A consultation on the first draft of the strategy for the development of English as an additional language (EAL) workforce in schools is being run and will come to an end in September 2009. A second round of the consultation will begin in November 2009.
DCSF commissioned the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) in conjunction with the Institute of Education (IoE) to develop a workforce strategy for teaching of English as an additional language.
This strategy, sets out a vision for the next five years in which every EAL learner is supported in achieving their full potential, and every member of the teaching workforce is appropriately equipped to enable them to contribute to making this vision a reality.
This strategy is far-reaching, affecting all members of the teaching workforce across all key stages: those who have a mainstream classroom role, those who have an EAL specialist role and school leaders. It will have a significant impact on the training of new members of the workforce, and on all those who support schools and teacher training providers, quality assurance agencies, including Local Authorities, who will play a vital role in supporting the strategy and ensuring that it has maximum impact.
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