Note: This Membership Handbook is a live document, under continuous review. Please always check the Chartered College of Teaching website for the latest version. Introduction 1) This Handbook sets out the process for applying for the various grades of membership of The Chartered College of Teaching (“the Chartered College”), the criteria to be applied in |
considering applications and the subscriptions and fees applicable to each grade. It is produced in accordance with Regulation I.2., and is subject to the Charter, Bye Laws and Regulations of the Chartered College for the time being in force. Grades of Membership 2) The Chartered College currently has the following grades of membership. All members are required to support the aims of the Chartered College. No person may be in more than one grade of membership (other than an honorary grade) at the same time. Entry into a grade of membership is based on the member fulfilling the criteria in force at the time they enter that grade. Subject to payment of subscriptions, members have a right to remain in a grade of membership unless removed for disciplinary reasons. This is not affected by subsequent changes to entry criteria or the status of the member. |
Open to education professionals working in the UK who are not eligible for full Membership
Open to education professionals working outside the UK who are not eligible for full Membership.
This is a closed category of membership, consisting of those members continuing in the grade of membership they previously held in the College of Teachers (see appendix for full list).
Open to graduate (or equivalent) practising teachers. ‘Founding Members’ are those Members who joined the College before 30th April 2017.
Open to Members or Affiliates who are senior teachers of at least ten years standing and have made a significant contribution to the teaching profession. ‘Founding Fellows’ are those who became Fellows before 31st March 2019 (or were Founding Members at the time they became Fellows).
h) Honorary Members and Fellows (HonMCCT and HonFCCT)
Elected at an AGM on the proposal of the Council of the Chartered College for outstanding contribution to the teaching profession.
3) Affiliates, Students and Associates are non-voting members of the Chartered College. Members and Fellows are full, voting Members of the Chartered College. Honorary |
Members and Fellows do not have a vote in that capacity, but Honorary membership may be combined with substantive membership in one of the above grades.
6) ‘practising teacher’ means: a teacher professionally engaged in teaching in a relevant setting: |
7) ‘a relevant setting’ means: an early years, school, college or further education setting (0- 19) and includes out-of-school settings such as Pupil referral Units and Young Offenders’ Institutions. |
8) ‘a British International School’ means a school which is accredited under the Department for Education’s British schools overseas inspection scheme, or is a member of: |
Applications (including application by Nomination)
9) Applications for membership (or transfer from one grade of membership to another) shall be made on the Chartered College’s website at chartered.college and must be completed
in accordance with the instructions provided on the website. This applies to application by Nomination to the Fellowship.
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notify applicants of the outcome within 7 working days of the application being fully completed. Membership Subscriptions and Fees 13) The following are the membership subscriptions payable for each substantive grade from 1st April 2021. Subscriptions are not payable for honorary grades. |
Grade
Professional Affiliates International Affiliates Historic Affiliates Students
Associates Members Fellows
Membership Subscription
£47.50 £59 £47.50 £0
n/a
£47.50 (£23.50 for NQTs) £89
14) Membership subscriptions cover a period of one calendar year starting on the date on whichthe memberjoinedtheCharteredCollege.Subscriptionswillbecomedueeachyear on the anniversary of that date. If the member transfers from one membership grade to another during that calendar year, the member will be charged the amount appropriate to the new grade of membership on a pro-rata basis. |
15)An application for membership may be cancelled by notifying the Chartered College at hello@chartered.college within 14 working days of the date on which the Chartered College notified the member of their application having been approved, and any membership subscription paid (minus an administration fee of £15) will be refunded. |
Payment
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a) At least one calendar month before any membership renewal is due members will be notified that their membership will renew automatically on the date specified in the notice and that that the relevant membership subscription fee will be charged on that date.
17) In taking payment for any membership renewal fees, the Chartered College of Teaching will charge the credit card, debit card or direct debit details that the member used to pay
for membership upon joining (subject to any subsequent changes notified to the Chartered College). If the member would like to update payment details, pay via an alternative method, permanently delete personal data, or does not consent to being charged this amount, the member must let the Chartered College of Teaching know immediately. The member must contact the Chartered College of Teaching in writing at hello@chartered.college. It is the member’s responsibility to ensure that details are up- to-date and are accurate to the best of their knowledge.
18) The Chartered College of Teaching does not store or use payment details for any other purpose than for the annual membership renewal fee.
19) If a member’s payment is not accepted, the Chartered College of Teaching will ask the member to update his or her payment details. In the event that a member does not provide such updated details or his or her payment continues to be unaccepted, membership will terminate in accordance with paragraph 28.
Membership Benefits, Rights and Obligations
20) All members are entitled to the following membership benefits:
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events organised by the Chartered College and by partner organisations; c) access to materials through the Chartered College’s website;
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21) Full Members are additionally entitled to the following membership benefits:
22) Fellows are additionally entitled to the following membership benefits:
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provided through the Chartered College’s website are subject to the website terms of use.
Termination of Membership |
29) Membership terminates if:
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terminate membership in accordance with the procedures set out in Regulations. |
30) In the case of termination under paragraph 28(b), membership will be revived without a fresh application if the membership subscription is paid within the same membership year. Requests to revive membership outside the same membership year will be considered at the sole discretion of the Membership Committee.
Appendix – Grades of Historic Affiliate
There are three substantive, and two honorary, grades of membership for those whose membership of the College of Teachers dates from before 1st September 2015 and, in the case of substantive membership, have kept up membership subscriptions. They are set out below with their designatory letters: