Colleagues might be interested to attend this. This is the email from the Secretary, Chris Waterman:
We have decided to use 1<sup>st</sup> February 2021 for a one-hour APPG meeting, followed by a one-hour meeting of the Assessment SIG, which you are invited to join. (Agenda attached)
The principal item will be a discussion, led by Mary Bousted, of the NEU, on the impact of Covid-19 on the education system. Baroness Blower will offer some thoughts on how education could be re-imagined, as a “new normal” is established.
If you wish to attend this meeting, please reply to this email by responding to Kate@waterman.education putting ‘APPG’ in the title. Joining instructions will be sent out in the next few days.
The agenda items are as follows:
Agenda
1. Welcome and introductions: Ian Mearns MP
2. The impact of Covid-19 on the teaching profession: Mary Bousted (NEU)
3. What could the “new normal” look like: Baroness Blower
4. Teacher recruitment update: John Howson
5. AOB
6. Date of next meeting
SIG meeting: 17:00 to 18:00: 1st February 2021
More Than Just A Passing Interest
A Special Interest Group
Examining the Question of Assessment
(and its impact on the professionalism of teachers).
Max