|
||||||||||
|
Keith Bartley, Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) welcomed teachers to a conference in Bristol on the 7 May which focused on shaping the future of teaching.
The ‘Teachers of 2012: Shaping the Future’ event was hosted by the GTC and asked teachers to join a debate on how teaching will change and develop in the next four years.
Group discussions and feedback sessions covered the factors driving changes in teaching and teachers’ values now and in the future.
Teachers’ views will also be used by the GTC to draw up the new code of professional conduct and practice for teachers. This will set out the role of teachers, the standards of conduct expected of them and will reflect the professionalism of the teaching profession.
Keith Bartley, Chief Executive for the GTC, said:
‘I want to see teachers actively shaping the future of their own profession. Teachers have such a huge impact on the life chances of children and young people that it is vital that their voice is heard in the debate about what teaching should deliver.
‘I have no doubt that the influence of the Government’s ‘Every Child Matters’ framework and the Children’s Plan will result in significant changes in teaching by 2012. I am confident that the future for teaching is bright – I hope and expect that we will see a long-overdue change to the pupil assessment system, and I want to see teachers given more freedom and trust to breathe new life into the curriculum.
‘Whatever lies ahead, it is important that we talk to those at the very heart of the classroom, so that we can better understand the how any changes will affect teachers and schools. This will, in turn, help us to develop a new code of conduct for teachers, which will have a direct role in shaping the future of the teaching profession, in the best interest of teachers and the young people they teach.’
