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Isle of Wight Continuing Professional Development Strategy for the School Workforce

The continuing professional development (CPD) of the whole school workforce has moved centre stage and has never been more important. It lies at the heart of nearly all new national policies and initiatives. When well targeted, CPD can raise standards, improve performance and increase job satisfaction. It can make a significant contribution to the recruitment of staff and, particularly, their retention.

The Training and Development Agency for schools (TDA) has published a national strategy for CPD available at: http://www.tda.gov.uk/about/mediarelations/2007/20070425.aspx

Building the school’s capacity for effective professional development is a key element in the work of those with a leadership role in CPD. As a Local Authority we are committed to support you in the building of this CPD capacity through four central strands identified by the DfES:

More closely integrating self-evaluation, CPD, performance management and school improvement as key components of effective whole school policies on teaching and learning, reflecting the importance of personalised learning
Building stronger CPD structures in schools
Increasing schools’ awareness and use of CPD activities that lead to significant and sustained changes in practice
Developing clearer expectations of skills, knowledge and understanding members of staff should develop their careers.

As contribution to this work we have produced the following:

an Isle of Wight Continuing Professional Development Strategy for the Schools Workforce which contains policy statements and supporting materials;
a Self-Evaluation Toolkit to support continuing improvement in schools’ CPD provision.
Appendix 1 – Key Section on CPD from DfES Year 5 Strategy Document
Appendix 2 – What Research and Practice tells us about Effective CPD?
Appendix 3 – What Research and Practice tells us about Peer Coaching?
Appendix 4 – An Example of a CPD Policy for a School
Appendix 5 – Sample Model for Professional Development
Appendix 6 – The Role of the School CPD Leader
Appendix 7 – CPD Leaders Self-Review Checklist

The Strategy and Toolkit should be considered as part of a whole with the other key documents with regard to school CPD already provided: The Isle of Wight Framework for Professional Development (2003, revised 2006) and The Isle of Wight Framework for Professional Development of Support Staff (January 2006 – red folder distributed to all schools).

I do hope you find these materials helpful as you continue to develop CPD in your school.

Lynne Brown
School Workforce Development Adviser

Acknowledgements:

We would like to acknowledge the sources on which this strategy and its appendices are based. Thanks are also given for the help and support of everyone involved in its creation:

DfES
East Sussex School Improvement Service
Jerry Goddard, City of Portsmouth Girls School
Isle of Wight CPD Leaders Network Group
Tim Lomas, Lincolnshire School Improvement Service
Somerset LA Lifelong Learning


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