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Posted: Thursday 16 April, 2015 at 5:04 PM

The St Kitts Teachers’ Union 15th Biennial Conference

By: SKTU, Press Release

    Basseterre, St. Kitts, April, 15, 2015….The St. Kitts Teachers’ Union held its 15th Biennial Conference under the theme “Stepping into a New Era” on Tuesday 14th April 2015 at the Agricultural Conference Room in La Guerite. 

     

    The event was well supported by delegates from the  early childhood, primary , secondary , tertiary, vocational  and private schools  on St Kitts.   Also in attendance were the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education , the Honorable Shawn Richards,  Head of the Civil Service Mr. Elvis Newton,  Permanent  Secretary  Mrs. Ionie Liburd-Willett,  and Ms Ornette Webbe, President of the  Nevis Teachers’ Union.  Mr Newton and Mrs Liburd-Willett were also recognized as past executive members of the St Kitts Teachers’ Union.   

     

    The general session of the conference commenced with a devotional session which was followed by fraternal greetings from the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF).  The Conference received remarks from Hon Shawn Richards and Mrs Ornette Webbe. Mrs Carlene Henry-Morton delivered the General Secretary’s Report, chronicling the many achievements, activities and events from the work programme of the SKTU over the last two years.  The Conference celebrated the many successes with the new initiatives introduced during the biennium. President Ron Dublin-Collins presented the State-of-the-Union-Address outlining the Union’s Expanded Agenda, vision , priorities and strategies required for the Union to achieve its objectives.    

     

    The business session of the conference included presentations on the new SKTU-FND Credit Union Partnership Agreement, and adoption of resolutions on SKTU Support for Caribbean Union of Teachers Action for Compensation from CXC for Marking SBAs and also the SKTU and NTU Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement.   

     

    The elections of the new National Executive 2015 – 2017 produced the following results:   

     

    President: Ron Dublin Collins

     

    1st Vice President: Valerie Mason

     

    2nd Vice President: Michelle Rochester - Woodley        

     

    General Secretary: Dale Phipps  

     

    Deputy General Secretaries: Jennifer Williams and Nadia Natta

     

    Treasurer: Andrea Browne

     

    Public Relations Officer: Soretta Browne

     

    Assistant PRO: Jennifer Pierre- Belle

     

    Trustees: Sandra McKoy, Violet Gordon, and Dr Amadu Joeboy

     

    Members-at-Large: Carlene Henry-Morton and Muriel Powell  

     

     

     

    Chairpersons of Standing Committees:

     

    Gender Chairs:     Violet Gordon and Dalton Esdaille

     

    Professional Development & Training:  Lavern Dublin -Collins

     

    Industrial Relations:    Michelle Rochester -Woodley

     

    Sports and Social:     Valerie Richardson -Mason

     

    Finance:       Andrea Browne  

     

     

     

    Branch Chairpersons

     

    Basseterre:      Nadia Natta-Francis  

     

    Rural East:      Valarie Richardson Mason

     

    Rural West:      Michelle Rochester - Woodley 

     

     

     

     

     


     

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