ATL was led by its Executive Committee who were assisted by a General Secretary. All senior officers and officials were elected by an Association wide ballot and the overall direction was determined by the Annual Conference which had delegates from each branch.
The ATL President served a one-year term. From September 2009, Lesley Ward. From September 2010, Andy Brown. From September 2011, Alice Robinson. From September 2012, Hank Roberts. From September 2013, Alison Sherratt. From September 2014, Mark Baker. From September 2015, Kim Knappett. From September 2016, Shelagh Hirst. From September 2017, Niamh Sweeney. From September 2018, Kim Knappett who became Joint President of the National Education Union on 1 January 2019. The final ATL General Secretary was Dr Mary Bousted.
The origins of ATL go back to 1884 when 180 women met to create the Association of Assistant Mistresses (AAM). These women worked in schools founded for higher education of girls. Their concern was primarily for the pupils. However, in 1921, the AAM appointed representatives to the newly formed Burnham Committee on Salaries in Secondary Schools.
1891 saw the formation of the Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools (AMA). Its purpose was to protect and improve the conditions of service of secondary teachers. Between 1899 and 1908 it played an influential part in obtaining security of tenure for assistant teachers through the Endowed Schools Act.
Then in 1978 AAM and AMA merged to form the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association (AMMA) with a membership of approximately 75,000. The name was changed in 1993 to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
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The Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL was a trade union teachers union and professional association affiliated to the Trades Union Congress in the United Kingdom representing educators from nursery and primary education to further education In March 2017 ATL members endorsed a proposed merger with the National Union of Teachers to form a new union known as the National Education Union which came into existence on 1 September 2017 3 At that time approximately 120 000 individuals belonged to the union apart from those professions included in the name education support staff and teaching assistants were also members making it the third largest teaching and education union in the UK ATL had members throughout England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland the Channel Islands the Isle of Man and British Service schools overseas Association of Teachers and LecturersAssociation of Teachers and LecturersAbbreviationATLMerged intoNational Education UnionFounded1978 1978 merger of AAM and AMA Dissolved1 September 2017 2017 09 01 Headquarters7 Northumberland Street LondonLocationUnited KingdomMembers200 631 2015 1 Key peopleShelagh Hirst PresidentMary Bousted General SecretaryAffiliationsEI TUC Unions 21 2 Websitewww wbr atl wbr org wbr ukThe ATL brand continues as a section or subsidiary of the National Education Union Contents 1 Governance and administration 2 History 3 Annual Conferences from 2009 4 General Secretaries from 1978 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksGovernance and administration EditATL was led by its Executive Committee who were assisted by a General Secretary All senior officers and officials were elected by an Association wide ballot and the overall direction was determined by the Annual Conference which had delegates from each branch The ATL President served a one year term From September 2009 Lesley Ward From September 2010 Andy Brown From September 2011 Alice Robinson From September 2012 Hank Roberts From September 2013 Alison Sherratt From September 2014 Mark Baker From September 2015 Kim Knappett From September 2016 Shelagh Hirst From September 2017 Niamh Sweeney From September 2018 Kim Knappett who became Joint President of the National Education Union on 1 January 2019 The final ATL General Secretary was Dr Mary Bousted History Edit Striking teachers and public sector workers march down the Kingsway London flanked by police on 17 June as part of the 2011 United Kingdom anti austerity protests The origins of ATL go back to 1884 when 180 women met to create the Association of Assistant Mistresses AAM These women worked in schools founded for higher education of girls Their concern was primarily for the pupils However in 1921 the AAM appointed representatives to the newly formed Burnham Committee on Salaries in Secondary Schools 1891 saw the formation of the Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools AMA Its purpose was to protect and improve the conditions of service of secondary teachers Between 1899 and 1908 it played an influential part in obtaining security of tenure for assistant teachers through the Endowed Schools Act Then in 1978 AAM and AMA merged to form the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association AMMA with a membership of approximately 75 000 The name was changed in 1993 to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers ATL ATL affiliated to the TUC in 1999 It resigned from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 2015 In January 2011 the Association for College Management merged into ATL 4 Annual Conferences from 2009 EditThis section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information July 2020 2009 Liverpool 2010 Manchester 2011 Liverpool 2012 Manchester 2013 Liverpool 2014 Manchester 2015 Liverpool 2016 LiverpoolGeneral Secretaries from 1978 Edit1978 Andrew Hutchings and Joyce Baird 1979 Geoff Beynon and Joyce Baird 1988 Peter Smith and Joyce Baird 1990 Peter Smith 2003 Mary BoustedSee also Edit Organised labour portalEducation in the United KingdomReferences Edit https www gov uk government uploads system uploads attachment data file 528367 584T 2015 pdf bare URL PDF ATL and the union movement ATL Association of Teachers and Lecturers 2016 Retrieved 15 March 2017 NUT and ATL vote to merge into National Education Union TheGuardian com 22 March 2017 About AMiE Archived 4 March 2011 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditOfficial website Catalogue of the AMMA archives held at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick Catalogue of the Association of Assistant Mistresses archives held at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Association of Teachers and Lecturers amp oldid 1077092262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
