Nursery World - Continuing professional development

Practitioners tell Karen Faux about sources they have used for inspiration and professional development. Nursery manager Sharon Mackenzie wanted to gather new ideas for working with parents to take back to her Busy Bees setting in Southport.

'We know parents are a child's first and most enduring educator, but we need to grasp how we can support their contribution to their child's learning,' she says. 'We feel that we already work very well with parents, but it's a case of asking, what more can we do?'

PEAL workshop

Ms Mackenzie attended a workshop run by Parents, Early Years and Learning (PEAL). Funded by the workforce development strand of the DCSF Early Years Early Learning Partnership Programme, this training initiative is managed jointly by the NCB and Parenting UK. The NDNA is currently delivering one-day workshops for PEAL to full-day care practitioners.

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