Example activities for your CPD

Your continuing professional development (CPD) is unique to you; it’s the story of your development, specific to your needs and area of subject specialism. Many members do not realise the extent of the CPD they undertake and what they can count as development, here we give you some ideas.

Following the first full year in which our members declared CPD, IfL published a review of CPD, which highlighted some exciting and innovative areas of practice and interesting examples of effective CPD activities.These were broken down into the two parts of your dual professionalim:

For updating your teaching and learning skills For updating your subject or vocational specialism
Peer coaching (coaching others and being coached in your subject or vocational area) Gaining Skills for Life qualifications to train in supporting and embedding literacy, numeracy and ESOL - visit www.excellencegateway.org.uk
Subject learning coach or advanced learning coach training Gaining further qualifications in your subject or industrial expertise through accredited courses
Mentoring new colleagues Industrial updating through visits, placements, secondments or shadowing
Peer review and observation
 Being a member of a special interest group or another professional body
Peer visits to community organisations or partners Taking on examiner, verifier or assessor responsibilities
Work shadowing Attending briefings by awarding bodies and colleagues
Team teaching Presenting at a conference in your subject area
Leading team or department self-assessment Supervising research
Carrying out and disseminating action research Subject learning coaching training
Designing innovative feedback mechanisms (learners and peers) Leading project development in your subject area
Chairing team meetings Writing reports and papers to inform your colleagues
Constructing professional dialogue and learning conversation opportunies - for more ideas, visit www.gtce.org.uk Planning or running a staff development activity
Becoming an eCPD adviser or e-guide Organising trips, residentials and work placements
Being an active member of a committee, board, or steering group related to teaching or your subject area Reading the latest journal articles for colleagues
Sharing ideas and resources with other teachers and trainers through REfLECT. Updating knowledge through the internet, television, CD-ROMs and other media
Curriculum design, development and validation Public service and voluntary work
Reading and reviewing books or journal articles Networking with other subject specialists through REfLECT.
Updating knowledge through the excellencegateway.org.uk, internet, television (including Teachers TV) or other media and reviewing these with a group of professional colleagues