The Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA), like most organisations and institutions, continues to grapple with the past as it contends with the present and contemplates the future. The theme of the annual conference in August 2012, when Jamaica marked 50 years as a sovereign country, was ‘Celebrating the Past and Building on the Legacy’. Two years later when the association celebrated its 50th anniversary the imperative was to inspire future direction by evaluating and assessing the achievement of the JTA since its founding. The theme was ‘Finding it Within Ourselves’. Today, ten years later, in celebrating our 60th Anniversary the Theme is ‘Preserving the Legacy: Remaining Relevant for the Future’.