| CPD Strategy for
Croydon Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is clearly recognised as one of
the keys to school improvement. Investment in staff development makes a difference to the
quality of provision, especially teaching, and to pupils’ achievements. Best Value
CPD is explicitly linked to School Improvement Plans and the LEA’s Education
Development Plan (EDP) and is a fundamental part of our Recruitment and Retention
Strategy.
Targets
for professional development are required to be set and monitored in the Performance
Management processes. They will be key determinants of what support or training is
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The
Mission
To
promote the continuing professional development of school staff that supports their own
entitlement and desire to seek continuous improvement and builds on their skills and
experience to support school improvement and raise standards.
We
encourage and provide high quality professional development because
- all our ambitions for education depend on teachers and other professionals
doing well in the classroom – becoming and remaining a good teacher, keeping
knowledge of curriculum subjects up-to-date, being able to make the most of new
technologies or developing the skills required in different leadership positions, all
require continuing professional development
- we know from talking to schools that a commitment to the development of
every member of staff – teachers and support staff – frequently leads to the
creation of an open, supportive and collaborative culture across the school and creates a
substantially greater capacity in the school as a whole for continuous self-improvement
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- regular opportunities for teachers and others to pursue their personal and
professional development will make it easier to recruit and retain staff
- we want pupils to develop enthusiasm for lifelong learning – this will
be more likely if they see their teachers involved in regular learning
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Key
Objectives and Priorities
- to collaborate with schools, other agencies and partners to identify and
disseminate good practice in the management and provision of CPD
- to publicise, support access to, and participate in the provision of
activities including:
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NQT
programmes
Teacher
Assistant Development programmes
Early
Professional Development programmes (EPD)
Graduate
and Registered Teacher Programmes
Teacher
Research Grants
Professional
Bursaries activities
Sabbatical
Scheme for Experienced Teachers
Teachers’
International Professional Development (TIPD)
Advanced
Skills Teacher status (AST)
Fast
Track Teaching programmes
Overseas
Teachers’ Induction programmes
Subject
Networks
Returners
to Teaching programme
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Teacher
Development and Leadership Programmes are designed
- to identify, research, disseminate and access additional funded sources of
CPD, for example through
Excellence
in Cities
Education
Action Zones
Education
Business Partnerships
Connexions
Services
Beacon
and Specialist Schools
EU
funded programmes
partnerships
with other CPD providers
- to establish comprehensive and effective links with a range of partner
organisations including HEI, NCSL, other LEAs and CPD providers, professional
associations, regional and national organisations and agencies
- to develop a series of planned opportunities for accredited CPD including
NVQs, Post Graduate Diplomas and Certificates, unitised Credit towards, and full, Masters
programmes
- to provide a comprehensive and responsive central training programme derived
from an analysis of need and informed by evaluation, feedback and consultation, and which
provides value for money within a publicised CPD Code of Conduct
- to provide or, where appropriate, to procure expert school-based support
- to provide consultancy and support to schools in managing their own CPD
plans, including support for Investors in People
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Our aim is to look
for ways in which we can help to build on the skills that staff already have, recognise
areas for further development and provide a comprehensive programme to meet those needs. |
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Sharing Good
Practice
- participation
in networks
- establishing
partnerships
- Investors
in People
- Networked
Learning Communities
- Beacon
Schools
- Advanced
Skills Teachers
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Funding
Opportunities
- Best
Practice Scholarships
- TIPD
- Early
PD
- Bursaries
- Scholarships
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Raising
Expectations
- comprehensive
central CPD programme
- Leadership
and Management Programmes
- Quality
Assurance
- Professional
Development Record - CPD Portfolio
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Improved
Provision
- HE
links
- Award
bearing INSET
- ASTs
- National
College for School Leadership (NCSL)
- ICT
based
- NVQ
accreditation
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Continuing
Professional Development (CPD) can take place in a variety of ways
- centre
– based training and development activities – planned, organised, delivered and
evaluated within a ‘Code of Practice’
- structured
award – bearing programmes developed with HE partners
- within
the school – through teachers working together
- across
schools – using established networks and opportunities for developing links and
sharing expertise
- participation
in action – based research
- participation
in wider opportunities such as international links
Croydon QDI
(Quality, Development, Improvement) is committed to developing and providing CPD which
fits into a process that builds on the skills that staff already have and recognises areas
for further development.
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Identify the strengths and weaknesses in CPD provision - personal and
organisational needs
How well are we
doing in providing CPD to meet colleagues’ needs and to improve pupil learning?
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Plan in what ways CPD can be used to improve teaching - matched to original
audit and mapped out over time
What must we do to
achieve our aims?
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Determine the aspects of teaching that need to improve - focused and
manageable
What more should
we be aiming for?
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