How can professional development be used to help teachers and school leaders to become more effective? What are the features of both the design and delivery of effective teacher and school leader professional development, at scale? Why are these features effective?
Background
Our goal is to create a world-class school system that ensures every child is taught a broad and ambitious knowledge-rich curriculum by highly skilled teachers, so they can achieve their potential. We need to continue to develop the evidence base around effective teaching practice and curriculum design, with teaching increasingly viewed as an applied science (akin to medicine) where evidence-based approaches are widely utilised, and skilled teachers draw upon expert support and professional communities. We also need to build our understanding of how best to replicate the success of high performing schools, and how school trusts can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their schools, including through management of the school estate. A key part of this is building evidence on the most successful school approaches to improving attendance.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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Middle leaders as catalysts for improving teacher practice: developing a knowledge exchange and impact network with Challenge Partners' schools
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ALPS - Accelerated Learning Platform for Schools
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Leadership for Learning: Building Capacity for Effective Teaching and Learning in Schools Serving Disadvantaged Urban Communities
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Why might this be relevant?
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