Role As UK's Leading Physical Education CPD Provider
Supporting PESS Professionals in delivering high quality teaching, coaching and learning.
The National College for Continuing Professional Development (NCfCPD) was officially launched at the afPE Conference in Hertfordshire (July 2006) and will play a major role in providing leadership for physical education and those who deliver it, raising and protecting professional standards and enabling the Association to develop systematic accreditation systems to ensure appropriate preparation, experience and qualification; to promote safe and ethical delivery; and to share exemplary practice.
It provides a range of bespoke and national CPD activities and resources, regional CPD, coaching and mentoring support and occasional papers. In 2005/6, more than 40,000 teachers benefited from CPD activities.
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