Staff Development SIG

This group aims to support school leaders interested in effective staff development. Unlike our communities, our special interest groups are intended for self-study. They are aimed at those with a responsibility or an interest in this aspect of education. Please look out for one-off events that support this SIG.

• Policy: Standard for teachers’ professional development (DfE, 2016)

• Policy: NPQ Framework: Leading Teacher Development (DfE, 2020)

• Guidance report: Effective Professional Development (EEF, 2021)

• Guidance Report: Evaluating effective Teacher Professional Development (CCoT)

• Review: Effective leadership for professional development: A literature review (CCoT)

• Review: Great professional development which leads to great pedagogy: nine claims from research (Stoll et al., 2012)

• Review: Teacher Professional Learning and Development: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration (Timperley et al, 2007)

• Article: Effective teacher professional development: new theory and a meta-analytic test (Sims et al., 2022)

• Article: Teacher CPD: International trends, opportunities and challenges (CCOT, 2019)

• Article: How can school leaders maximise the benefits of being part of a Professional Learning Network (CCoT, 2019)

• Article: Designing Professional Development for Teacher Change (Fletcher Wood, 2018)

• Article: Expert teaching: What is it, and how might we develop it? (McCrae, 2018) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Darling Hammond et al. Effective Teacher Professional Development (Learning Policy Institute, 2017)

• Article: Collaborating with colleagues for professional development (CUREE/CCoT, 2017)

• Article: Inconvenient truths about teacher learning: towards professional development 3.0 (Korthagen, 2016) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Parsing the Practice of Teaching (Kennedy, 2015) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Can Professional Environments in Schools Promote Teacher Development? (Kraft & Papay, 2014) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: State of the art – teacher effectiveness and professional learning (Muijs et al., 2014) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Understanding What Enables High Quality Professional Learning (CUREE/Pearson, 2012)

• Article: Creating and Sustaining Effective Professional Learning Communities (Stoll et al. 2005) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: The Development of Expertise in Pedagogy (Berliner, 1988)

• A balanced approach to professional development (EEF, 2023)

• Podcast: Evidence into Action: Effective Professional Development (EEF, 2021)

Safe and effective use of AI in education (Chartered College of Teaching - free programme)

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Guidance Documents

• Putting Evidence to Work (Implementation Guidance) (EEF, 2024)

Videos

• A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)

• Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)

Templates

• Action plan template (pdf)

• Action plan template (docx)

• Case study template (pdf)

• Case study template (pptx)

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