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About JACT
JACT is a registered Charity No. 313165. The Association was founded in 1963 to improve and maintain the quality of the teaching of classics, and for this purpose to provide means by which teachers of classics may help one another and enabling them to reinterpret the traditional discipline in terms appropriate to the present day.
In December 1999, JACT was informed that money would be forthcoming from the DfEE for developing a web site for teachers of Classics. This site is the result of six months work: obviously no web site is ever 'finished' - and we hope that there will be a massive and continuous input from members and other visitors to the site.
JACT works in close association with the Classical Association (CA) and the Association for Latin Teaching (ARLT) - which has its own associated web site (link below) -, the learned societies and the Bristish Schools in Athens and Rome. It maintains links with the Department of Education and Employment (DfEE), with OFSTED and with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), and with the examination boards, all with the aim of promoting the teaching of Classics.
Contacts
The first point of contact for JACT members and the general public is the JACT Administrator:
JACT
Senate House
Malet St, London
WC1E 7HU
UK
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7862 8719
Fax: +44 (0)20 7255 2297
Email: office@jact.org
Under its constitution the Association is administered by a Council which meets twice a year in March and November. Some of the Council's work is delegated to the Association's Officers and Committees:
Chairman of JACT Council: Prof Thomas Harrison
Honorary Secretary: Mr Alan Clague
Honorary Consultant Secretary: Mr David Taylor
Honorary Treasurer: Mr Graham Shaw
President: Boris Johnson, MP
Visit the Subjects and Publications pages for contact details of JACT's Subject Committees and Publications.
How to join
JACT exists to promote the interest of the Classics in schools and colleges, and to support teachers. It has a world-wide membership. Members receive the Journal of Classics Teaching and Omnibus (see the Publications page). We need to maintain the largest and most representative membership possible, so that we can speak for Classics teachers with authority and credibility We offer members the support of a strong subject association, and access to a network of contacts.
Full membership of the Association is currently £40.00 per annum. PGCE students or classics post-graduate students can join for the first year free. Other students or those in the first year of teaching may subscribe for £16.00 per annum. Those who wish to include membership of the Classical Association with their subscription should add £12.00 per annum.
The subscription is for a calendar year, renewable on January 1st, except that new members may join at the beginning of the academic year, in September/October and have membership for four terms, until the end of the next calendar year.
Note that JACT is recognised as a professional body by the Inland Revenue, and the subscription amount can be set aginst tax.
If you wish to join JACT please print out the Application Form, fill it in and post it back to us with your payment.
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