Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

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Founded 1944 Affiliation STUC, EI		Members 7,205 Office location Edinburgh
Full name Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Key people Euan Duncan, President 2015 -Seamus Searson, General Secretary 2015 -

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 and Education International.

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:

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

References

Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Wikipedia

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