Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
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| Full name | Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1944 |
| Members | 7,205[1] |
| Affiliation | STUC, EI |
| Key people |
Euan Duncan, President 2015 - Seamus Searson, General Secretary 2015 - |
| Office location | Edinburgh |
| Country | Scotland |
| Website | www.ssta.org.uk |
Founded in 1944, the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) is Scotland's second largest teachers' union, set up to focus on secondary issues, initially as a reaction to the perception of undue influence exercised on national education issues at that time by the primary sector.
The SSTA is affiliated to the STUC[2] and Education International.[3]
Aims
The SSTA aims to:
- Advance education in Scotland
- Safeguard and promote interests of Scottish secondary teachers in all matters, especially those that affect salaries and conditions of service
To promote these aims, the Association strives to:[4]
- Ensure that the secondary view is heard
- Formulate policies that reflect views and needs of members
- Respond to consultations on educational matters
- Represent members and their views to SED, SQA, GTCS, and other national bodies such as SCRE and Learning and Teaching Scotland
- Advise members on curricular, professional, and contractual matters
- Campaign to maintain educational standards
- Negotiate salaries and conditions of service in the SNCT
- Campaign for improvement, and against deterioration, in salaries and conditions of service
See also
References
- ↑ "Annual Return for a Trade Union : Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association" (PDF). Certoffice.org. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
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External links
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