NPQLTD Designing effective professional development Practice Activities 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. Please note: There may be some resources for this activity that are not linked directly on this page because they are included in the study pack provided for your current module. Please refer to your study pack for these materials, as they form an essential part of your learning for this course.
Activity 1: Involve colleagues in the selection of professional development priorities Read part 1 of the Standard for teachers' professional development, 'Professional development should have a clear focus on improving and evaluating pupil outcomes' and Rob Sears' practice piece in the selfstudy pack. Rob worked with both senior leaders and staff to establish professional development priorities at his school, using teachers' self-evaluations, subject knowledge audits, book looks, learning walks, and pupil conferences while ensuring priorities were informed by the school development plan. Meet with senior leaders in your school to discuss the current approach to selecting professional development priorities, for example; diagnosis of need through teaching evaluations, teacher selfevaluation, pupil assessment data, statutory requirements.
How does this approach ensure alignment with wider school improvement priorities?
How could the process be refined to ensure alignment is secured more effectively?
How does the approach ensure staff and senior leaders are able to contribute to the selection of priorities?
How could the process be refined to include staff input more effectively?
Draft a plan to refine the current process for involving colleagues (particularly school leaders) in the selection of professional development priorities and ensuring alignment with wider school improvement priorities. Submission
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