A number of ideological, economic and demographic changes are necessitating radical and substantial changes in the education system in England and Wales. Foreseeing a teacher shortage throughout primary education well into the 1990s, alternative forms of entry to the profession have been explored. However, the largest potential source for resolving teacher shortage lies in the pool of inactive teachers. There is a large number of these teachers who might return to teaching if adequate retraining options are available. This paper describes a one-year full-time course for teachers who were already qualified but had either been out of teaching for some time, or who wished to change from secondary to primary grades. Approaches that have been devised to meet the needs of these teachers and promote positive reskilling attitudes are discussed. An outline is appended of the first course devised for the program as well as a revised concept of the processes in a new course outline which was developed after the initial experiences of "reskillng". (JD)