Rogers, who is acting head at Hillfields Early Years Centre in Coventry,was one of 40 centre leaders to undertake the pilot course. She isadamant it has changed the way she thinks about and does her job.
The Government has set ambitious targets for children's centres with agoal of 3,500 by 2010. As local authorities strive to meet thesetargets, questions have been raised about what kind of professionalshould manage these centres and the skills they need.
The qualification, which has been developed by the National College forSchool Leadership and the Pen Green Research, Training and DevelopmentCentre, has been devised specifically to fill this training gap. Thefirst graduates, most of whom attended a presentation ceremony inWhitehall last week, are full of praise for the course. Many said thatby mingling with professionals from other backgrounds and traditions,they gained a much better understanding of multi-agency working.
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