Editing Association of Teachers and Lecturers

{{Short description|British  trade union}}
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{{Infobox union
|name         = Association of Teachers and Lecturers
| abbreviation = ATL
|location_country= [[United Kingdom]]
|affiliation  = [[Education International|EI]], [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]],  [[Unions 21]]<ref>{{cite web|title=ATL and the union movement|url=https://www.atl.org.uk/my-atl/get-involved/atl-and-union-movement|website=ATL|publisher=Association of Teachers and Lecturers|accessdate=15 March 2017|date=2016}}</ref>
|members      = 200,631 (2015)<ref> {{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528367/584T_2015.pdf  | title=Form AR21: Annual Return for Trade Unions |website=[[gov.uk]] |page=2|date=2015}}</ref>
|full_name    = Association of Teachers and Lecturers
|image        = [[File:ATL union logo.png|frameless]]
|founded      = {{Start date|1978}} (merger of AAM and AMA)
|dissolved    = {{end date|2017|09|01|df=y}}
|merged       = [[National Education Union]]
|headquarters = 7 [[Northumberland Street, London]]
|key_people   = {{unbulleted list
 | [[Shelagh Hirst]], President
 | [[Mary Bousted]], [[Secretary General|General Secretary]]}}
|website      = {{url|www.atl.org.uk}}
|footnotes    = 
}}
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 [[educator]]s from [[nursery school|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/22/nut-atl-merge-national-education-union|title = NUT and ATL vote to merge into National Education Union|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 22 March 2017}}</ref> At that time, approximately 120,000 individuals belonged to the union (apart from those professions included in the name, [[Teaching assistant|education support staff]] and [[Teaching assistant (United Kingdom)|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.

The ATL brand continues as a section or subsidiary of the National Education Union.

==Governance and administration==
ATL was led by its [[Executive committee|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==
[[File:The march.jpg|thumb|right|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 [[Trades Union Congress|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About AMiE |url=http://www.acm.uk.com/AboutAMiE/tabid/192/Default.aspx}}</ref> The ATL merged with the [[National Union of Teachers]] in 2017, forming the [[National Education Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neu.org.uk/about-neu|title=About us &#124; National Education Union}}</ref>

==Annual Conferences from 2009==
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* 1999 Harrogate
* 2000 Cardiff
* 2001 Belfast
* 2002 Torquay
* 2003 Blackpool
* 2004 Bournemouth
* 2005 Torquay
* 2006 Gateshead
* 2007
* 2008 Torquay
* 2009 Liverpool
* 2010 Manchester
* 2011 Liverpool
* 2012 Manchester
* 2013 Liverpool
* 2014 Manchester
* 2015 Liverpool
* 2016 Liverpool
* 2017
* 2018

==General Secretaries from 1978==
* 1978: [[Andrew Hutchings]] and [[Joyce Baird]]
* 1979: [[Geoff Beynon]] and [[Joyce Baird]]
* 1988: [[Peter Smith (union leader)|Peter Smith]] and [[Joyce Baird]]
* 1990: Peter Smith
* 2003: [[Mary Bousted]]
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==See also==
* [[Education in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.atl.org.uk/}}
* [https://mrc.epexio.com/records/AMM Catalogue of the AMMA archives] held at the [[Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick]]
* [https://mrc.epexio.com/records/AAM Catalogue of the Association of Assistant Mistresses archives], held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

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