Clackmannanshire LNCT Agreements

Clackmannanshire LNCT Policies, Procedures and Agreements

Here we publish a selection of active policies, procedures and agreements approved by the Clackmannanshire Local Negotiating Committee for Teachers. Clackmannanshire Council's own archive of these materials is accessible only via intranet and the so-called "J:-drive" on a server at the Council offices (Kilncraigs). EIS Clackmannanshire has frequently raised at LNCT the issue of access to these and other resources and, whilst the Committee has asked IT Services to make remote access available to employees, this has never materialised. Accordingly, the Exec sought and obtained agreement of the LNCT to publish the resources here on our website. They are presented as PDFs which each open in a new page.

A national statutory body, the SNCT (Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers), with representation from the teachers' unions, local authorities and the Scottish Government, agrees and publishes the pay scales and national conditions of service of all teachers employed by local authorities. Each local authority also has a local statutory body (LNCT) to negotiate local policies, procedures and agreements affecting the devolved (non-reserved) conditions of service of teachers employed by the local authority. A separate page holds an archive of minutes of the proceedings of Clackmannanshire LNCT.

Legacy Policies (from before 2005), Embedding McCrone Provisions (and still 'probably' valid):

Primary Class Contact Time: (2004) "McCrone time", etc.

Primary Management Structures: (2003) self-explanatory.

Principal Teacher Posts (Faculty and Subject): Remits, job-sizing, salary conservation.

Principal Teacher Posts (Primary) 2004: (2004) Appointments, remits.

Support for Pupils: (2004) General Guidance and Pastoral Care; also PT Guidance posts.

Winding Down Scheme for Teachers: provisions for "winding down" pre retirement.

Recruitment and Deployment:

Compulsory Transfer Policy (unpromoted staff) 2003: self-explanatory

Compulsory Transfer Policy (teaching staff) 2018: self-explanatory.

Promoted Staff Transfer Policy (draft 2019): self-explanatory.

Redeployment Policy 2016: self-explanatory.

Redeployment Procedure 2016: self-explanatory.

Secondary School Management Changes 2017: appointment of Faculty Principal Teachers etc.

Appointment Procedure (Promoted Posts) 2015: self-explanatory.

Headteacher Recruitment Policy & Procedure 2017: self-explanatory.

Secondment Procedure 2018: guidance on whom and how to notify if applying for secondment posts advertised. (Application form)

Use of Temporary Contracts: self-explanatory.

Pay and Leave:

Leave of Absence Policy 2019: Guidance on the granting of special leave of absence (not statutory annual leave).

Pay & Leave for New Starts in Clacks: Explanation of why first salary payment may be less than one-twelfth of annual salary.

Trade Unions / LNCT / SNCs:

LNCT Recognition and Procedure Agreement: The constitution of the LNCT (2002).

Guidelines on WTAs 2017: Local Guidance for School Negotiating Committees on Working Time Agreements.

Partnership Learning Agreement: An agreement between the EIS and Clacks Council on the appointment of Learning Rep(s) and the recognition of their roles and rights.

Competence / Bullying & Harassment:

Dignity at Work Policy: Clackmannanshire's policy on resolving workplace relationship issues (2018).

Dignity at Work Procedure: The associated procedures (2018).

HT Performance Agreement 2017 (Draft): HT competency procedures.

PT/DHT Performance Agreement 2017 (Draft): PT/DHT competency procedures.

Other:

Data Protection Staff Guide 2018: GDPR Guidance.

Draft Guidance Anti-Weapon and Knife Crime 2017: Self-explanatory.

Mental Health Policy: (All Council employees 2018).

Menopause Policy & Procedure (All Council employees 2019).

Policy on Professional Update and Professional Review and Development 2022: Self=explanatory.

Learning Visits Policy 2023 - to be read in conjunction with: