There has been much discussion in recent months about plans to establish a College of Teaching. Advocates suggest it would enhance teachers’ professionalism and help to raise the standing of the profession. However, there seems to be little consensus on how it would achieve this aim in practice.
Some supporters have emphasised the role a College could play in acting as a “voice of the profession” on key areas of policy and practice, while others have focused more on a College as a provider of professional development opportunities.
The NASUWT is not opposed in principle to the idea of establishing a College of Teaching, but has a number of concerns about the issues emerging from the current debate, not least the fact that too many people appear to be falling over themselves to support a concept which is being interpreted in widely different ways.
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