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The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), formerly known as the Headmasters' Conference and now branded HMC (The Heads' Conference), is an association of the head teachers of 351 private fee-charging schools (both boarding schools and day schools), some traditionally described as public schools. 302 members are based in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of ...
A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility [1] for the management of the school.
The union was founded in 1897 as the National Federation of Head Teachers' Associations. [1] In 1906, it became the National Association of Head Teachers, from the initials of which its current name derives. [2] The union's membership grew from just over 1,000 in 1898 to 10,000 in 1947, and 20,000 by the 1980s.
Weingarten was born in 1957 in New York City, to a Jewish family, Gabriel and Edith (Appelbaum) Weingarten. Her father was an electrical engineer and her mother a teacher. [1] [2] Weingarten grew up in Rockland County, New York, and attended Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York. [2]
The NEA merged with the American Teachers Association, the historically Black teachers association founded as the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, in 1966. [19] The NEA's merger with the ATA, its transformation into a true labor union, and other factors were to greatly change the organization's demographics. [20]
Until 8 February 2012, holding the NPQH was a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed English and Welsh school head teachers. [4] It is taught via blended learning at centres all over the country, and administered by the National College for Teaching and Leadership which has centres in Manchester, Nottingham, London, and Ruddington.
The Association of Head Mistresses (AHM) was founded in 1874. The Headmasters' Association (HMA) was founded in 1890. The Secondary Heads Association was formed in 1977 by the amalgamation of these two organisations. In 1983, deputy heads were allowed to join, with other senior teaching staff following in the early 1990s and business managers ...
Before becoming NEA President, Pringle served on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, [8] the NEA Board of Directors, NEA’s Executive Committee, as NEA secretary treasurer, and as NEA vice-president. [10] She has been vocal in the effort to limit federal testing requirements.