• Please click on the link to read the ACTS Reception report (thanks to Dorothy and Paddy)
  
• To watch an edited recording of the event, please click here
• An ACTS membership form can be downloaded from here.

You are warmly invited to the launch of

The Association of Chartered Teachers Scotland

at 10am on 21^st March 2009 at the Scottish Parliament

Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Life-long Learning will attend. Key Speakers will be Matthew MacIver CBE, former Chief Executive of the GTCS, and Walter Humes, Research Professor of Education and Associate Dean, University of the West of Scotland. We will welcome other representatives of the Scottish Government and the GTCS, those with a professional interest in education, and members of the Scottish Press, as well as accredited Chartered Teachers and those on the route, programme providers, and professional organisations such as the EIS and SSTA.

The event will be accompanied by music from Scottish pupils, and refreshments will be provided.

We very much hope you will be able to attend this important occasion.

To acquire tickets for this event please go to

http://tinyurl.com/actslaunch

Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Join the Association by following the membership links to the left of this page or by downloading and printing the form, here.

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The first General Meeting of the association took place on 13th December at The Optima in Glasgow.  Almost thirty teachers who are Chartered or on the route attended, and were informed by Annie McSeveney, Dorothy Coe and David Noble of the progress made by the steering group during 2008.  This included establishing the aims, setting up communication channels such as email, blog, wiki, newsletter and PayPal, and producing a draft constitution (which was adopted during the meeting).   Updates were provided on the formal launch (see below), membership, the Chartered Teacher Glow group, and moves towards charitable status.  Presently, the committee has fourteen members, with one vacancy.  Many thanks to Joe and Joan at the SQA for providing the venue. 

The first meeting of 2009 took place at Hillhead High School in Glasgow on 17th January.  Committee members were given a tour of the association’s blog and basic training on making use of the wiki for group communication.  The formal launch of the association will take place at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Saturday, 21st March.  Already, several eminent educationalists and politicians have agreed to attend, and a sub-committee are working on organising the day and promoting it among all those with an interest in Chartered Teacher.  If you would like to register to attend the launch, please click here.

The next meeting will take place at Woodfarm High School in Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire on Saturday, 21st February.