Continuing Professional Development
The county is committed to the professional development of all
staff and every school has a CPD leader who is responsible for the
strategic development of CPD within their school.
The learning culture in your school should ensure that all staff
benefit from sustained and effective professional
development
To support this the Workforce Development team focuses on the
following areas of work :
·CPD
Leadership
·NQT
Induction
·Succession
Planning
·Advanced
Skills
Teachers
·Support
staff training and
development
·Initial
Teacher Training (SCITT and GTP)
CPD Leadership
CPD Leaders are an integral part of making sure that CPD is at the
heart of school development. The TDA has developed a three year
strategy which identified three priorities for the professional
development of the children’s workforce in schools and emphasises
how children and young people will only meet their full potential
if schools make informed decisions about how best to deploy and
develop all staff. This starts with making the links between
professional development, performance review and the school
improvement plan.
For more information click on the link :
www.tda.gov.uk
Click on : Strategy for the development of the children’s workforce
in schools
NQT Induction
We
place a high priority on support for our newly qualified teachers
(NQTs) and offer a first class induction programme.
This
programme:
-
recognises the
importance of the role of the induction tutor and provides
effective preparation and support for this role
-
is based on
structured monitoring and support, including observation and review
discussions with an induction tutor
-
builds on
information in the Career Entry and Development Profile and is
tailored to the newly qualified teacher's individual
needs
-
relates to the
specific teaching context
-
involves the
setting of targets for professional development which will support
the newly qualified teacher to meet the induction
standards
-
provides a firm
foundation for career-long professional development and
-
provides access
to a core council induction programme and the opportunity to meet
and network with other NQTs.
All
NQTs will receive advice and guidance from a trained induction
tutor in their own school. The induction tutor will also be
involved in planning the school–based induction programme, which is
negotiated between the NQT and the school, and is based on what is
most appropriate to meet identified needs. The induction tutor will
also have day-to-day responsibility for the monitoring and
assessment of the NQT.
Suffolk
has
a dedicated website for NQTs at
http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/WorkBasedLearning/WorkingWithChildren/Schools/NewlyQualified/
Succession Planning – Growing School Leaders
Succession Planning is key to the success of the future of school
leadership. There is a rich and varied programme of initiatives for
all aspiring leaders, from those teachers in the early stages of
their careers to Middle leaders, aspiring NPQH applicants and
graduates. From June 2010 all governing bodies will need to have a
Succession Planning policy in operation.
Please click on the link
here for the comprehensive pages on all the Succession Planning
opportunities
Support staff
Please click on the link
here to access the relevant
pages
Initial
Teacher Training
Suffolk
schools
have established successful partnerships with a number of regional
higher education institutions and other local providers of initial
teacher training. In
Suffolk
we
recognise the significant benefits that initial teacher training
can bring to both schools and individual teachers. It can provide a
unique opportunity for experienced teachers to develop key
professional and personal skills, as well as helping to train the
next generation of teachers. Newly qualified teachers will be able
to benefit from schools that are used to mentoring and developing
less experienced teachers.
We
also work in partnership with
Norfolk
as
an initial teacher training provider, through our successful
Primary and Secondary School Centred Initial Teacher Training
(SCITT) schemes and Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP).
To support the professional development of trainees, newly
qualified teachers and teachers in their early years of teaching we
also have a number of training schools, Leading Edge and specialist
schools, all of which work collaboratively with us.
For more information click
here
Further Study
Opportunities
for further professional study, at graduate and postgraduate level,
are provided by many of the region's universities, either through
face-to-face or distance learning. Suffolk County Council has
achieved partner college status with
Anglia
Polytechnic
University
and
through Suffolk Anglia Ruskin University (SARU), teachers can
participate in a range of credit bearing modules. These can
contribute towards postgraduate certificate, diploma or masters
level awards and qualifications. Opportunities for teachers to
engage in supported school-based action research are also
available.
For
more details on the range of professional development opportunities
in
Suffolk
, visit the CPD courses website at
www.suffolkcpd.co.uk.
For a broader perspective on your own professional and career
development visit
www.teachernet.gov.uk/development
Teachers’ professional associations have information on CPD for
their members – links to the associations’ websites are: