Best Practice

CPD that is driven by pupils’ learning needs

How can you ensure that your teachers’ professional development is being driven by your pupils’ learning needs? Jessica Brosnan advises

Many school leaders struggle to create a CPD programme that is relevant and engaging for all staff, while also ensuring it has a strong pupil-focus – lots of excellent ideas have limited impact without staff engagement.

Schools in the Teacher Development Trust’s Network receive an audit of their CPD practice against our CPD Quality Framework. We have identified that a key aspect to engaging staff is ensuring that a strong focus on pupil learning needs runs coherently throughout CPD processes. Our framework has been informed by the research report Developing Great Teaching, which highlights the importance of focusing explicitly on student learning in order to design and deliver high-impact CPD that improves student outcomes.

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