Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) recommendations to local negotiators on tackling age discrimination
• all equal opportunities policies, including those for recruitment, selection and career development must be free of age discrimination;
• appropriate staff development should be available at all stages and ages in teachers’ careers;
• support for women returners should be provided;
• support for mature graduates/entrants into teaching should be available;
• the age profile of the profession locally and the gender and age profile of promoted posts should be monitored;
• fully-funded in-service training, delivered by a variety of methods to suit a variety of learning needs, should be agreed;
• all staff and senior management must be trained on age discrimination.
Source: EIS Equality — Age Discrimination