The Association in partnership with the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (Education Committee) initiated the celebration of Teachers’ Day, Wednesday of Education Week

 Re-opening of small schools after protest by JTA

• Uniform Allowance paid to all teachers
• Guidance Counsellors, Work Experience teachers and lecturers who supervise teaching practice paid Commuted Transport Allowance

• Remuneration for POSR to be percentage of minimum of Certificate scale (4%, 8%, 12%)
• Vice Principals in Primary and All Age Schools paid according to qualification plus 16% of minimum of Certificate Scales
• Principals with car eligible for full Upkeep Allowance and those without car for Transport Allowance
• Vice-Principal with car designated Traveling Officer and receives Commuted Allowance. Vice-Principal without car receive Transport Allowance
• Shift Allowance made pensionable
• Trained teacher with UWI Certificate in Education classified as Trained Teacher (Diploma)
• Boarding institutions eligible for at least 1 Vice-Principal
• Pre-retirement leave instituted
• Teachers on ‘no pay leave’ excluded for 10% quota

Annual seminars for new teachers instituted. These seminars are aimed at professional orientation of new entrants into the teaching service.

Contact Teacher Programme instituted and annual seminars began

• Principals, Work Experience Supervisors, Supervisors of Teaching Practice and Guidance Counsellors designated Traveling Officers
• Teachers eligible to work as locum tenens while on leave
• Duty Concession to designated Traveling Officers
• Two terms vacation leave
• Shift Allowance to Principals of institutions on shift

• Revival of the annual Primary, All Age and Junior High Schools Athletics Championships. This was first staged in May 1962.
• Seniority Allowance payable to teachers
• Death Benefits for teachers who die in service
• Increment for additional qualification
• Payment of Housing Allowance to Principals of schools without cottages

• Material and Equipment and Protective Clothing Allowances
• First regional office established in western Jamaica (Montego Bay)

Health coverage through Blue Cross (now Sagicor)