ATA Convention Attendance Guidelines

Convention attendance is mandatory for all active ATA members.

1. All active members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association under contract to public, separate and francophone school divisions have legal as well as professional obligations to attend the annual teachers’ convention to which they are assigned.

2. Members are expected to consider their convention dates as a professional priority when planning for the school year and as an essential component of their ongoing professional development.

3. School divisions, Association subgroups, school staff and individual teachers shall not organize any activities on convention dates that conflict with members’ obligations to attend their assigned convention. Any activities so scheduled may be contrary to the Education Act.

4. No person at the school or division level has the authority to direct a member to not attend their assigned convention. Requests from members regarding the use of negotiated leave provisions may be approved only by those personnel specified in the member’s collective agreement. All other requests concerning convention attendance must be made to the Association.