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Issue 128 - July/Aug 2010
Newsletter - Articles

The post-election dust is settling and we now have a clearer picture of what is coming our way

Issue 127 - Jun 2010
Newsletter - Articles

Imagine you are the politician in charge of education, committed to maintaining spending levels, but having to do your bit to cut the national deficit. You don't want to cut anything out so you try to make the money go further; professional development is in your sights

Issue 126 - May 2010
Newsletter - Articles

Is ‘excellent teacher’ the best way to describe an advanced, experienced practitioner? Nick Sorensen and Dr Steven Coombs offer an alternative concept – the ‘authorised’ teacher

Issue 123 - Feb 2010
Newsletter - Practical tips

CPD can be enhanced by research conducted by school staff, says Paul Ainsworth

Issue 123 - Feb 2010
Newsletter - Articles

Five Inset days a year isn't enough, say Sara Bubb and Peter Earley of the Institute of Education

Issue 122 - Dec 2009/Jan 2010
Newsletter - Articles

CPD is being seen in too narrow a way and must address issues wider than ‘relevance’ and ‘usefulness’, argue Chris Carpenter and Hazel Bryan

Issue 121 - Nov 2009
Newsletter - Articles

Julie McGrane, founder of Leading Learning, argues for the benefits of action research

Issue 120 - Oct 2009
Newsletter - Articles

Peter Leyland, a tutor for the Workers' Educational Association, discusses his professional development journey from teaching children to adults, and how it impacted on his practice

Issue 116 - May 2009
Newsletter - Articles

Working with trainee teachers can provide professional growth for the mentors as well as the mentees, say Marion Jones, Anne Campbell, Olwen McNamara and Grant Stanley

Issue 111 - Nov 2008
Newsletter - Articles

What should the next step for your CPD policy be? Now that the central role of CPD is recognised in schools, Philippa Cordingley looks at how professional learning can progress even more in the future

Issue 110 - Oct 2008
Newsletter - Articles

Action research with G&T pupils didn't produce the results Peter Leyland expected, but he found it had great CPD benefits

Issue 108 - July/Aug 2008
Newsletter - Articles

What CPD needs will a teacher have throughout the six distinct stages of their career? This article offers research summaries on the subject

Issue 108 - July/Aug 2008
Newsletter - Articles

What is the most effective form of CPD? What effect will workforce remodelling and the new Master's have? Nansi Ellis of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers gives her views

Issue 106 - May 2008
Newsletter - Articles

Teachers and pupils alike have benefited from an action research project in Wales. Faith McCready gives her evaluation of the Leading the Learning project and describes the benefits for her own CPD of the six weeks she spent researching it

Issue 106 - May 2008
Newsletter - Articles

Does spending time and money on teacher training and professional development actually make a difference? Sara Bubb looks at the arguments for fresh and creative professional development for teachers, and getting value for money