Unit 206 2
Unit 206 2.2 Describe the importance of Continuing Professional Development
CPD is widely acknowledged to be of great importance in the life of schools, contributing to professional and personal development for staff and to improvement in teaching and learning.
CPD is important because it gives us new knowledge that may help us to deal with new or complex situations; can help us achieve our career goals by focusing on learning and development: will give us more confidence in our role; will demonstrate our commitment of developing our skills and knowledge in a subject area.
CPD is everyone’s responsibility. If person is working in organization then there will be a shared responsibility between that person and their manager to empower and support their development.
CPD could involve not only courses, but doing some work-shadowing, where member of staff learns by watching another more experienced member of staff or visit another setting, by reading information in a book or on a website, or talking to collegues about how they handled a different situation. The key thing is to reflect on our own learning and think about how it will impact on our job or role in the future. We should be constantly looking for a course or qualification, look at the professional Pathways e- tools, look at the information on jobs or roles within other sectors or professions or speak to more experienced staff.
Good quality, appropriate professional development and training opportunities can have a huge impact on workplace performance which in tern can greatly enhance the learning experiences of the pupils within the school.
CPD is widely acknowledged to be of great importance in the life of schools, contributing to professional and personal development for staff and to improvement in teaching and learning.
CPD is important because it gives us new knowledge that may help us to deal with new or complex situations; can help us achieve our career goals by focusing on learning and development: will give us more confidence in our role; will demonstrate our commitment of developing our skills and knowledge in a subject area.
CPD is everyone’s responsibility. If person is working in organization then there will be a shared responsibility between that person and their manager to empower and support their development.
CPD could involve not only courses, but doing some work-shadowing, where member of staff learns by watching another more experienced member of staff or visit another setting, by reading information in a book or on a website, or talking to collegues about how they handled a different situation. The key thing is to reflect on our own learning and think about how it will impact on our job or role in the future. We should be constantly looking for a course or qualification, look at the professional Pathways e- tools, look at the information on jobs or roles within other sectors or professions or speak to more experienced staff.
Good quality, appropriate professional development and training opportunities can have a huge impact on workplace performance which in tern can greatly enhance the learning experiences of the pupils within the school.