Everyone who works with young children recognises the need to continually enhance their skills, knowledge and understanding of how children learn and develop.
Local authorities are responsible for providing training and development opportunities for all their early years practitioners such as Foundation Stage practitioners, special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCO) and childminders. This provision should include equal opportunities and inclusion training, NVQ training, and more recently Birth to Three Matters training.
Over the last year, a great deal of work has been done to support local authorities in the onerous task of providing these training and development opportunities. A new set of guidelines, Key Elements of Effective Practice (KEEP), presents an agreed view within and across the sector of the knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes practitioners need to support young children's learning effectively. It also provides a benchmark against which all local authorities can evaluate the training and professional development opportunities they deliver.
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