CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Staff need to be able to maintain, develop and enhance their skills and competence both professionally and personally to develop into truly inspirational and inclusionist practitioners, to enable our students to develop a set of skills and knowledge that prepares them for future learning, the workplace and to play a leading role in future industry an growth.
To be an innovative, inspirational and inclusive college delivering high quality education and training, we need our staff, as individuals, to keep up to date with rapidly changing knowledge and the challenges of an ever changing world.
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Contents CPD Priorities CPD Principles CPD Offer CPD Overview – All Staff CPD Overview – Managers CPD Overview – Tutors and Student Support Staff CPD Overview – Teaching Staff CPD Overview – Learning Support Staff 3 5 6 7 9 10 13 18 2 Continuous Professional Development Strategy
Contribute to further improving the quality of teaching, learning, tutoring and assessment across the College through well targeted learning and professional development programmes and effective support to managers, to enable a high quality student experience that enables personal growth, development and the confidence to achieve their ambitions.
Increase opportunities for teaching staff to further develop industry standard practice to enable the effective delivery of technical education.
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CPD PRIORITIES
Increase the capacity of managers at all levels to successfully lead change and build a resilient workforce to ensure development of high-performing staff and accountability to manage their career and professional development.
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CPD PRIORITIES
Establish a 'quality first teaching' approach to all learning to ensure all staff become 'inclusionists' ensuring high expectations and aspirations, support and challenge for all.
To attract, retain and develop an ambitious, high performing and professional workforce committed to delivering excellence to all.
To increase the digital capabilities and capacity of all staff to ensure our students develop their capabilities in preparation for the workplace.
Professional development is a continuing process of assessment, analysis, action, reflection and review.
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Learning objectives should be based on clear identifiable outcomes, and serve organisational as well as individual goals.
Managers are responsible for encouraging and supporting staff, and providing feedback, as appropriate.
Individual staff are responsible for determining what they need to learn, and for managing and undertaking their own CPD activity.
College wide CPD for all staff to include mandatory and optional training.
CPD OFFER
Essential CPD to ensure we are compliant with legislation and our own policies.
CPD programmes for new staff, to include induction.
Improving teaching, learning and assessment and the student experience and support.
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7 Continuous Professional Development Strategy TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority OnlineTraining Modules -Safeguarding EqualityandDiversity HealthandSafety GDPR StressManagement Safeguarding(SG) EvaCook(links) AlexRolfe(GDPRand SG) GaryDyer(Healthand Safety) Mandatory Safeguarding andPrevent Roles Responsibilities -Reportingstructures AlexRolfe Mandatory 1-6 PositiveStudent behaviour Managementinand outsidetheclassroom Aworkshopfornon classroombehavioural scenarios,suitablefor everyoneinthecollege HilaryNunns(External) Mandatory 1-2 Inductionforall newstaff Welcomebriefing Welcomebreakfast -Collegevision,values andstrategicintent MeettheSHCTeam Expectations Orientation TheresaBrayand LarrissaAlexander Mandatory 1,2,4,5,6 InthemainthiswillbeplannedforWednesdayafternoonsin period3,crosscollegeCPDwillhappenasamaximumevery otherweekwithtimegiventoindividualdepartmentsto focusontheiridentifiedCPD.InclusiveLearningstaff trainingwillbeonaTuesdayafternoon.
CPD OVERVIEW ALL STAFF
TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority DigitalUpdating -Excel(beginners, Intermediateand Advanced) PowerPoint Word MicrosoftTeams AndrewJames Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 5 MentalHealth FirstAid CertifiedMHFAcourse MichelleFante Optional 1,2,4,6 Invigilator Training Rulesandregulations fordifferenttypesof exams -Generalcompliance Expectations MichelleHolbrook Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff CollegeMIS Introductiontothe collegeMISsystem PaulOBrien MattRenner MartinDodds MandatoryforNew StaffandIdentified Staff 5 PFSFinance Training -Introductiontothe financeportal Howtodorequisitions Reporting Raisingpurchase orders MaryObemeasor Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 2,5 8 Continuous Professional Development Strategy CPD OVERVIEW ALL STAFF CONT.
