Joint Professional Committee, Minutes and accompanying papers 21 May 1981 Discusion on entry to initial teacher training courses in England and Wales - DES circular 9/78; guidelines to associated institutions on the arrangements for recommending suitability for the teaching profession; professional development and teaching standards - submission by the panel for professional studies for the first year of schooling; representation on the joint professional committee; "PGCE in the public sector" - an HMI discussion paper; "Teacher training in the secondary school" - an HMI discussion paper; conference on "Designing and teaching a course in the management of learning"; symposium on "the nature of professional studies courses for the middle years of schooling in associated colleges"; establishment of national standing committee for teacher education in the public sector; meeting of the advisory committtee for the supply and education of teachers. 21 May 1981