Managing Continuing Professional Development in Schools

Managing Continuing Professional Development in Schools brings together commentary from experts in all aspects of CPD in schools. This timely analysis is essential reading for all teachers and those considering entering the profession. The teacher's career is being redefined. The expectations of teachers as professionals are being clarified. This book, soundly based on experience in schools, helps guide teachers through this new world. The case studies explore good practice at all stages of the teacher's career.

What has been learned is reconsidered in terms of the new national qualifications emerging. Similar changes are occurring in other professions, and for teachers throughout the world. It is clear that individual teachers need to take control of their own futures. There are opportunities for those who understand the new career model. There is a requirement for those leading and managing schools to clarify their perceptions to assist their colleagues. This book provides all this.

There will be increasing rigour in Initial Teacher Training and new modes of delivery. The intermediate stage of induction, not normally sufficiently focused on, will link with the emergent roles of subject leader and expert teacher. The relationship between these two will be particularly significant. This book provides a particularly strong basis for self-development in the earlier stages of the teacher's professional career. The link between the NPQH, Headlamp and the expert headteacher, with, potentially, links to reaccreditation, is a complementary aspect of the model of lifelong learning which this book demonstrates. The challenge is for teachers to manage their careers. This book provides a basis for those responsible for professional development of teachers to understand the changing environment and enhance the self-esteem of the most important profession.