School Workforce Development News
The Training and Development Agency (TDA) produces a monthly newsletter featuring their latest news and upcoming events it has information on TDA activities, on-line resources and publications. Click on the link http://www.tda.gov.uk/about/newsletter.aspx to view the current and past newsletters or to subscribe to receive tdaNews direct to your email address.
TDA Strategy for Professional Development 2009-2012
The TDA have published a strategy for the professional development of the children’s workforce in schools. The strategy sets out their vision to embed a learning culture within, and across, all schools that maximises the potential of the school workforce and enables children and young people to achieve the best outcomes possible. It also identifies the priorities that will underpin TDA's work in this area and over the next three years.
Making a Difference - Leading School Workforce Development
This TDA publication details the key priorities and the TDA resources that support them.
Teachers TV - Heywood Communtiy High School - CPD for the Wider Workforce - Link to recent TV clip featuring David Yates, Headteacher at Heywood Communtiy High School
A Career Guide For School Support Staff - TDA document published 2009 - Three of the staff featured are from rochdale schools!
Support Staff CPD- TDA document published 2009 - A guide for schools leaders on qualification routes for Support Staff
The TDA website has a dedicated section on remodelling which includes:
Managing changes in your school:
- Tools and techniques for managing change
- Funding for schools managing change
- See a process for change
How other schools have managed changes
Offering extended services:
- What is an extended school
- Delivering the Core Offer
- Rural extended schools
- Staff in an extended school
- Funding extended services
The national agreement:
- What is the national agreement
- Teachers and the national agreement
- How schools are managing changes arising from the national agreement
- The role of the workforce agreement monitoring group
Click on the link to take you to this page: http://www.tda.gov.uk/remodelling.aspx
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