9 Continuous Professional Development Strategy TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority Performance Management Training Introductiontoour Performance Managementpolicy, purpose,processand procedures Recordingand reporting LarrissaAlexander TheresaBray Mandatory 2,6 NewStaff Induction Howtocompletean effectivestaffinduction Whatneedstobe covered -Measuringthesuccess oftheinduction process LarrissaAlexander TheresaBray Mandatory 1-6 TESOnline Leadershipand Management Training CoachingSkillsforEducational Leaders ManagingDifficult Conversations UsingDataEffectivelyto SupportPupilDevelopment DeliveringStaffAppraisaland PerformanceManagement PlanningandLeadingEffective Meetings LeadingandImplementing Change SupportingProfessional Development HumanResources Optional 2,6 Improving Teacher RetentionCPD ·ImprovingTeacher RetentionCPD ·Therelationships profession:Broadening yourresponsibilities SophieFarmer Mandatory 2,6 CPD OVERVIEW - MANAGERS
Establishing understanding, questioning, assessmentand feedback
UsingVideofor coachingandreflecton
totheTeaching, Learningand AssessmentPolicy Typesofobservations, purposeandfrequency Recordingand reporting Feedback actionplanningand monitoring -Mentoring
Refresher/introduction
-Givingformative feedback
TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority Conducting Lesson Observations
TheresaBray NatalieOsborne SophieFarmer
Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1,2,6 IrisConnect
lessons. ImprovingLessons Observations Identifyingand sharingsuccessful teachingpractice EnablingTeacher reflection AndrewJames Optional 1,2,6 Continuous Professional Development Strategy CPD OVERVIEW - MANAGERS CONT. 10 OBSERVATIONS OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT
NatalieOsborne
AlexRolfe
SophieFarmer
KevinStandish
Continuous Professional Development Strategy TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority NewTeacher Induction Safeguarding EqualityandDiversity HealthandSafety GDPR -StressManagement Safeguarding(SG)
Mandatory 1 CPD OVERVIEW - TEACHING STAFF 11 Teach & Inspire
AndrewJames.
KevinStandish
Mandatory 1 RegisterMarking and Expectations andReports Aworkshopfornon classroombehavioural scenarios,suitablefor everyoneinthecollege
Mandatory 1-6 TheCollege disciplinary policyand attendance policy. Introductionto Collegepolicies, purpose. Processand procedures
TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority Highquality student Induction ·InductionPolicy ·Expectationsof Induction ·Orientationand buildingrelationships ·StudentHandbook ·Eventsplannedfor induction KevinStandish Mandatory 1,4 Launchof teaching, learningand assessment TheresaBray NatalieOsborne SophieFarmer Mandatory 1,3,4 Gettingofftoa goodstartwith yourstudents TheresaBray CurriculumAPs Mandatory 1,4 Qualityfirst teaching approach Establishinganapproach toQualityFirstteaching Methodology Introductiontostrategies thatcanbeadoptedand howtoimplementthem effectively Expertintheroom: SubjectandCurriculum knowledge Promotinggoodprogress: Adaptiveteachingand planning NatalieOsborne Mandatory 1,4 Continuous Professional Development Strategy CPD OVERVIEW - TEACHING STAFF 12
learningdelivery methods Identifyanddescribea rangeofblended learningtools Howtouseblended learningeffectively Whatdoesresearch show? AndrewJames Optional 1,4,5 CPD OVERVIEW - TEACHING STAFF 13
NatalieOsborne
AndrewJames Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1,4 Blended Learning
SabahQuazi
Introduction/refresher
Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1,4 Assessmentfor Learning(AfL) Exploretheimpactof effectiveAFLpractice onstudentprogress
-Exploringtheusethe rangeofblended
NatalieOsborne
Continuous Professional Development Strategy TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority Supporting studentswith Highneedsin theclassroom
totypesofhighneeds Identifyanddescribea rangeofteaching strategiestosupport highneedslearners Practicalwaysfor implementation.
TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority Preparing Studentsfor Exams Discussthelatest researchfindingsfrom cognitivescienceand educationalpractice. Identifyarangeof teachingstrategiesthat supportlearnersin recallingfactsand informationforexams FredGichuhi Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1,4 UsingOnline Portfolios Howtouseonline portfolioseffectivelyto supportstudentsprogress andachievement. Howtonavigatethe system Howtouploadstudents work -Howtotrackand monitor AndrewJames Optional 1,5 Technology insideand outsidethe classroom AndrewJames Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1,5 Theroleofthe LeadInternal Verifierand InternalQuality Assurer SophieFarmer MichelleHolbrook Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1 Continuous Professional Development Strategy CPD OVERVIEW - TEACHING STAFF 14
Continuous Professional Development Strategy TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority Industry Updating ·IndustryInsightsfor teachers ·Backinindustry SophieFarmer Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 3 Mentoringand Coaching SophieFarmer HelenPhillips Safari Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1,2,6 Awarding Organisations SectorSpecific Training SophieFarmerand MichelleHolbrook Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1 T-Levels -leadingand Implementation EducationandTraining andFoundation(ETF) Leadingthechanges toT Levels AlphaPlus: -Planningwith Employersfor deliveringT Levelsin 2023 AllCurriculumAPs SarahStocking Mandatoryfor IdentifiedStaff 1,2 HowtouseGroFar effectively SarahStocking 1 CPD OVERVIEW TEACHING STAFF 15
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Continuous Professional Development Strategy TypeofCPD Content Lead(s) Participation LinkstoCPD Priority Induction ·InductionPolicy ·Expectationsof Induction ·Orientationand buildingrelationships StudentHandbook ·Eventsplannedfor induction KevinStandish Mandatory 1 TheCollege disciplinary policyand attendance policy
IntroductiontoCollege STAFF
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policies,purpose. Processand procedures KevinStandish AlexRolfe Mandatory 1 RegisterMarking and Expectations
policies,purpose. Processand procedures KevinStandish AlexRolfe Mandatory 1 TBC MichelleFante 1 CPD OVERVIEWPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TUTORS AND STUDENT SUPPORT
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CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
