What are the requirements of the national professional development programme?
Co-ordinators are required to undertake the national development programme which is designed to provide co-ordinators with the knowledge, skills and abilities to implement the G&T strand of EiC. The programme is provided free of charge to all lead and school co-ordinators and responsible teachers. The programme consists of a distance learning package – provided via the Internet – which provides the course materials, resources, a discussion site and seminar and tutorial groups. There are several tasks which co-ordinators will need to undertake connected to each section of the course handbook. Co-ordinators will need to agree and complete a personal development plan which sets out personal individual and school targets which they will achieve during the year. They will also need to attend 5 face to face days throughout the year which will provide them with an opportunity to discuss difficult G&T issues and to share their experiences with their colleagues. [We know that current recruitmen
