This presentation is a summary of discussions going on within the School of Education itself about the proposals. It is presented here to start another stage of the discussion, to move the proposals forward. Some of the proposals are already actively being examined, and some are even already being implemented. This should suggest that there is consensus on the need to focus seriously on the competence of the teacher in the classroom, recognizing the variety of roles we play in the formation of this professional.

The Caribbean Poetry Project (CPP) is a collaboration between The University of the West Indies (UWI), and the University of Cambridge, that has been running from 2010 to 2015. It began with a recognition that with all the changes in the UK’s literature curriculum, Caribbean poetry was not getting the exposure it deserved.