Press Release
NUT on Licence To Teach
30 June 2009
Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Europe's largest teachers' union:
"There are no shortages of accountability measures against which teachers are judged, from initial teaching training, through their induction year and Ofsted inspections. Teachers’ capacity and practice are persistently under review. It is not clear to me that head teachers will welcome an additional responsibility to re-licence their teachers every five years. Of course it is important for teachers to keep up their skills and continued professional development (CPD) is critical to that, but as no money has been attached to this proposal and performance management has not resulted in access to CPD there is nothing to welcome in this proposal."
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