5th iNet International Conference, 26 28 November 2008

It is clear that in the 21st century workforce redevelopment is occurring not merely for its own sake, but out of a genuine desire to support more effective learning and raise achievement. Teachers need more time to concentrate on what they do best - teaching.

Other adults within a school can undoubtedly play complementary roles. This will often require restructured school systems as well as retraining. It seems likely that the teaching profession will follow the model of the world of medicine; over the next decade the roles of non-teaching adults will be developed and teachers will concentrate on the work that uses their highly skilled professional abilities.

Resources

• A more detailed exposition of the ideas, together with case studies of exisiting practice can be found in the Personalising learning 5 pamphlet
• Further case studies looking at how workforce development complements some of the other gateways are available in the Deep leadership 1 publication

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