DfEE Green Paper (22/10/1997) - Developing skills

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6 Developing skills

Professional development - for teachers and others - will be needed if staff are to have the skills, knowledge and understanding to make a reality of our proposals for raising standards for all children with special educational needs.

SUMMARY

By 2002...

There will be a clear structure for teachers' professional development in SEN, from a strengthened attention to SEN issues in initial training through to improved training for headteachers, SEN co-ordinators and other SEN specialists.
There will be a national framework for training learning support assistants.
There will be national guidance on training governors to carry out their responsibilities for pupils with SEN.
There will be national agreement on ways of reducing the time spent by educational psychologists on statutory assessments and maximising their contribution in the classroom, and the training necessary for their developing role.

31/08/2000