The role of these associated professionals is to:
- Actively contribute to the work of each partnership encouraging creativity and innovation.
- Contribute to professional discussion regarding child development and effective learning and teaching.
- Support schools to identify vulnerable groups of learners through data analysis.
- Support the implementation of action research methodology.
- Facilitate the identification of effective evaluation measures.
- Signpost and where required access relevant research.
- Contribute to meeting the professional learning needs of teachers.
- Develop links with Universities.
- Facilitate the sharing of best practice across partnerships.
- Develop and implement quality assurance processes.
