Increasing the amount of training available to early years workers is absolutely vital if ambitious targets for workforce reform are to be met.
But what exactly does 'workforce reform' mean, and how will the sector look in, say, ten years' time? What career pathways will be open to practitioners to improve their skills and gain higher-level qualifications?
In answer to these questions, the Children's Workforce
Development Council (CWDC)has clearly set out its vision for staffing, as follows:
* By 2008 practitioners with Early Years Professional (EYP) status will be in all children's centres offering childcare; and by 2015 they will be in all daycare settings.
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