LEADING FOR THE LEADING FOR THE FUTUREFUTURE

New Forms of New Forms of Continuing Continuing Professional Professional

DevelopmentDevelopment

Sarah BarnesSarah Barnes

Deputy Headteacher Deputy Headteacher

Research and Research and DevelopmentDevelopment

Sandwich Technology Sandwich Technology SchoolSchool

Headteacher: Richard Wallis

Draft Professional Standards for Draft Professional Standards for Teachers:Teachers:

I7 – Evaluate their performance and be I7 – Evaluate their performance and be committed to improving their practice committed to improving their practice through appropriate professional through appropriate professional developmentdevelopment

I9 – Act upon advice and feedback and I9 – Act upon advice and feedback and be open to coaching and mentoringbe open to coaching and mentoring

Draft Professional Standards for Draft Professional Standards for Teachers:Teachers:

I6 – Have a commitment to collaboration I6 – Have a commitment to collaboration and cooperative working as appropriateand cooperative working as appropriate

I38 – Work as a team member and I38 – Work as a team member and identify opportunities for working with identify opportunities for working with colleagues, managing their work where colleagues, managing their work where appropriate and sharing the appropriate and sharing the development of effective practice with development of effective practice with themthem

Draft Professional Standards for Draft Professional Standards for Teachers:Teachers:

P11 – Contribute to the professional P11 – Contribute to the professional development of colleagues through development of colleagues through coaching and mentoring, coaching and mentoring, demonstrating effective practice, and demonstrating effective practice, and providing effective advice and providing effective advice and feedbackfeedback

Application of Upper Pay Scale Application of Upper Pay Scale Progression Criteria – ClarificationProgression Criteria – Clarification

UPS3 teachers …. Take advantage UPS3 teachers …. Take advantage of appropriate opportunities for of appropriate opportunities for professional development and professional development and use the outcomes effectively to use the outcomes effectively to improve pupils’ learningimprove pupils’ learning

Guidance on School Teachers’ pay and Guidance on School Teachers’ pay and conditions 2006conditions 2006

New Performance Management New Performance Management RegulationsRegulations

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

New Performance Management New Performance Management RegulationsRegulations

• It is the reviewee’s personal and It is the reviewee’s personal and individual responsibility for their individual responsibility for their professional developmentprofessional development

• It is the reviewer’s responsibility to It is the reviewer’s responsibility to ensure that any support they agree ensure that any support they agree to provide is made availableto provide is made available

CPD Historically:CPD Historically:

• CoursesCourses

• Whole school training daysWhole school training days

• Exam markingExam marking

Group TaskGroup Task

1. In what ways have you 1. In what ways have you changed the way you do CPD changed the way you do CPD over the last 3 years?over the last 3 years?

2. How do you monitor and 2. How do you monitor and evaluate the impact of CPD evaluate the impact of CPD activities?activities?

"The question facing us today," "The question facing us today," said Mr Miliband, "is simple. What said Mr Miliband, "is simple. What do we need to do to make do we need to do to make 'personalised learning' the defining 'personalised learning' the defining feature of our education system?"feature of our education system?"

"Personalised learning," he added, "Personalised learning," he added, "means assessment, teaching, "means assessment, teaching, curriculum and school strategies curriculum and school strategies designed to ensure that the talents designed to ensure that the talents of every individual can be fully of every individual can be fully realised.“realised.“`̀ January 2004January 2004 North of England North of England

ConferenceConference

• Training day time is used to enable staff to Training day time is used to enable staff to personalise their CPDpersonalise their CPD

- on-line learning- on-line learning- courses during holiday time- courses during holiday time- weekly CPD sessions- weekly CPD sessions- collaborative work- collaborative work- visits- visits- higher degrees and other qualifications- higher degrees and other qualifications- leadership programmes- leadership programmes- - appropriate training for support staffappropriate training for support staff- Teaching and Learning Pedagogy booklets- Teaching and Learning Pedagogy booklets- Action research- Action research

At Sandwich Technology School

• The student day finishes at 1:20 on a The student day finishes at 1:20 on a Wednesday and staff spend from Wednesday and staff spend from 2:15 – 4:30 on professional 2:15 – 4:30 on professional development activitiesdevelopment activities

- faculty meetings where the - faculty meetings where the focus is focus is on learning on learning

- learning development teams- learning development teams

- whole school issues- whole school issues

- whole school projects- whole school projects

Developing Staff:Developing Staff:• Excellent TeachersExcellent Teachers• Advanced Skills TeachersAdvanced Skills Teachers• Lead PractitionersLead Practitioners• Delivering CPD within our schoolDelivering CPD within our school• Delivering CPD to other schoolsDelivering CPD to other schools• Contributing to regional and national Contributing to regional and national

conferencesconferences• Initial Teacher TrainingInitial Teacher Training• Training School statusTraining School status• Teachers collaborating, sharing experiencesTeachers collaborating, sharing experiences

• Strong links between Performance Strong links between Performance Management and CPDManagement and CPD

• Performance Management moving Performance Management moving within the faculty structure and within the faculty structure and faculty leaders taking a greater lead faculty leaders taking a greater lead on supporting individual CPDon supporting individual CPD

• Responsibility for CPD placed more in Responsibility for CPD placed more in the hands of the individualthe hands of the individual

• CPD portfolios, developing e-CPD portfolios, developing e-portfoliosportfolios

• International links:International links:– TIPD LA - Classroom teachersTIPD LA - Classroom teachers

HeadteachersHeadteachers

– SSATSSAT - - Study visits for individualsStudy visits for individuals

- - School-determined visitsSchool-determined visits

– TIPD British Council - eTwinningTIPD British Council - eTwinning

- Overseas study - Overseas study visitsvisits

- Comenius 2 Grants- Comenius 2 Grants

• Teachernet Teachernet www.teachernet.gov.ukwww.teachernet.gov.uk

• Teachnet Teachnet www.teachnet-uk.org.ukwww.teachnet-uk.org.uk

• Resources Resources www.primaryresources.co.ukwww.primaryresources.co.uk

• GTCGTC• NCSLNCSL• SSATSSAT• TDATDA• On-line ForumsOn-line Forums• Research grants – TESResearch grants – TES• Local Universities or CollegesLocal Universities or Colleges

Coaching and Coaching and MentoringMentoring