Continuing Professional Development Newsletter - issue 5

Welcome!
This is Issue 5 of the electronic newsletter from the Education Advisory Service designed to brief CPD co-ordinators and staff in schools on local, regional and national developments in CPD. In this issue we focus on the government initiative to make teaching a Masters degree profession, share with you the local authority strategy for developing future headteachers, and continue to support schools on how to take on the performance development of their whole school workforce. We also pick up on a range of other developments together with some reminders of ongoing opportunities that you may have missed from earlier issues but which are still available to you and your staff.

Please don’t hesitate to contact either of us with any comments on the newsletter or ideas for future issues.

Maggie Langdale and Phil Wilson
Education Advisory Service
Email: cpd@shropshire.gov.uk

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What’s new - follow the individual links for more details

CPD Programme - April 2008 to July 2009
The new primary and secondary brochures, covering the four academic terms from this summer, have arrived in all Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin schools. The brochures include details of the service’s Subscription Scheme.

National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) Redesign
To reflect the greater diversity and demands on the role of headteacher, the NPQH programme has been redesigned and is being relaunched with the first intake from May to June 2008.

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**STOP PRESS** - CPD Leaders’ Conference, Summer Term 2008
A CPD Leaders’ Conference is being arranged in June 2008. The half-day conference will replace the advertised Professional Development Network meetings for the Summer term. Supply cover will be provided to ensure that the maximum number of CPD leaders are able to intend this important event at which it is hoped all schools will be represented. Details will be provided shortly.
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In depth features - follow the individual links for more details

Making Teaching a Masters Level Profession
Plans have recently been announced for a new Masters level qualification designed to “boost the status of the teaching profession still further and bring us in line with the highest performing education systems in the world”.

Securing the Next Generation of School Leaders
As local authorities across the country face an increase in the number of headteacher vacancies, the need to take action to secure the supply of headteachers both now and into the future has become a national priority.

Performance Development for School Support Staff
A group of local authorities across the West Midlands is currently researching best practice in performance development for support staff with the aim of providing information to schools based on case study materials relating to all aspects of the process.

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In brief - follow the link for more details

• Shropshire Learning Gateway
• NBA National Awards for School Support Staff 2008
• Revised National Occupational Standards for Supporting Teaching and Learning
• A New University Challenge: Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills Consultation
• Edge Hill University Partnership Update
• Skills4Schools Website

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What’s on - follow the individual links for more details

• Edge Hill University Open Evening
• SEAL Conference – Everyone Matters
• Creativity in the Classroom - ICT & E-Learning Conference
• The Six Secrets of Change – A Michael Fullan Workshop
• Summary CPD Programme for Summer Term 2008

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For more details about any of these items please follow the links on this page. There are also links to some CPD websites you might find useful.

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The next edition of this newsletter will be published early in the Autumn term.

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Back issues: follow the links to access
Issue 1 - March 2007
Issue 2 - April 2007
Issue 3 - June 2007
Issue 4 - October 2007