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Programme 2008 - 2009
Introduction
Welcome to our programme for 2008-2009.
Our planning this year has again been carefully based on consultations with schools about their priorities and evaluation of our previous work, including feedback from participants.
You will find in this programme a wide range of activities, from network meetings through to courses, projects and longer-term developments, including an increasing range of activities specifically for support staff.
We are particularly pleased to be encouraging a range of opportunities for teachers’ CPD, including school-based and action-based research which can/will be more formally recognised through frameworks such as -
- Teacher Learning Academy (General Teaching Council – GTC)
- Chartered London Teacher (London Challenge)
In parallel, our work supports schools within the Investors in People Standard and links explicitly to both the Workforce Reform agenda and the Every Child Matters outcomes.
If you are in a Croydon school you will know that we are able to offer a Service Agreement, which we hope you will consider carefully. Otherwise you can of course be charged per activity.
If you want to know more about an activity or cannot find what you want, please contact either the course organiser or a member of the Croydon QDI (Quality, Development, Improvement) team. All this information is also available on our website
My best wishes to all colleagues for a successful year of Continuing Professional Development in 2008 and 2009. For more information about the 2008/2009 programme you can contact us on 020 8726 7783 or email to teachers.courses@croydon.gov.uk
Michael Jolley
Head of CPD
Croydon QDI (Quality, Development, Improvement)
Introductory
Notes
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The activities in this programme are mainly those traditionally described as courses or network meetings. An increasing number entail school-based work as part of the development strategy for the specific activity. With the current rate of educational change at national level, we expect additional activities will be advertised to you during the year – these will most certainly include activities supporting the various National Strategies. |
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| Every Child Matters (ECM) Outcomes |
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Where we think that a training and development activity supports the broad aims of the Every Child Matters agenda, you will find that the activity has been crossreferenced against the five ECM outcomes for children and young people, as follows.
- Be healthy
- Stay safe
- Enjoy and achieve
- Make a positive contribution
- Achieve economic well-being or
- All ECM outcomes
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| Other services from QDI |
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Many other aspects of the work of the QDI team are described in other plans such as ‘The Children and Young People’s Plan’, about which schools will have received other communications. As far as the CPD tutors are concerned, many schools will find us in their schools as part of specific local and National Strategies. In addition, there will be a limited amount of time available for ‘bespoke’ school-based work; enquiries should be addressed to Michael Jolley. |
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| How the programme is set
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We have divided our activities into sections by main subject or topic. Please note that there are sections for Primary, Early Years, NQT, Support Staff, Inclusion, Leadership and Management, as well as the subjects you would expect. Following your feedback we have retained the Child Protection, Healthy Schools and Environmental Sustainability sections. |
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| Quality Assurance |
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All our provision is set against a rigorous QDI CPD Code of Practice, Service Charter and revised Complaints Procedure. We seek to continuously improve the provision and always apply the principles of Best Value. |
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| Tutors |
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Many activities will be tutored and led by the Croydon QDI team but we are now engaging a growing number of external, locally and nationally recognised consultants, all of whom will work within the QDI CPD Code of Practice. In addition we are using the considerable wealth of local expertise by involving more Croydon teachers in planning and delivering activities such as Network Meetings and Conferences, especially the team of Advanced Skills Teachers. |
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| Enquiries |
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For further information about any specific activity contact the ‘Activity Organiser’ shown for that activity.
For other enquiries about educational content, please contact the appropriate member of staff.
All Croydon Council staff can be contacted by e-mail using the format:
firstname.surname@croydon.gov.uk and/or for staff based in Leon House telephone on 020 8726 7783. Please see below for ‘Other Contacts’.
For administrative enquires, please contact Glynis Jones, 0208 726 7358 (internal extension 15358).
For service agreements and other financial or contractual matters, please contact Dawn Warren, 0208 726 7359 (internal extension 15359).
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