English: I was pleased to see you emphasising professional development earlier. I was in another school yesterday - I work as a field officer, and I visit many schools - where somebody was heartbroken about their professional development. They felt that they were at a standstill. The chair of governors asked, 'Who sits down with you to discuss, from human resources or from the management team?' And that's a question that you could ask in several areas. In the area that you're asking about specifically now, where do we have that discussion? I think we're going back to culture again. In what forum can we have that particular discussion? What support is there? What advice, leadership and guidance is there? It's a major step. It reminds me a little bit about the regulations that have changed with regard to gradual retirement for teachers, where there are positive developments. There are opportunities with regard to phased retirement, but nobody's discussing this. People come to the unions and we give guidance, but there's no forum within a school, and there's no expertise and no confidence to discuss it. Similarly, there's no way of discussing when we approach paternity and maternity, where often you'll have a head contacting the union to ask, 'What do I do? I'm afraid of doing this or that.' There should be that confidence to have a discussion for the benefit of everyone in the school. Because what we're doing - by having a workforce that's content in their work, we're investing for the future, and we're giving confidence to the workforce in their employer. We need that to work both ways.
Welsh: Roeddwn i'n falch o'ch gweld chi'n pwysleisio datblygiad proffesiynol yn gynharach. Bues i mewn ysgol arall ddoe - rydw i'n gweithio fel swyddog maes, ac yn ymweld â llawer o ysgolion - lle oedd rhywun yn torri ei chalon ynglŷn â datblygiad proffesiynol am ei bod hi'n aros yn ei hunfan. Dyma gadeirydd y llywodraethwyr yn gofyn, 'Pwy sy'n eistedd i lawr efo chi i drafod, o adnoddau dynol neu o'r tîm rheoli?' Wir, mae hwnnw'n gwestiwn y gelli di ei ofyn am sawl maes. Yn y maes rydych chi'n holi amdano fe rŵan, lle mae cael y drafodaeth yna? Rydw i'n meddwl ein bod ni'n mynd yn ôl at ddiwylliant eto. Ym mha fforwm mai cael y drafodaeth yna? Pa gefnogaeth sydd yna, pa gyngor ac arweiniad? Mae'n gam mawr. Mae'n fy atgoffa i tipyn bach o reoliadau sydd wedi newid gydag ymddeol yn raddol i athrawon, lle mae yna bethau positif - . Mae yna gyfleoedd i ymddeol yn raddol, ond nid oes yna neb yn eu trafod. Pan fo pobl yn dod at yr undebau, rydym ni'n rhoi cyngor ac arweiniad, ond nid oes yna fforwm o fewn ysgol - nid oes yr arbenigedd, nid oes yr hyder, rydw i'n meddwl, i allu ei drafod o. Yn yr un modd, nid oes yna fodd trafod pan fo cyfnod yn dod tuag at famolaeth a thadolaeth, lle, yn aml, efallai cewch chi bennaeth yn cysylltu efo'r undeb i ofyn, 'Beth ydw i fod i'w wneud? Mae gen i ofn gwneud hyn, mae gen i ofn gwneud y llall' yn lle bod yna hyder i allu cael trafodaeth er lles pawb yn yr ysgol. Achos beth rydym ni'n ei wneud - trwy gael y gweithlu sy'n hapus yn y gwaith, ac yn gyfforddus un y gwaith, rydym ni'n buddsoddi ar gyfer y dyfodol ac yn rhoi hyder i'r person yn y gweithlu yn y cyflogwr, felly. Mae angen yr hyder y ddwy ffordd, felly.