I am stepping back from supporting the College for Teaching, for now. I have already written about my thoughts, hopes and dreams for this proposed professional body for teachers, and encouraged others to do the same. I have engaged in the debate, and tried to help in practical ways the well intentioned group of people and organisations behind this noble idea.
I have been as supportive as I can be. But, that is changing today. I am taking a step back and detaching my active support, for the moment. Why?
Not be because I have concerns, or because I want it to happen quicker, or because I want it to go in a specific direction.
Because, although there has been the desire to make this campaign by teachers, for teachers; the will and infrastructure has not been there to make that happen.
I believe that, from the start, there should have been a programme for all parts of the profession to be involved, carefully working through the key questions any professional body must answer. This may yet happen, but, until it does, I’m out.
Because there are key aspects to this project that should be in place, and are not. I want to help, and to know what I can do, and where it fits, and be able to fit this into the rest of my week. That sort of public plan, so I can see how my efforts are helping, is not there. Again, maybe it is too early for this, but I’d have expected this to be in place.
Because I expected more readiness for the complexity of the questions the College of Teaching would raise. Because in order to claim back our profession from the politicians, we need a plan for how we will do this.
Yes, I have ideas about how to do this, I would love to have a way to help make it happen, and I hope to in the future.
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