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This paper takes as its key proposition that the development planning process has played and continues to play an increasingly significant part in the management of schools. With this have come important changes in the role of professional development co-ordinators. Its authors, while acknowledging that the most effective development is likely to take place in schools where there is a concerted professional commitment of all the staff, suggest that, nevertheless, every school would benefit from the services of a skilled and respected colleague who is capable of ensuring that staff development happens and is effective. In developing this thesis they draw upon a study of this role undertaken by the LEA in Hereford and Worcester.

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