The Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts is the only professional association and trade union exclusively representing professionals working in children's services. These professionals play a vital role in shaping and influencing the lives of millions of children and young people.

Over the past five years membership has nearly doubled and Aspect now represents over 4,000 professionals working in the field.

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Career Review & Development (Programme 1)
13 September 2010
Supporting individuals and organisations thinking about, or in the process of, review and change
Ofsted School Inspection (Programme 14)
30 September 2010
This one day programme for children’s centre leaders and those who manage them, looks at the inspection framework and provides practical support.
Induction for Professionals in Education and Children's Services (Programme 15)
6 - 7 October 2010
This programme is designed for children’s services professionals of all disciplines, whether new to local authority work, or new to working in a multi-agency setting.
Developing Locality Based Working in Children’s Services (Programme 11)
13 October 2010
This programme is of interest to those already working in, or those considering establishing geographical locality partnership working.

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News

Aspect National Council vacancies
Nominations are invited to fill posts falling vacant on Aspect’s National
Caution call by Aspect on schools
Responding to the schools proposals contained in the Queen’s Speech Aspect, the school improvement and children’s services union, called for caution and an evidence-based approach.
Campaigning to secure EYP status
Child protection work made more difficult by Shoesmith judge
Today’s High Court judgement in the Sharon Shoesmith case will compound the problems faced by social workers in dealing with this immensely complex area of work said Aspect, the children’s services union, today.

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Improvement Magazine

Improvement

The Summer 2010 issue of Improvement magazine is out now.

Aspect members get the print version free in the post but it is now available as a pdf to download and in a new page-turning web version.

Download the PDF, or read the web version

  • What does the future hold?: Aspect Conference previewed
  • Future use: John Pearce on our expectations for technology in education
  • Succession management: Sue Harrison and Claire Dorer on a pioneering succession management pilot
  • The union makes us strong: Roger Kline argues for an effective trade union voice for social work
  • Education prospects: Nick Wright on what we can expect now the election is over
  • & much more

Aspect Scotland

Aspect – in consultation with its Scottish members and with the Association of Educational Development and Improvement Professionals in Scotland (AEDIPS) – has developed a set of standards for educational development and improvement professionals in Scotland.

Aspect's Scotland Council Member, Tommy Doherty, said "These standards are designed to reflect the current and changing roles and responsibilities of those working in educational development and improvement."

"The standards are supported by guidance notes. Six dimensions are identified which reflect the working practices of educational improvement professionals."

Read more and download the standards.