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Publication of Report of the Independent Expert Panel: Evaluation of Irish FET Practitioner Staffing Structures in ETBs against International Comparators

BH Associates welcomes publication of the report: Evaluation of Irish FET (further education and training) Practitioner Staffing Structures in ETBs against International Comparators.

Ellen Hazelkorn was a member of the Independent Expert Panel which undertook this study.

it is a landmark report which will significantly improve the conditions and identify of FET staff . There are 6 recommendations:

  1. Create or strengthen the existing FET Directorate in each Education and Training Board (ETB)

  2. Establish a Stakeholder Engagement Advisory Group for FET in each ETB

  3. Replace the current staffing arrangement with a structure based on three new roles

  4. Establish a National Centre for FET Teaching and Learning

  5. Introduce a requirement for all FET staff who deliver teaching and learning to complete a specified annual amount of continuing professional development

  6. Grant each ETB delegated authority for the FET staffing budget.

Full information available at: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-further-and-higher-education-research-innovation-and-science/publications/report-of-the-independent-expert-panel-evaluation-of-irish-fet-practitioner-staffing-structures-in-etbs-against-international-comparators/

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