Question reference: S3O-02062
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 January 2008
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 31 January 2008
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts it is making to improve the quality of training provision for teachers and trainee teachers.
Answer
The Scottish Executiveencourages and supports partnership working between local authorities and teachereducation universities to ensure that initial teacher education courses and inductionarrangements provide the best possible preparation for student and probationer teachers.
We are also committedto ensuring that all teachers engage in relevant, high quality continuing professionaldevelopment opportunities that enable them to meet their full potential.
A recent example ofhow discussion about how a particular issue should be covered in initial teachereducation and reinforced by continuing professional development was a constructivemeeting involving Ministers, Deans of Faculties of Education and Sir Jackie Stewartabout dyslexia.