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 Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gyfrifol am gyflog ac amodau athrawon o ddiwedd mis Medi yma, cyn i Weinidogion Cymru benderfynu cyflog ac amodau athrawon am y tro cyntaf i Gymru ym mis Medi 2019\.  
  
Yn fy Natganiad Ysgrifenedig o 9fed Mawrth 2018, hysbysais aelodau am ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus i helpu datblygiad system briodol i benderfynu cyflog ac amodau gwasanaeth athrawon yng Nghymru.  Roedd yr ymgynghoriad  ar y mecanwaith arfaethedig i benderfynu cyflog athrawon ar agor rhwng 9 Mawrth a 4 Mai 2018\.  
  
Roedd y ‘Model Ymgysylltu ag Athrawon’ arfaethedig yn yr ymgynghoriad diweddar wedi’i gynllunio yn dilyn trafodaethau helaeth â’r holl randdeiliaid allweddol ac yn ateb nifer o’r materion a godwyd gan undebau addysgu.  Roedd y mecanwaith arfaethedig yn symud ymlaen ar ein hymrwymiadau i bartneriaethau, cydweithio a datblygu polisi ar sail tystiolaeth.  
  
Mae’r model yn cadw rhai elfennau penodol o’r system gyfredol am benderfynu cyflog ac amodau athrawon, megis cadw ei natur  statudol.  Yn ychwanegol, mae’r mecanwaith arfaethedig yn cynnwys fforwm partneriaeth cymdeithasol cyfundrefn deiran, yn cynrychioli Llywodraeth Cymru, undebau athrawon a chyflogwyr, i ystyried yr holl faterion cyn ymofyn cyngor corff arbenigol annibynol.  
   
Galwais am gyfarfod o bob undeb athrawon a phenaethiaid ym mis Chwefror i amlinellu’r dull yma a gwrandawais ar eu barn am y ‘Model Ymgysylltu ag Athrawon’ arfaethedig cyn lansio’r ymarfer ymgynghoriad ffurfiol.  Roedd yn glir nad oedd yna ddull unigol dewisol ar draws yr undebau.   
  
Ar y cyfan roedd yr ymatebion i’r ymgynghoriad yn cefnogi gweithredu’r ‘Model Ymgysylltu ag Athrawon’ fel y model penderfyniad i Gymru.   
  
Rwy’n sicr bod y model yma, fel un bartneriaeth gymdeithasol, yn darparu ar gyfer cynyddu a gwella ymgysylltiad ar draws cyflogwyr ac undebau.  
  
O’r ymatebion a dderbyniwyd, roedd yna gonsensws cryf yn erbyn yr angen am gyfnod o ymgynghori cyhoeddus fel rhan o’r broses penderfynu flynyddol. Ar ôl ystyried, rwy’n derbyn y pwyntiau sydd wedi’u codi a byddaf yn addasu’r elfen ymgynghori o’r broses penderfynu arfaethedig i fod yn ymgynghoriad ysgrifenedig â randdeiliaid allweddol yn unig.  
  
Felly, rwy’n bwriadu derbyn y mecanwaith, yn amodol ar y newid amlinellwyd uchod.  Nawr, byddwn yn gweithio, ar y cyd â rhanddeiliaid allweddol, i symud ymlaen â’r gwaith cyn ei weithredu blwyddyn nesaf.  
  
Rwy’n bwriadu cyhoeddi ymateb ffurfiol gan Lywodraeth Cymru i’r ymgynghoriad erbyn 27 Gorffennaf 2018\.





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The Welsh Government will take responsibility for teachers’ pay and conditions at the end of this September, ahead of Welsh Ministers determining teachers’ pay and conditions for Wales for the first time in September 2019\.


 


In my Written Statement of 9th March 2018, I notified Members of a public consultation to help inform the development of an appropriate system to determine teachers’ pay and conditions of service in Wales. The consultation on the proposed mechanism for determining teachers’ pay opened for comment between 9 March and 4 May 2018\.


  

The ‘Teacher Engagement Model’ as proposed in the recent consultation was devised following extensive discussions with all key stakeholders and met a number of the issues raised by teacher unions. The proposed mechanism took forward our commitments to partnership, collaboration and evidence based policy development.


  

The model maintains certain elements of the current system for determining teachers’ pay and conditions, such as retaining its statutory nature. Additionally, the proposed mechanism includes a tripartite social partnership forum, representing Welsh Government, teacher unions and employers, to consider all issues prior to seeking advice from an independent expert body. 


  

I convened a meeting of all teacher and head teacher unions in February to outline this approach and listened to their views on the proposed ‘Teacher Engagement Model’ prior to launching the formal consultation exercise. It was clear that there was no single approach preferred by all the unions. 


  

Overall the consultation responses supported the implementation of the ‘Teacher Engagement Model’ as the determination model for Wales. 


  

I am convinced that this model, as one of social partnership, provides for increased and improved engagement across employers and unions.


  

From the responses received, there was a clear consensus against the need for a public consultation stage as part of the annual decision making process. On reflection, I accept the points that have been made and will adapt this consultation element of the proposed determination process to be a written consultation with key stakeholders only.


  

I therefore propose to adopt the mechanism, subject to the change outlined above. We will now, alongside key stakeholders, take forward the work ahead of implementation next year.


  

It is my intention to issue a formal Welsh Government response to the consultation by 27 July 2018\.