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West Midlands School Leaders Annual Conference - School Improvement Workshop

Workforce developent; positioning powerful professional development and professional learning as drivers for school improvement. 

Philippa Cordingley's workshop on workforce based school improvement looks at case studies and systematic reviews about CPDL and school leadership and what this means in a more focused context

 

If you would like access to the presentation please contact matias.landini@curee.co.uk 

Strengthening Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and Improving Career Progression for Teachers - CUREE’s Consultation Response

The document outlines CUREE’s response to the Department of Education’s (DfE) consultation regarding, strengthening Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and Improving Career Progression for Teachers within the education system. The initial overview of the DfE consultation can be found here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/teaching-profession-unit/strengthening-qts-and-improving-career-progression/

 

If you would like access to the presentation please email info@curee.co.uk 

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

Embedding Learning Through the Arts in the Curriculum: Lessons from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Teacher Development Fund Pilot Evaluation

The session evaluated CUREE's work with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The foundation wanted to investigate how the arts can be used to improve people's education. We evaluated the six projects that were implemented by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and looked into what lessons can be learnt from the teacher development fund pilot evaluation.  

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: