MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Item 4: Order Paper 16-07/08 – 6 November 2007

Private Members’ Business - Motions

Motion: Teaching Jobs

That this Assembly abhors the fact that there are 3,871 teachers on the substitute roll who have not yet been in full-time permanent employment in teaching; and calls on the Minister of Education to formulate a strategy to bring these teachers into full-time teaching over the next three years.

[Mr D Bradley]

The Speaker has selected the following amendment(s) for debate:

Amendment 1:

Proposed: Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert:

‘acknowledges that there are 3,871 teachers on the substitute roll who have not yet been in full-time permanent employment in teaching; and asks the Minister of Education to consider ways to bring these teachers into full-time teaching.’

[Mr P Butler]

Amendment 2:

Proposed: Leave out all after the first ‘to’ and insert:

‘prioritise these teachers for temporary teaching posts, and examine whether employment for newly qualified teachers is being restricted by the widespread employment of retired teachers in temporary posts.’

[Mr T Lunn]
[Mr S Neeson] [R]