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Frozen in Time, Left
Out in the Cold
Teacher Training and Development
and the Role of the HeadTeacher—
Considering Alternatives
Robin Precey
INTRODUCTION
Most would agree that the core business of schools is learning. It is both curious and ironic, however,
that we often invest too little in ensuring that our teachers and their leaders are t for the purpose
of making our business as successful as it could be. If we were in many other organizations—for
example, managing hotels, producing oil, running an airline—we would be trying very hard to ensure
that our workforce was well trained and that their knowledge and skills of the business w