and Performance Management. Need help? Get in touch now on 03330145550.

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Newsletter

November/December 2016

Kirklees Association NASUWT The Hudawi Centre Great Northern Street Huddersfield HD1 6BG Website: www.kirkleesnasuwt.org.uk Phone: 01484 513397 Fax: 01484 513397 Email: [email protected]

NASUWT: The largest teachers' union in Kirklees & the UK!

Member Support Advice Service for NASUWT members Tel: 03330145550 Email: [email protected]

All I Want for Christmas?

Whilst receiving a box of chocolates or a bottle of wine from grateful parents and pupils at Xmas is nice, wouldn’t you exchange them in a heartbeat for a reduced workload? Did you know the NASUWT is the only

union involved in Action Short of Strike Action? This is a legal, balloted action and the instructions are in place to protect you as a member from the abuse of excessive workload and bureaucracy. There are over 25 action instructions in place and the union are focusing on key areas at present to help you tackle issues one at a time. Ticked off with Excessive marking? Members are instructed to refuse to comply with any marking & assessment policy which generates excessive workload and/or has not been agreed with the

NASUWT. Fed up with unrealistic Appraisal Objectives? Performance Management objectives based on pupil results? Set objectives which are outside your direct control? Objectives imposed rather than agreed? More than three objectives set for the year? Every member is protected by our action on

excessive marking and Performance Management. Need help? Get in touch now on 03330145550.

Notice of Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers 2017/2018

The Annual General Meeting for Kirklees NASUWT will be held on:

Monday 16th January 2017

4.30pm to 5:30pm

Briar Court Hotel, Halifax Road, Huddersfield HD3 3NT

With Free buffet & prizes as part of the following:

Nominations for 2017/2018 Vice President, Local Negotiating Secretary,

Treasurer and Executive Committee.

Nominations must be proposed and seconded by members of the Kirklees Association NASUWT and received at the Kirklees Office by 12:00 pm on

Friday 16th December 2016

For more information or to confirm your attendance at the meeting, please contact the Kirklees Office. Nomination forms can be downloaded from our website: www.kirkleesnasuwt.org.uk/index.htm

Announcements & Events

Kirklees Association NASUWT The Hudawi Centre Great Northern Street Huddersfield HD1 6BG Website: www.kirkleesnasuwt.org.uk Phone: 01484 513397 Fax: 01484 513397 Email: [email protected]

NASUWT: The largest teachers' union in Kirklees & the UK!

Kirklees NASUWT are inviting members to attend the next Annual National Conference which will take place from:

Friday 14th - Monday 17th April 2017

At the Manchester Central Convention Complex

Accommodation will be provided and expenses paid accordingly.

Nomination forms have been sent to all members, but are also available on the national website.

Members must be proposed and seconded and forms returned to: The Kirklees NASUWT President, c/o NASUWT, Hillscourt Education Centre, Rose Hill, Rednal, Birmingham B45 8RS or by email to:

[email protected] by 6th January 2017.

NASUWT National Conference 2017

Are you concerned about the teaching profession? Want to make a difference and have your voice

heard? Help change things for the better? Then apply to be a delegate at the NASUWT

National Conference 2017