1. Protecting Teachers Defending Education Sixth Form Colleges

2. Why this campaign? Never before have our pay, our pensions, our conditions of employment and our professionalism been under such direct attack It is not an accident: this Government is determined to break up democratically controlled public education as we know it This is a strategic response from the NUT and NASUWT - working together on an unprecedented joint campaign

3. NUT & NASUWT working together

4. What does the declaration cover? Workload pressures: damaging teachers’ health, threatening educational standards Pensions: unfair contribution increases and changes to pension ages Pay: proposals for local pay and performance related pay and the continuation of the pay freeze Conditions: attacks on national terms and conditions of service, including through academisation of schools Jobs: arising from funding cuts and curriculum reforms

5. NUT & NASUWT working together Joint declaration launched on 28 th May Joint letter to Government demanding talks NUT members vote for action short of strike action and discontinuous strike action NUT members and some NASUWT members in sixth form colleges commenced action short of strike action on 3 October The NUT pensions ballot is still valid and the pensions campaign continues in tandem

6. NUT & NASUWT working together Action short of strike action -the action instructions can be found at http://www.teachers.org.uk/6fcs/campaign http://www.teachers.org.uk/6fcs/campaign -their implementation is meant to reduce workload -they are about building teacher professionalism – by demanding trust -they are not a withdrawal of goodwill What sort of strike action? -both unions will take any strike action together

7. Where do 6FCs fit in? Disputes for schools/academies and for 6FCs are both disputes with the Secretary of State Dispute for 6FCs focuses on –Requiring 6FCs to have pay and conditions as minimum equivalent to STPCD –Making this requirement a condition of funding –Limiting OFSTED inspections

8. Building the 6FC campaign NUT campaign has already highlighted the problems facing 6FCs and teachers Joint campaign takes forward the unanimous NUT Conference resolution on 6FCs by –continuing the pay and funding campaign –working towards pay comparability with schools –working with other unions –providing for action up to strike action Action against Government will further highlight the cuts - NUT & NASUWT represent majority of 6FC teachers NUT will continue to resist job cuts college by college

9. Who doesn’t support us? (1) Sir Michael Wilshaw: “If anyone says to you that 'staff morale is at an all-time low', you know you are doing something right." 2nd December 2011

10. Who doesn’t support us? (2) Michael Gove: those who object to the fragmentation of the system are "happy with failure" and are"enemies of promise” On average, 2 press notices have been issued every week this year which have demotivated and denigrated teachers – see the full list on the NUT website

11. Together We Can Win We can win more if we are united NUT & NASUWT together are 85% of teachers

12. A Giant Step

13. The Pensions Campaign We have already won concessions on pensions Teachers over 50 are protected A pension which would have been £10,000 will now be £10,800 (but should have been £15,000) Two days strike action has won £800 a year!

14. What are our demands? We want negotiations and agreements covering all schools and colleges to: provide protection on excessive workload limit inspections and observations defend the current pay arrangements and end the pay freeze

15. Autumn term activities Many NUT members were at the TUC Demonstration against the cuts in London on 20 October Watch out for other activities!