If the Labour Court's proposals were accepted it would give schools a chance to "rebuild bruised relationships", school managers have said.
The Joint Managerial Body (JMB) - which represents the majority of school managers - said it hoped teachers would see "the positive gains that have been made" in the Labour Court document.
"If accepted, the proposals offer the prospect of bringing industrial peace to our schools between now and the end of the school year," said JMB general secretary Mr George O'Callaghan.
"Three of the elements in the proposals, enhanced bench marking, a process to deal with supervision and substitution and the forum on teaching, offer exciting prospects for an improvement in teacher conditions," he added.
The Minister for Education, Dr Woods, said the revised recommendation "forms a comprehensive and final examination of the issues at the root of the ASTI claim".
His use of the word "final" was regarded as significant by education sources last night. They said it meant the Government would not negotiate any further with ASTI if it rejected the package.
"The Government has agreed to accept the terms of the original Labour Court recommendation. Together with my Government colleagues, I will give full consideration to the recommendation as now clarified by the court," he said.
Mr Michael Moriarty, head of the Irish Vocational Education Association, said: "All the partners in education should learn the lessons from this dispute. It will take time to repair the relationships but parents, pupils, teachers and school managers will have to work in partnership to do that." Up to 30 schools in the vocational sector were affected by the dispute. Mr Moriarty said he would be encouraging all teachers to take up the offer of providing extra classes. He said this and the new forum were two of the most welcome measures from Labour Court.
"This dispute was all about teachers feeling a lack of appreciation and I hope that will now be addressed in the new forum," he said. "Teachers felt they were taken for granted and that is what drove this dispute. There is a need to look at the non-pay issues which were raised during this dispute, because they are as important as the pay claim put forward by ASTI." The Fine Gael spokesman on education, Mr Michael Creed, said: "The Labour Court has crafted a very intelligent document, which should be acceptable to both sides. A continuous stream of highly motivated, committed teachers is necessary for renewal and vitality in our classrooms. With the pay issue now, hopefully resolved, the non-pay issues should move centre stage."
Mr Creed added: "The Government should establish, immediately, a commission on education, to deal with the myriad of social problems that now manifest themselves in the classroom and which teachers' core training leaves them ill equipped to cope with, and which contribute directly to stress and burn-out."