Association of Chartered Teachers Scotland

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.

AGM invite

ACTS membership form

ACTS committee

Exciting news!  The General Meeting of the Association of Chartered Teachers Scotland will take place at 10am on 13th December 2008 at the Don Room, The Optima Building, Robertson Street, Glasgow.

Chartered Teachers (both fully accredited and those who have gained Module 1 and are on the route) and other interested parties are invited.  Above, is a copy of the invitation, including the Agenda, forms for joining the Association and some useful information, all available for you to download.

We would be grateful if you would pass the attached information on to anyone else who might want to come along.

There will be coffee/tea on arrival and the meeting will close by 12, leaving plenty of time for some seasonal shopping if required!

Please let us know if you can join us. Hope to see you there.  You can contact the association at actscotland@yahoo.com.

The steering group are pleased to publish the first edition of the ACTS newsletter.  You can email feedback or contributions, as well as a request for further information on the association to actscotland@yahoo.com.  Details on the formal launch of the association will be emailed to those on the contact list and posted on this site shortly.

Click on this link to open – newsletter_summer_2008

At the end of the successful Chartered Teacher Conference on 7^th June, interested Chartered Teachers and Chartered Teacher candidates met together to discuss progress towards the formation of the Association of Chartered Teachers Scotland (ACTS). Around 50 people stayed on after a busy day to hear an update from Dorothy Coe, Annie McSeveney and Paddy Miller of the ACTS steering group, and to engage in discussion.

The three steering group members explained that the group had developed the priorities produced in discussion at the initial January meeting to draw up a draft list of aims. These are to:

Support the community of Chartered Teachers in all its forms

Encourage communication and collaboration between Chartered Teachers

Encourage the provision of appropriate level CPD opportunities for Chartered Teachers

Develop awareness of the professional identity of Chartered Teachers

Make representation on issues affecting those in the Association of Chartered Teachers Scotland.

Next steps for the group are to:

• Gather details of those interested in becoming more involved by distributing requests for contact details and compiling a database
• Set up means of communication between potential members by an e-newsletter and weblog
• Identify tasks to be undertaken by a working group and identify individuals with appropriate skills
• Establish a functioning working group to take the Association forward democratically
• Organise a launch for the association in September, 2008.

Anyone interested in joining the extended working group (which next meets at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 20th August in Stirling), or in attending the launch of ACTS on Saturday, 27th September (provisional; time and venue to be confirmed), should email actscotland@yahoo.com.

At the Chartered Teacher conference on the 7th of June, some members of the steering group of the Association of Chartered Teachers will speak about the lauch event in September and how to join.  They will also be available to answer questions about the new Association.

A flyer will be available in the conference pack, with a version of it now available, below, for teachers to download.  If you will not be at the Chartered Teacher conference, please download this form, complete, and return to the contact address.

Association of Chartered Teachers – flyer from the steering group

On 12th January 2008, a meeting was held at the GTCS in Edinburgh to establish an Association of Chartered Teachers. Those present discussed what ethos such a group might wish to develop and agreed a number of activities with which such a group might engage. A small steering group was formed in order to take this forward to a stage where a committee could be elected.

The steering group will present a report on progress so far after the plenary session at the Chartered Teacher conference on Saturday 7th June 2008, in Edinburgh. This will be an opportunity for all Chartered Teachers to become more actively involved in the new Association.

From Sunday 1st June further information will be available to download from this site.

If you are attending the GTCS Chartered Teacher conference, please join us for the ACTS update at 3.30pm in the lecture theatre

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DRAFT
 

VISION
To facilitate and encourage communication and collaboration within a community of Chartered Teachers

AIMS
· To support the community of Chartered Teachers in all its forms
· to encourage communication and collaboration between Chartered Teachers
· to encourage the provision of appropriate level CPD opportunities for Chartered Teachers
· to develop awareness of the professional identity of Chartered Teachers
· to make representation on issues affecting those in the Association of Chartered Teachers.

ACTIVITIES
These might include a newsletter (moving towards an academic journal), events and meetings, lobbying, links to CPD, online communication and collaboration, and attendance at the annual Chartered Teacher conference.