Presentation to Women’s Voices Seminar Sheila Nunan General Secretary 30 August 2012

 PROFILE OF SECTOR  UNION STRUCTURES  CROKE PARK AGREEMENT  FUTURE CHALLENGES

510,000Primary Pupils 317,000Post Primary 180,000Higher Education To increase by 40k, 25k and 40k Over next 6 years Profile of Sector - Students

Mainstreaming equality Role of school and teachers Modelling behaviour Curriculum Visibility New ways of learning Multi-cultural composition of schools Pluralism and Patronge of schools

Profile of Sector – Work Force % Female 93,500 Public Servants 32,000(85%) Primary Teachers 33,000 (60%) Post Primary 18,000(50%) Third Level (all Posts) 10,500(95%) SNAs

UNION STRUCTURES 160 branches 16 Districts Annual Congress -800 delegates Rules militate against rule changes! Need for change…….somewhere else Culture embedded

Leadership Roles (Female) Principals Primary63% CEC INTO44% Branch Secretaries INTO64% Branch Chairpersons60%

“Women and Men in Ireland 2011” ( CSO Report) Employment - 851,300 Women (46%) 970,000 Men (54%) Women while better educated only earn 73.1% of men’s income Female teachers earn 91% of male teachers average

Profile of Sector - Education Settings Free Pre-School 3,165 Primary School 730Post Primary 43Third Level

NUMBERS REDUCTION- Impact on equality and inclusion Sept 2011Resource Teachers for Travellers abolished 500 Visiting Teachers for Travellers abolished Guidance Counsellors abolished 700

2012Allocation of Special Needs Hours-15% EAL Reduction500 Cap on SNA Numbers Cap on 3 rd Level staffing

Croke Park Agreement  Increased Pupil Numbers – less staff  Additional hours36 primary 33 post primary  Additional hours3 rd Level  Additional hours 72 SNAs  Revised ContractsSNAs/All Levels

 Increasing Student Population  Educational Disadvantage/inclusion  Career Progression  Internal Division/new entrants  Accountability Agenda  Rationalisation of State Agencies  Privatisation of Education CHALLENGES