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Continuing Professional Development Opportunities for Teaching Staff

Experienced Heads

Improving Teaching & Learning/Leadership & Management

What can I do?

Coach your leadership team and colleague headteachers

Succession planning to ensure sustained leadership

Foster a culture of distributed leadership within your school

How could my school support me?

Governing Body support to provide opportunities to undertake work beyond own school e.g. mentoring, SIP role.

Governing Body support in developing leadership across all levels within school

 

How can I work with other schools?

As above

Mentor newly appointed heads

Secondment to another school

Exchange with partner school

How will I use LA support?

As above

Join executive of County headteacher associations

Become a local School Improvement Partner

What opportunities are there through national/regional programmes?

Head for the Future (NCSL)

Headteacher International Visits (NCSL)

OFSTED training

SIP accreditation

Consultant Leadership Training (NCSL & PNS)

Regional conferences (ELC)

KEY:

AST: Advanced Skills Teacher
CPD: Continuing Professional Development
ELC Eastern Leadership Centre
ET: Excellent Teacher
GTC: General Teaching Council
GTP : Graduate Teacher Programme
HASSH: Hertfordshire Association of Secondary Heads
HGfL: Hertfordshire Grid for Learning
HIP: Headteachers’ Induction Programme
HoD: Head of Department
INCO: Inclusion Coordinator
L&M: Leadership & Management
LPSH: Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers
NCSL: National College for School Leaders
NPQH: National Professional Qualification for Headship
NPQICL: National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership
NQ : Newly Qualified Teacher
OTT: Overseas Trained Teachers
PHF: Primary Heads Forum
PNS: Primary National Strategy
QTS: Qualified Teacher Status
SENCO: Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SHF: Special School Heads Forum
SLT: Senior Leadership Team
TDA: Training & Development Agency
T&L: Teaching & Learning
TIPD: Teachers International Professional Development