Building a learning nation

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06 January, 2008

Professional Development being redefined...

Photo: far left Mr Simon Clark and far right Mrs Patricia Clark, with Chief Officer; Mrs Angela Martins, Chief Education Officer; Mrs Shirley Wahler, Deputy Chief Officer; Mr Vaughan Carter, and mssing from photo: Mr Gareth Long, Strategic Development Advisor (Education)
A particularly fruitful meeting took place in London on Sunday between senior Ministry staff with Ms Patricia Clark and Mr Simon Williams from the London Centre for Leadership in Learning who are no strangers to the Cayman Islands as they have each been involved with the NELP programme.
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The meeting focussed on addressing a variety of teachers needs, specifically seeking their advice about creating 'on island' professional development programmes that focus on helping develop our own capacity but also that could gain internationally recognised accreditation. This would be of much more value to teachers and could, in some cases, contribute to Masters and other qualifications.
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Whilst this work is at an exploratory stage it is a key priority of both the Ministry and Department of Education Services. Watch this space! (GL)

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