LEADING FOR THE FUTURE

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LEADING FOR THE FUTURE

• New Forms of Continuing Professional Development

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Sarah Barnes

• Deputy Headteacher
• Research and Development

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Sandwich Technology School
Headteacher Richard Wallis
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• Draft Professional Standards for Teachers
• I7 Evaluate their performance and be
  committed to improving their practice through
  appropriate professional development
• I9 Act upon advice and feedback and be open
  to coaching and mentoring

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• Draft Professional Standards for Teachers
• I6 Have a commitment to collaboration and
  cooperative working as appropriate
• I38 Work as a team member and identify
  opportunities for working with colleagues,
  managing their work where appropriate and sharing
  the development of effective practice with them

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• Draft Professional Standards for Teachers
• P11 Contribute to the professional
  development of colleagues through coaching and
  mentoring, demonstrating effective practice, and
  providing effective advice and feedback

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• Application of Upper Pay Scale Progression
  Criteria Clarification
• UPS3 teachers . Take advantage of appropriate
  opportunities for professional development and
  use the outcomes effectively to improve pupils
  learning
• Guidance on School Teachers pay and
  conditions 2006

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New Performance Management Regulations

• The outcomes of teachers continuing
  professional development and , if appropriate,
  their contribution to others development, should
  be taken into account as part of a range of
  evidence when schools assess performance for pay
  progression purposes

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New Performance Management Regulations

• It is the reviewees personal and individual
  responsibility for their professional development
• It is the reviewers responsibility to ensure
  that any support they agree to provide is made
  available

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CPD Historically

• Courses
• Whole school training days
• Exam marking

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• Group Task
• 1. In what ways have you changed the way you do
  CPD over the last 3 years?
• 2. How do you monitor and evaluate the impact of
  CPD activities?

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• "The question facing us today," said Mr
  Miliband, "is simple. What do we need to do to
  make 'personalised learning' the defining feature
  of our education system?"
• "Personalised learning," he added, "means
  assessment, teaching, curriculum and school
  strategies designed to ensure that the talents of
  every individual can be fully realised.
• January 2004 North of England Conference

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At Sandwich Technology School

• Training day time is used to enable staff to
  personalise their CPD
• - on-line learning
• - courses during holiday time
• - weekly CPD sessions
• - collaborative work
• - visits
• - higher degrees and other qualifications
• - leadership programmes
• - appropriate training for support staff
• - Teaching and Learning Pedagogy booklets
• - Action research

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• The student day finishes at 120 on a Wednesday
  and staff spend from 215 430 on professional
  development activities
• - faculty meetings where the focus is on
  learning
• - learning development teams
• - whole school issues
• - whole school projects

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• Developing Staff
• Excellent Teachers
• Advanced Skills Teachers
• Lead Practitioners
• Delivering CPD within our school
• Delivering CPD to other schools
• Contributing to regional and national conferences
• Initial Teacher Training
• Training School status
• Teachers collaborating, sharing experiences

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• Strong links between Performance Management and
  CPD
• Performance Management moving within the faculty
  structure and faculty leaders taking a greater
  lead on supporting individual CPD
• Responsibility for CPD placed more in the hands
  of the individual
• CPD portfolios, developing e-portfolios

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• International links
• TIPD LA - Classroom teachers
• Headteachers
• SSAT - Study visits for individuals
• - School-determined visits
• TIPD British Council - eTwinning
• - Overseas study visits
• - Comenius 2 Grants

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• Teachernet www.teachernet.gov.uk
• Teachnet www.teachnet-uk.org.uk
• Resources www.primaryresources.co.uk
• GTC
• NCSL
• SSAT
• TDA
• On-line Forums
• Research grants TES
• Local Universities or Colleges

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Coaching and Mentoring
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