'Developing the profession: approaches in Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland.' The General Teaching Council for Wales, The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland and the Teaching Council of Ireland, Workshop 10, GTC Scotland National Education Conference, 28 May 2009. This workshop will present perspectives by leading practitioners from the General Teaching Councils for Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland in relation to the professional development of teachers. Key areas of discussion will include: the work of GTC Wales in establishing a Professional Development Framework for teachers in Wales; the respective roles of the nationally funded Support Services and the Teaching Council in respect of teachers' CPD in Ireland; teaching in Northern Ireland as an evidence based profession within professional communities of practice.

1. ‘ Professional culture in the teaching profession in Scotland’ Stirling, 28 May 2009 Developing the profession: approaches in Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland Eddie McArdle – Chief Executive, GTCNI Á ine Lawlor – Director, Teaching Council, Ireland Gary Brace – Chief Executive, GTCW

2. Competences Opportunity or Constraint? A Strong Voice for the Profession

4. Cautionary Note “ A dominant force may legitimate itself by promoting beliefs and values congenial to it; naturalising and universalising such beliefs to render them self evident and apparently inevitable, denigrating ideas which might challenge it, excluding rival forms of thought.” (Eagleton 1991)

11. SYSTEM LIFE - WORLD GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY ECONOMY VALUES BELIEFS DREAMS MYTHS HABERMAS 1984 “ SYSTEM IS COLONISING THE LIFE WORLD”

14. Mission as Antidote

15. “… .education is the path to self realisation and personal fulfilment, civic well-being and economic prosperity.” GTCNI Charter for Education N. Ireland 2006

18. “ Amongst the other blessings (which God gives) it is to be reckoned not least that by assiduous study man may win the pearl of knowledge. This shows him the way to live well and happily and its preciousness opens the door for him to understand the mysteries of the universe; it helps and raises to distinction those that were born in the lowest places.” (Nicholas V, Bull of 7 January 1451, Glasgow University Archives)

20. Meanderings the Sequel

22. The Profession to the Rescue We have been blamed for the ills of the modern world so who better to slay the dragon of crass utilitarianism?

26. carpe diem Horace

27. Mission & Purpose Knowledge & Competence Sense of Professional Autonomy Values & Attributes Reflective & Activist Teacher

39. The Continuum of Teacher Education and the Role of the Teaching Council in Ireland Á ine Lawlor, CEO/D irector The Teaching Council

41. Quality of Teaching Education and training of teachers Standards Policies Procedures Promoting Teaching as a Profession Professional Development Professional Development

48. Individual School System Levels and Scope of Continuing Professional Development

50. Some cross-cutting CPD themes – illustrations from Wales