In September 2008 the first tranche of specialised Diplomas, designed to give young people the broad education they need to progress into further learning or employment, was introduced. As part of this and the three year strategy published by the School Workforce Development Board, the TDA has been working with schools to take responsibility for their own CPD when it comes to the introduction of this new initiative. The TDA has funded a number of projects which aim to develop and evaluate effective and innovative practice for the training and development of classroom based practitioners. The results can be found here.