• Become a rep:

  • Workplace rep

  • Learning rep

  • Health & Safety rep

  • Green rep

  • Equalities Rep

• Keep in touch with your district committee

• Meet with your members

• If you don’t want to be a rep, see if you can be of help to your rep

• Attend branch/district meetings

• Join your district Committee:

  • Health & Safety Officer

  • Equalities Officer

  • Support Staff Officer

  • Independent Schools Officer

  • International Officer

  • New Professional & Young Members Officer

  • LGBT+ Officer

  • Women’s Officer

  • Disabled Members Officer

  • Early Years/Primary Officer

  • Secondary Officer

  • Post-16 Officer

  • SEND/AP Officer

  • Supply Teacher Officer

  • Retired Members Officer

• Join regional council

• Attend regional events/conferences

• Put yourself forward for regional NMC (national member council) and OF (organising forum) roles

• Put yourself forward for regional NMC (national member council) and OF (organising forum) roles

• Go to national events

• Attend national sector and equalities conferences:

  • NPYW (New professionals and young workers)

  • Support Staff

  • International Solidarity

  • Black Members

  • Post-16

  • Independent

  • Health & Safety

  • LGBT+

  • Leadership

  • Retired

  • Disabled

  • Supply

• Submit motions to conference, and amend motions where you feel necessary

• Attend National Conference as a delegate (or observer)

• Networking

• CPD

• Prioritised Motions – our voice gets heard - the following conferences have prioritised motions

• Sector conferences:

  • NPYW

  • Support Staff

  • Post-16

  • Independent

• Equalities Conferences:

  • Black Members

  • LGBT+

  • Disabled

Full list of 25/26 National Conferences below

• A motion is a prospective new policy that districts submit to be voted on at annual conference

• Districts can submit 6 motions

• All the motions are then sent out to districts, where each district can vote to prioritise 6 motions

• Once the pack of motions is finalised it is sent back to the districts to give members a chance to submit amendments

• What is voted on at conference then instructs the executive to take those motions forward

• Some subject are difficult to resolve quickly so similar motions may be submitted every year

• Some are met with immediate change and we see those changes today

• Every motion has a proposer and seconder who speak on behalf of the motion

• You can submit speaker cards to speak for or against a motion

• It is important that you submit cards for motions if you strongly feel they need supporting or opposing

• The more the better, so submit anyway, and if you are called and don’t wish to speak you can withdraw and the next speaker will be called