Education. University of Reading

This programme is designed to have maximum impact on teachers' classroom performance and on raising standards in schools. It aims to help teachers become:

• experts in working with their colleagues on curriculum design and school improvement
• highly accomplished in the production of evidence of improved teaching and learning strategies
• able to undertake systematic classroom-based research
• able to maximise their potential as teachers and learners in their immediate context
• able to create a clear framework with which to continue their development and to make long term contributions to raising standards in schools
• skilled in working closely with LEA officers and other local practitioners in order to spread best practice in teaching and assessment