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CPD

CPD is what teachers do to keep their professional practice fresh, up-to-date and stimulating.  We believe that by undertaking a wide range of CPD experiences, teachers are more likely to inspire pupils and teach more effectively, enabling pupils to achieve their best.

A teaching profession for the 21st Century

"A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century" emphasised that CPD should not only meet the needs of the school but also the needs of the individual teacher.  It expresses this clearly by:

• giving teachers the right to an annual PRD interview focusing on their strengths and areas for development
• making this the basis for an annual CPD plan, agreed in collaboration with senior colleagues
• requiring teachers to undertake 35 hours of CPD each year, based on a mix of personal, school and local authority needs
• supporting the concept of the reflective practitioner by introducing the CPD portfolio to record and reflect upon the teacher's CPD experiences 

What is CPD?

Continuing

CPD is a cyclical process that allows teachers to reflect on what they've learned and then consider what skills or qualities they want or need to develop next. It's not ad-hoc, rather something that is thoughtful and planned from a career long perspective.

Professional

CPD activity should focus on developing the qualities and capabilities that define what it is to be a teacher. As well as enhancing these qualities and capabilities, as a professional it's also important that teachers maintain their knowledge of policy developments at a local and national level. 

Development

CPD shouldn't be seen as a box ticking exercise that shows that a set of requirements have been met. To be effective it should be about refreshing and enhancing your professional practice.

The professional journey

CPD is a professional journey with the journey beginning during a teacher's university studies and the Standard for Initial Teacher Education. It then moves on, as the teacher becomes a probationer teacher and works towards the Standard for Full Registration and then onto Chartered Teacher and perhaps Headship.