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The 7 Characteristics Of Effective Professional Development


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John Dabell

I trained as a primary school teacher 25 years ago, starting my career in London and then I taught in a range of schools in the Midlands. In between teaching jobs, I worked as an Ofsted inspector (no hate mail please!), national in-service provider, project...
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What should we look for in CPD?

External CPD is not supposed to be like Deliveroo but sometimes it goes that way. You look at a menu, choose what you want and someone pedals over what they've got and you consume it. Sometimes it can feel like it's off the back of a lorry and more DPD than CPD.

But CPD is too expensive and too precious to mess about with. This isn't fast-food out of a thermal delivery bag. Of course, some CPD can be brilliant and delivered

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29th January 201911th August 2021 by John Dabell
Posted in Basic Account, Conference, CPD, Teacher TrainingTagged accreditation, Collaborative Professional Development, content, Continued Professional Development, Continuing professional development, Professional development, relevancy, speaker, training provider

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