Support for the new Curriculum...

From the TES last week.

The importance of the support that is given at times of curriculum change can't be overstated. Teachers already feel under pressure from existing work, without the extra demands that this will impose on them.

It is expected to be the most radical overhaul of the national curriculum since its introduction nearly a quarter of a century ago, ushering in a completely new approach to deciding what is taught in the classroom. But this week it emerged that there is unlikely to be any money to pay for training, or any official guidance to help teachers adapt to and thrive in the new climate.

When the Coalition government announced there would be a review of the curriculum, we said that this would be the case. There will be no CfBT Mark 2, for those who remember the support that was available in 2007 during the last curriculum change. As a Regional Subject adviser at the time I (hopefully) provided some useful ideas and support. This is the time to start building a Personal Learning Network


In 2012, Dave Holmes and I will be leading a CPD session in Central London on the theme of developing a PLN in Geography.

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