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Ideas to get reluctant staff on board with CPD

CPD
It is vital that staff see the value and feel part of their CPD. Katie Tiller sets out five practical strategies for encouraging staff to throw themselves into whole-school CPD

Is there any greater challenge than trying to persuade someone to do something they don’t want to do?

Teachers and school leaders may be used to dealing with opposition from pupils, but when resistance comes from experienced colleagues, it can sometimes be trickier to address.

The majority of experienced school staff are very committed to developing their own and others’ practice. However, you might know one or two who are generally unenthusiastic about the school’s CPD programme – perhaps they are confident in their practice and uncomfortable with being challenged, or maybe they don’t expect the sessions to be sufficiently differentiated to suit their skills.

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