Colleagues who are geographically able to attend the next meeting of the APPG for the Teaching Profession may be interested in the email content below. This outlines the next meeting, to which the SoS and Shadow SoS will have been invited, so if they turn up there may be an opportunity to raise the urgent issue of depleting Specialist Teacher resources for CYP with PD directly with them, either in Q&A spots or as an AOB. As seen in threads in this forum, this is a national issue which needs urgent attention as posts are being deleted while demand is rising. As experts in this provision, colleagues here are in a unique position to advocate for the CYP and meetings like this represent a rare opportunity to be in the same room as policy makers or other influential players.

Dear Colleague,
Below is the draft agenda for our next meeting on 9th September 2019.
We will invite the Secretary of State for Education and the Shadow Secretary of State.
An important item on the agenda will be a work plan for the new academic year, with a key issue identified for each meeting. This will be complemented by the regular updates.
Please identify specific issues that you would like see on the agenda, with suggestions for speakers.
Minutes of the last meeting, held on Monday 10 June 2019 are available on the APPG website
We look forward to seeing you on 9th September 2019 after a relaxing (we hope) summer break
Agenda
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. The new Government: the shape of things to come - The Secretary of State will be invited
3. Education 2020 Trends - Angela Rayner, Shadow Secretary of State will be invited
4. Shaping Education 2019: APPG response and update
5. Sex and relationships education: the situation in schools: a discussion
6. Recruitment and retention: an update (Professor John Howson)
7. The work of the Education Select Committee Ian Mearns MP
8. Education business in the Commons and Lords (Chris Waterman)
9. College of Teachers update
10. Work plan for 2019-2020
11. Date of next meeting: Monday 4 November 2019
Please note that the meeting commences at 16:00 and will be held in the Committee Room 10, in the Palace of Westminster SW1A 0AA (Building G, Entrance 8 ; Map of The Palace of Westminster and Parliamentary Estate)
You should arrive half-an-hour before the meeting, at 3.30pm, to allow sufficient time to get through security and up to the committee room.
Papers relating to this meeting will be taken as read and will available on the APPG Website w/c 2 September 2019: https://appgteaching.com/news/.Â

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These meetings are open to anyone, and all the info about the APPG is here, where you can sign up to get on their mailing list:  https://appgteaching.com/

I hope to see any colleagues who can make it on the 9th September.

Max