Since the first support services for teachers were established in the 1990’s, the system of professional development support has grown incrementally to include support services established to address a variety of needs such as school leadership and development planning, curriculum change, education programmes and other areas of teaching and learning. In recent years there has been consolidation and re-structuring of the support service system. The Professional Development Service for Teachers or PDST is the name given to the newly created CPD service for teachers, combining teachers from primary and secondary schools in a single integrated support team working regionally under a national Director.
Support will be provided to schools by PDST personnel working in multi-disciplinary teams working in close co-operation with the Education Centre network to respond to needs identified by schools.
