There are all these different strands that are developing simultaneously and some of them are quite new and, therefore, it sometimes can be difficult to just retain that kind of broader overview of what the total impact and the like is. But I think, in West Lothian, they have developed a longer-term strategy based on a particular view of what they felt McCrone was really saying. And I think the key to that was this empowerment of individual teachers - of every teacher - and that's been one of the reasons that they've gone for a new management structure. That's maybe a little controversial, but that is, I think, one of the key aspects about the McCrone Report which was about giving teachers more time to focus on their key tasks; to try and strip away those tasks that they were doing that were inappropriate and unnecessary for their particular skills. Other people could perform these tasks easily well, so West Lothian did put in place, very quickly, business support managers. They've also now got pupil support managers; pupil support assistants; additional support in primaries, as well, all to help with that and to allow teachers to focus on their key tasks. One of the big issues initially of course was just deciding the 35-hour week and that seems to have dissipated. I don't hear people really talking about that now. That was one of the key issues of the McCrone Report, and that was seen as a way of controlling workload. People think 'forget that', but it is still there and things are a bit more clearly defined now about what should be done and how much time should be given to each activity, and that has to be agreed annually. So, an agreement was put in place there through the local negotiating committee. CPD now is an important part of this as well now, because from this session there's an expectation of teachers to undertake 35 hours of CPD. So, the Council is committed to providing an appropriate programme of CPD for their teachers. We're probably not fully there yet in this first year, in terms of just getting people into the right courses, but it's not a completely new development. There's been a staged increase in the number of hours of CPD, but it's all based on the previous pattern of annual reviews and individual development plans and so on. It's identifying their CPD needs and trying to deliver that through a programme in West Lothian, or external delivery of appropriate CPD.
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