New CPD option for non-specialist chemistry teachers

By Education in Chemistry2009-03-01T00:00:00

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Training and Development Agency for Schools to launch a national Science Additional Specialism Programme (SASP) for teachers of physics and chemistry

This summer the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) will be launching a national Science Additional Specialism Programme (SASP) for teachers of physics and chemistry. Speaking at the ASE national meeting in Reading, the course organisers, all of whom are involved in the pilot of SASP, explained that this is a continuing professional development (CPD) programme aimed at developing non-specialist teachers' knowledge and skills in these subjects so that they can teach them more effectively, with enthusiasm and confidence, to 11-19-year olds.

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