Support

Induction and continuing professional development are a central component in providing a motivated and skilled workforce in schools. It is an integral feature of school improvement and not something in competition with it.

A high-quality and coherent programme of workforce development stimulates and provides staff with the developing knowledge, skills and understanding to address the needs of an ever-increasingly complex role. It also helps recruitment and retention when schools can guarantee a rewarding and relevant training programme.

The School Improvement Service recognises that individuals and their schools work in complex institutions and much of the success of a school can be attributed to the quality of its workforce. This valuable resource is most effective when it is well trained.  Workforce development is now a more complex and multi-layered process with much of the best taking place within schools or within partnerships of schools. It is also something that should be available to all those involved in schools and not just a select few.