Implementing a CPD Model: Teaching and Learning Development Groups (What I Learnt)
CLICK TO GO BACK TO CYCLE 2 I continued to collate evidence throughout cycle two which included an interview with several teachers who were involved with the CPD model. What I learnt was that there is not a one size fits all model for CPD. To develop a CPD programme that meets the needs of everyone takes much more than inviting staff to think of ideas for development and then placing them in groups with an expert. They need to be able to develop an inquiring approach into the effectiveness of teaching and learning, where the training meets the demands of the individual teachers but is done in a collaborative way. The learning must be both practical and understood in ways that can be used to solve actual teaching and learning challenges (Timperley, 2011). Hargreaves and Fullan (2012) support this further by stating, ‘People are motivated by good ideas tied to action; they are energised even more by pursuing action with others...’ (p. 7). There are seve...