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Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
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The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) is Scotland's second largest teachers' union. It was created to focus on secondary education issues in reaction to the perception of national influence exercised by the primary education sector.
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The SSTA is affiliated to the STUC[3] and Education International.[4]
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Aims
The SSTA aims to:[5]
- 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:
- Listen to the secondary view.
- Formulate policies that reflect the 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 Education 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
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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 McD Roy 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 - William A L Guthrie B.Sc.
- 1999 - William S Fitzpatrick B.A.
- 2001 - George 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.
- 2021 - Catherine Nicol B.Sc.
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References
External links
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