NPQLTD Building culture and ethos Practice Activities Delivering effective professional development Select three of the following nine activities to submit to your leadership mentor. Choose an activity based on your areas of interest and the results of the initial needs analysis undertaken at the start of the course.
Activity 1: Developing a team Task The research underpinning the framework statements highlights the need to develop a team of colleagues to deliver a range of professional development. As a leader of teacher development you need to provide training, guidance and support to colleagues delivering professional development in your school. Tracy Goodyear shared her plans and guidance for seminar leaders running professional learning seminars at King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls. The booklet and training she provided, helped support the development of a team of colleagues to facilitate professional learning through practice inquiry, projects and seminars. The guidance prepared seminar leads for the role and explained how they should run sessions and support staff through a 4-step process. The guidance included recommendations for adopting a variety of approaches including expert-led conversations, analysis of artefacts, practice, action-planning and reflection. Investigate examples of training and guidance provided to support those delivering professional development at your school. It may help to reflect on the support and training provided to school mentors or to think back to a recent INSET session, for example, how were colleagues and leaders of development activities prepared and supported for their contribution to the training provided?
How were they identified as mentors or leaders of a session or activity?
What training or development did the mentors or session leaders receive (for example, professional qualification, short course, train the trainer sessions, training on the school priorities and improvement plan)? How were they briefed?
How did leaders ensure they had the time and capacity to deliver the profess What resources and guidance were they provided with (for example, delivery guidance, facilitator notes, training materials)?