Improving schools: full plan - Learning Wales - Welsh Government

1. Schools – effective learning and teaching in schoolsEffective learning and teaching is at the heart of educational reform in Wales as the qualityof teachers is the single most important factor in determining how much is learnt in theclassroom. There are three key priorities for improving the quality of learning and teaching.• Improving the quality of teaching in literacy and numeracy – the National Literacyand Numeracy Programmes will set high expectations for what teachers should know, beable to do and what learners should learn via the medium of English and Welsh. They willhelp make every teacher a teacher of literacy and numeracy. Investment in ICT will furthersupport innovation in the classroom.• Supporting teacher and support staff professional development – we willimprove the quality of future teachers entering the profession and their progressionthrough changes to induction, a new MEP qualification and new practice developmentopportunities, and a new national induction programme for school support staff as well asmore opportunities for structured development.• Strengthening our approaches to inclusion and safeguarding – we will implementsupport for attendance and behaviour, vulnerable learners, those from deprivedbackgrounds and with additional needs so that all learners achieve.Figure 9: Priority action to achieve effective learning and teaching in schoolsImproving schools15