Could you be an Innovative Teacher?

The <a href="http://www.gtce.org.uk/" target="_blank">General Teaching Council</a> has recently collaborated on a new report entitled <a href="http://www.innovation-unit.co.uk/images/stories/files/pdf/teachers_innovativeprofs.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Teachers as Innovative Professionals</em></a>. This document examines developments within ten schools which have introduced innovative practices, as well as looking at the experiences of 35 teachers that have taken a personal approach to innovating in the classroom.

Could you be an Innovative Teacher?

The General Teaching Council has recently collaborated on a new report entitled Teachers as Innovative Professionals . This document examin...

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Secondary Schools Staff Survey

The DCSF has just published its latest <a href="http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RR026.pdf" target="_blank">Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey</a> (SSCSS). This is a report which has been published every four to six years since 1965, and examines the make-up of the teaching workforce in terms of qualifications and the subjects that they teach.<br /><br />The survey makes for interesting reading; although the picture is mixed, there appears to be a shortage of appropriately qualified teachers in some subjects, with mathematics being particularly bad ly affected. You can read some of the main findings in the <a href="http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RB026.pdf" target="_blank">briefing paper</a>, or from this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7433339.stm" target="_blank">BBC story</a>.

Secondary Schools Staff Survey

The DCSF has just published its latest Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey (SSCSS). This is a report which has been published e...

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