Pre-school deputy head Dawn Rigby is one of the first group to graduateas an Early Years Professional through the long extended professionaldevelopment pathway, which lasts for 15 months. She is upbeat about howthis builds confidence in its participants.
'Because it was the long pathway I knew it would have its ownchallenges, but I felt it would be good for me personally,' she says.'With the focus very much on the 39 standards, it is down to theparticipants to relate these back to their own settings and practice. Wewere encouraged to scrutinise our weaknesses and strengths and find wayswithin the standards to address these.'
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