ABSTRACT
Rewarding and stimulating as it can be, teaching is an extremely complex career requiring high-level expertise in many skills areas. It is also a profession in which the nation is permanently interested, and ofwhich seemingly increasing levels of accountability are demanded. You only have to glance at a newspaper or listen to the news to see how frequently education issues are, sometimes inaccurately, discussed. Add to this the pace ofchange in education, and you could easily find yourself confused, however satisfying your job is.
