CPD: Where to now?
I have spent the last few years developing a CPD programme for the staff in my school that I am really quite proud of. It has leadership development pathways for those who wish to progress outside of the classroom, the opportunity to attend external courses for exam guidance and inspiration (or at least it has for now - Devon to anywhere else is pretty costly) and it has relevant sections for teachers at all points of their career. It was designed to be a cradle to grave (is that an appropriate description for teaching?) system. But it has one flaw and it is a deeply frustrating flaw because the flaw is in my favourite bit. I have always believed in the Dyaln Wiliam approach that teachers need to get better not because they are not good enough but because we can all get better. The building blocks of my CPD approach is formed on this basis - all teachers participate in a long term CPD project - either an inquiry group or a book club. In the inquiry group teachers from multiple d