Training The School Workforce
This part of the Act:
- renames the Teacher Training Agency as the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).
- extends the responsibilities of the TDA to include continuing professional development for teachers and schools and raising standards of teaching, in addition to its existing role of promoting teaching as a career
- sets out the circumstances under which the TDA will work in Wales under the authority of the National Assembly for Wales
- sets out the financial framework within which the TDA will work
- sets out the funding arrangements for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
- sets out the power of maintained schools to provide training for the school workforce
Read more about this topic: Education Act 2005, Part 3
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