Recent efforts to curb the teacher retention crisis in the UK and elsewhere have focused on increasing the availability and uptake of ‘high-quality’ teacher CPD.
But is this ‘human capital’ approach sufficient, and what further conditions might need to be in place to enable teachers to implement their professional learning in their classrooms?
This free, open webinar for trust leaders will explore how multi-academy trusts can develop a learning culture across their schools which enables teachers and leaders to implement their learning in context, and drive greater teacher retention in the process.
We will be joined by:
- Prof Qing Gu, a leading researcher in the field of school leadership and CPD
- Sam Gibbs MCCT, Director of Education at Greater Manchester Education Trust
- Dr Lisa-Maria Muller, Head of Research and Policy at the Chartered College of Teaching
We will discuss the research on high-quality, effective CPD and how findings from this can be implemented trust-wide.
Speakers:
Professor Qing Gu is Director of the UCL Centre for Educational Leadership and Professor of Leadership in Education. She is the past chair of the British Association of Comparative and International Education (BAICE), a member of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Comparative Education Sciences (WCCES), an UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab (IPL) expert, and a member of the Research, Evidence and Impact Panel for the Leadership College for UK Government. She has directed and co-directed many government and research council funded projects in the areas of teacher professional development, school improvement, systemic reform and change.
Sam Gibbs is Director of Education at Greater Manchester Education Trust. She is an experienced English teacher, school leader and teacher educator who has worked with schools across the country on teaching and learning, curriculum and professional development. Sam is Deputy Chair of Trust Wide CPD Leaders, a national network of over 250 Trusts who lead professional development at scale. She is also co-author of The Trouble With English and How to Address It: A Practical Guide to Designing and Delivering a Concept-Led Curriculum (Routledge: 2022) and the forthcoming Love The One You’re With: Why Teachers Stay and What We Can Learn from Them (John Catt: 2025).
Lisa-Maria is Head of Research and Policy at the Chartered College of Teaching, where she leads on linking research, policy and practice through research projects, publications and events. She is lead author of six reports exploring the impact of COVID on teachers and students, the implementation of cognitive science in classrooms and the notion of teacher professionalism as well as project lead on national and international projects, including collaborations with the OECD and UNESCO. Lisa-Maria is a qualified MFL teacher with experience in secondary schools in Austria and the UK. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Vienna and worked at the Universities of Cambridge and York on projects studying foreign language teaching prior to joining the Chartered College of Teaching.
Please find the recording of the webinar here as well as the presentations from speakers:
