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INTRODUCTION<br />
<strong>Early</strong> <strong>Years</strong> - Even More Exciting Times!<br />
We are delighted to bring you the new <strong>Core</strong> and Continuing Professional Development<br />
(CPD) <strong>Directory</strong> for <strong>Early</strong> Education and Childcare – a catalogue full of core learning<br />
and development opportunities across a wide variety of subjects and a portfolio of<br />
modes of learning – please see pages 8 and 9 for the full matrix and index of courses.<br />
New - JVCo<br />
At the time of going to press and distribution, we are excited to confirm we are in the<br />
structure of the new Joint Venture Company or JVCo, so over the coming months our<br />
new identity will emerge and contacts details will be updated.<br />
New - Webpages<br />
Have you seen our new webpages?<br />
http://education.staffordshire.gov.uk/Curriculum/Strategies/<strong>Early</strong><strong>Years</strong>/creativeworkforce/<br />
An electronic version of this catalogue can be found in the Workforce Development<br />
section - please see 3 rd item listed in the menu on the left hand side of the screen.<br />
Top Tip! You might find it easier to open the electronic version to click on the following<br />
links rather than copying them<br />
News – Workforce Development Team<br />
I’m sure you’ll want to wish Carol Drakeford a “welcome back” - we’ve all missed her!<br />
Grateful thanks to colleagues for covering during her absence. Thank you.<br />
Webinars have proved so popular, we are increasing our team of webinar hosts to meet<br />
capacity demands – I’m sure you’ll all welcome Julie and Wendy to the team.<br />
Already in this academic year, eg Sept – Dec 2012, we’ve hosted 31 early years<br />
webinars, with 530 participants, 99% of whom rank the quality consistently at<br />
Excellent/Good.<br />
New - The Government’s response to Nutbrown – “More Great Childcare” published<br />
on 29 th January 2013. Please see link below for the full publication<br />
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/DFE-<br />
00002-2013<br />
AND the <strong>Early</strong> Education and Staff Deployment Consultation which closes 25.3.13.<br />
http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/departmentalinformation/consultations/a0022096<br />
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