Foundation

CPDL National Standards

The Department for Education (DfE) in England approved a groundbreaking new Standard for Teachers Continuing Professional Development in 2016. Here you find various tools and resources CUREE has created to help schools and others meet those Standards

Research and Evidence Based Capacity Building in Disadvantaged Communities

Research and Evidence Based Capacity Building in Disadvantaged Communities:

Lessons from research and from R&D in Blackpool and North Wales

Presentation by Philippa Cordingley to the 2017 National ResearchEd event at Chobham Academy Stratford

The session explored the key building blocks for building momentum in school improvement through the lens of a year of research and evidence based development work in Blackpool secondary schools and across schools in North Wales drawing on interim impact reports. It focussed on issues such as understanding both capacity and barriers in depth, phasing, co-construction, scaffolding and harnessing the contributions of various stakeholders

 

If you want access to the presentation please email paige.johns@curee.co.uk

How to choose the right source for your sources

TES, CPDCUREE CEO Philippa Cordingley's first column in a new fortnightly series aimed at helping teachers to become more research informed has just been published in the TES. TES subscribers can read the full article here (england.magazine.tes.com), and Twitter has already been abuzz! 

The article includes links to a number of useful websites hosting accessible research to help grow colleagues' capacity for research and evidence-informed practice, and you can find a helpful summary of these below:

Beyond Levels - Goverance and the role of National Leaders of Governance

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A presentation to the LearningFirst event at Sheffield, Hallam University on 5th November 2016. Governors (and trustees) are now firmly ensconsed in the leadership accountability system which is now a joint enterprise with heads and other senior leaders. This short presentation outlined the contradictory pressures on governors, particularly about their level of engagement with pupil performance, and what they needed to exercise their role effectively. The presentation went on to outline how National Leaders of Governance can support governing bodies in this.

Come Say Hello!

There are plenty of opportunities to get involved with our exciting work in the coming months, be it face-to-face at any of the conferences we're attending or by signing up to our new programme of CPD set to begin this Autumn!