Nursery World - Children's centres 'need pedagogues'

An early years pedagogue model should be developed for staff who work in children's centres, new research from the National Children's Bureau concludes. Defining and developing an integrated workforce in children's centres, a summary report by the National Children's Bureau's Early Childhood Unit, contains the views of 300 people involved in the development of children's centres from consultation events held in the nine Government office regions.

Defining and developing an integrated workforce in children's centres, a summary report by the National Children's Bureau's Early Childhood Unit, contains the views of 300 people involved in the development of children's centres from consultation events held in the nine Government office regions.

It states that there was 'overwhelming agreement' that centres should not be staffed solely by teachers or led by teachers, and there was support for a pedagogue model whereby someone would have the skills and knowledge to 'support the type of integrated services envisaged for children's centres and be able to work with the child holistically'.

Director of the unit Sue Owen said, 'Participants were interested in a new professional role in the early years sector. They were looking at something that would pull together integrated childcare and education and would fit well with other professions, for example health and social services.'

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