JOINT NALDIC/NUT  CONFERENCE 9
Reasserting Professionalism: developing an agenda for teachers working for minority ethnic pupil achievement

A second conference jointly organised by NALDIC and the NUT was held at the NUT headquarters in London on 7 October 2002. The theme was “Reasserting Professionalism: developing an agenda for teachers working for minority ethnic pupil achievement”. 

The aims of the conference were to:

• identify professional development needs  
• develop the key principles which should underpin national standards
• set the agenda for future campaigning issues

The conference was addressed by  Annabel Burns (DfES), Jan McKenley (NCSL), as well as NUT and NALDIC speakers and drew on theThe EAL Teacher: Descriptors of Good Practice to identify an agenda for change.  An interim conference report is available here and the full report here (pdf file)