The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) is
Scotland
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's second largest
teachers' union
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. It was created to focus on secondary education issues, in reaction to the perception of national influence exercised by the primary education sector.
The SSTA is affiliated to the
STUC and
Education International
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.
Aims
The SSTA aims to:
*Advance education in Scotland
*Safeguard and promote the 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:
*Ensure that the secondary view is heard
*Formulate policies that reflect the views and needs of members
*Respond to consultations on educational matters
*Represent members and their views to
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,
SQA,
GTCS, and other national bodies such as
SCRE and
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS or LT Scotland) was a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, formed by the merger of the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum (SCCC) and the Scottish Council for Educational Technol ...
*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
Past presidents
*1944 - J G Lindsey M.A B.Sc F.R.S.E
*1945 - James Porter M.A
*1947 - W M L Dewar M.A
*1949 - Agnes McKendrick M.A
*1951 - Alexander Allan M.A
*1953 - Alexander R Robertson M.A
*1955 - Arthur D Brown B.Com
*1957 - James Docherty M.A
*1959 - J N C Clark M.A Ph.D
*1961 - Albert Anderson M.A B.Sc
*1963 - James Miller M.A B.Sc
*1965 - David Low B.Sc
*1967 - Neil Foggie D.A
*1969 - Gladys M Cairns M.A
*1971 - John Vallely M.A B.A
*1973 - E R Landsman M.A
*1975 - L H Inglis Dip.Tech
*1977 - J McDRoy D.A
*1979 - Alistair B Fulton M.A
*1981 - John D Gray M.A M.Sc
*1983 - Douglas Campbell M.A
*1985 - Donald C Halliday B.Sc
*1987 - Thomas Wallace B.Sc
*1989 - Ian M Goldsack M.A
*1991 - John Small B.Ed
*1993 - Marie T Allan M.A
*1995 - Barbara E Clark M.A
*1997 - W A L Guthrie B.Sc
*1999 - William S Fitzpatrick B.A
*2001 - G M T Sturrock M.A
*2003 - Alan McKenzie M.A
*2005 - Albert F S McKay B.Sc
*2007 - Ann L Ballinger B.A
*2009 - Peter Wright M.A
*2011 - Margaret Smith B.A B.Ed
*2013 - James B Forbes M.A
*2015 - Euan Duncan B.A
*2017 - Kevin Campbell B.Sc
*2019 - John Guidi B.Sc
See also
*
Education in Scotland
Education in Scotland is overseen by the Scottish Government and its executive agency Education Scotland. Education in Scotland has a history of universal provision of public education, and the Scottish education system is distinctly differe ...
References
External links
Official website
1944 establishments in Scotland
Trade unions established in 1944
Education trade unions
Educational organisations based in Scotland
Education International
Organisations based in Edinburgh
Trade unions in Scotland
Teacher associations based in the United Kingdom
Secondary education in Scotland
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