ABSTRACT
The registration movement collectively aimed to give teachers the opportunity to form themselves into a unified professional body. The registration council became the elected executive of a professional body, namely the Royal Society of Teachers. The society recognised the value attached to the registration of all teachers, and of reserving all posts of responsibility in schools for registered teachers. The society continued to support the objective of forming a teaching profession, responsible for maintaining its own standards of professional qualifications. In short, the registration council, acting as the executive of the society, requested a conference to discuss the present position of the society and the possibility of it rendering greater service in the work of national education. Any assessment of the society's contribution to the profession is not complete without reference to the role of Frank Roscoe, and a consideration of the function of discipline within the society.
