This issue explores the theme of teacher professionalism, with sections on:
- Exploring the concept of professionalism
- Professional identity and belonging
- Supporting professional development
- Ethical practice and leadership
Bitesize CPD includes curated selections of articles and resources on a particular topic, with additional learning features to support practical application in the classroom.
Rethinking Curriculum Evaluation Framework Launch #RethinkingCurriculum
Are you interested in developing your primary curriculum with a sustainability lens? We are delighted to bring the wonderful work of The Harmony Project to you as part of our Rethinking Curriculum series. The Harmony Project aims to transform education to ensure it is fit for purpose in preparing young people to engage with the environmental and social challenges we face today. We will explore how The Harmony Project has supported schools in putting sustainability at the heart of their curriculum offer and how you could do this in your school too. Hosted by Richard Dunne, founder and director of The Harmony Project.
In this webinar, Richard Phillips from the University of Sheffield shares research on student loneliness and the importance of belonging, alongside Life Lessons school partners discussing their experiences with diverse PSHE/RSHE lessons. Creating a sense of belonging and trust for students from diverse faith and cultural backgrounds is crucial for fostering a respectful school culture, improving pupil attendance, and developing empathy and positive behaviour. Attendees will gain practical strategies and a free resource for promoting respectful, values-based education and managing diverse viewpoints.
The Chartered College of Teaching is delighted to announce its 2025 Annual Lecture on the topic of AI in Education. The lecture will take place on 10th March 2025, from 5pm at the Ohana Floor (Level 36) Salesforce Tower, London.
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The FED National Education Consultation Report 2024 emphasizes the need for a governance model aligning education policy with long-term societal needs. It proposes a Long-Term Planning Framework, an Education Council, a Chief Education Officer, and a National Education Assembly. Collaboration among stakeholders is vital for a resilient and inclusive education system. This year, the FED focuses on key topics like the education workforce, partnerships, inclusionAn approach where a school aims to ensure that all children are educated together, with support for those who require it to access the full curriculum and contribute to and participate in all aspects of school life, financial wellbeing, AI, and innovation. This roundtable will discuss strategic approaches to recruit, develop, and retain education professionals, including professional development, teacher agency, recruitment incentives, and workforce diversityThe recognition of individual differences in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, physical ability, religious beliefs and other differences.
Christine Counsell will draw on recent experience of developing, resourcing and supporting the implementation of a primary humanities curriculum. She will show the fundamental relationship between broad knowledge, literacy and inclusion. She will illustrate principles of rigour in history, geography and RE and show common pitfalls. Christine will also point to the future by highlighting the critical importance of getting these subjects right, for all pupils, given the challenges currently faced by the world and our rapidly changing society.
Looking for your first teaching job? This webinar supports Initial Teacher TrainingAbbreviated to ITT, the period of academic study and time in school leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) (ITTInitial teacher training - the period of academic study and time in school leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)) students searching and applying their first role. Hosted in partnership with the Chartered College of Teaching (CCT) and the Department for Education's Teaching Vacancies service which lists current vacancies from schools across the country. With 98% of secondary schools and 75% of primary schools already signed up, always check Teaching Vacancies to find your ideal role.
Join Rob Caudwell who will interview Tanya and Holly about their upcoming book. Tanya and Holly will discuss the ‘golden thread’ of teacher training and professional development since 2019, using ‘lived experiences’ of Early Career Teachers in Years Two and Three, ECF mentors and induction leads and offer provocations to understand the successes and failures that led to the revised ITTECF for teacher training and development. As a strategy for teacher recruitment and the retention, time will tell if the ITTECF does better than its predecessor frameworks.
Join an expert panel from the IOE to discuss the Curriculum Review Interim Report's implications for primary, secondary, post-16 sectors, and pupils with SEND. The panel will cover progress and next steps for sustainable change, with input from various stakeholders. This online event is part of the "What Matters in Education?" series, organised by UCL and ESRC ERP. Co-chaired by Professor Gemma Moss and John Yandell. Recordings will be available on the ERP website afterward.
Join us for the first Great Big Small Schools Network session on 18th March, 3:45-4:45, where we will contribute to the OfstedThe Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills – a non-ministerial department responsible for inspecting and regulating services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills consultation on small schools. Hear from Ofsted's Mike Sheridan and Lee Owston, ask questions, and provide input on the new framework.
The CEF’s Manifesto for English in England (2024) warns that the current national curriculum is damaging the English subject's ‘eco-system.’ This event will explore perceptions of English across key stages, focusing on reading and pedagogy. Four specialists will discuss curriculum, teacher agency, ITE, CPD, and student perspectives. Presentations will cover primary teachers' awareness of racial diversity, eco and socio-critical literacy skills, and the reading experience of post-16 students resitting GCSE English. The event aims to promote good practices and welcomes participants worldwide to share their experiences.
The session is co-hosted by the Chartered College of Teaching and is delivered as part of NALDIC's ITE Conference Week. This session will focus on the distinctiveness of EAL learners: who are EAL learners; how are EAL learners framed in educational policy; what are EAL children’s learning strengths and needs? The session will then move onto the distinctiveness of EAL pedagogy and explore how classroom teachers can combine these pedagogical approaches with their subject knowledge to effectively support the needs of individual EAL learners in their classrooms.
In order to support the work of the Teaching Commission, we are running a series of roundtables. These will be an opportunity for Fellows and members to engage with topics discussed at the meetings of the Teaching Commission and to get their voices heard. Roundtables will typically take place a day before the official meeting of the Teaching Commission and attended by at least one member of the commission who will feed back discussions to the commission.
The second online roundtable in this series will focus on what needs to happen to Ofsted framework and inspection system to allow teachers to teach effectively in all schools. What do teachers feel about the proposed framework and what would they like to see in its place? We will also discuss the importance of ethical leadership in schools, what needs to happen to ensure this is a focus and what are the training needs of our school leaders to do this?
This session will take place on the 27th March, 4-5pm. The host of the session is TBC.
This webinar supports Initial Teacher Training (ITT) students in preparing for interviews and trial lessons. Hosted in partnership with the Chartered College of Teaching (CCT) and the Department for Education's Teaching Vacancies service. This is part two of a two-part series.
If both professional development and appraisal seek the same goal (teachers who become even better than they already are), why do schools have separate systems and processes for each? Is there a 'middle path' that could unite the two in a way that empowers teachers, does the heavy lifting for leaders, and decreases box-ticking busywork for all? In this webinar with Evidence Based Education’s Stuart Kime, we will answer these questions (spoiler alert: Stuart Kime thinks the answer is 'Yes'). If you want some food for thought about connecting performance management and PD, this webinar is for you.
In order to support the work of the Teaching Commission, we are running a series of roundtables. These will be an opportunity for Fellows and members to engage with topics discussed at the meetings of the Teaching Commission and to get their voices heard. Roundtables will typically take place a day before the official meeting of the Teaching Commission and attended by at least one member of the commission who will feed back discussions to the commission.
The third online roundtable in this series will focus on raising the profile of teaching as an attractive profession. Discussions around the recruitment of teachers from industry or joining the profession as a later recruit and what they will need for their success in teaching. It will also discuss what we can learn from these career changers to enhance the teaching profession. It will be hosted by Baroness Mary Bousted FCCT and Dr Robin Bevon FCCT and will take place on 10th April, 4-5pm.
The session will be hosted by Lisa Maria Muller (Head of Research and Policy) and Chaired by Baroness Mary Bousted FCCT and Dr Robin Bevon FCCT, members of the Teaching Commission.
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