Leading teacher development
Summary
- For
- Teachers and leaders interested in developing others
- Course duration
- 12 months
- Average weekly study time
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1 to 2 hours
- Study type
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Mix of self-study and group sessions
- Assessment type
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Reflection based on case study (1,500 words)
- Next start
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October 2023
Course overview
This course will help you gain confidence and develop skills in:
- implementing evidence-based professional development programmes focused on improving classroom teaching
- promoting a strong professional development culture across their school
Who this course is for
This course is for staff who have, or want to have:
- responsibilities for leading the development of other teachers in their school. This includes anyone interested in mentoring trainees or early career teachers
What you’ll learn
This course covers themes including:
- designing and delivering effective professional development
- how to make informed evidence-based professional development decisions
- techniques for tailoring and adapting support based on individual development needs
How you and your school could benefit
Professional development culture
Build expertise around creating a culture of professional learning and continuous improvement in your school. Staff feel supported if their school invests in their development. This can then filter down to the classroom, resulting in happier, more motivated pupils.
Pupil outcome improvements
You’ll learn how to ensure professional development in your school is focused on a shared responsibility for improving outcomes for all pupils.
Effective support for colleagues
Develop the skills to help colleagues plan effective lessons, meet individual pupil needs and provide opportunities for all pupils to succeed without creating unnecessary workload.
Training based around individual timetables
You can complete much of the work in bite-size chunks around existing schedules.
Learn with people from different education settings
Take advantage of training alongside a diverse group of fellow educators with lots of different perspectives. You can learn from each other’s experiences and bounce ideas off each other during group sessions and collaborative practical tasks.
Course structure
The DfE-approved providers offering this NPQ have designed their course content around an evidence-based framework.
The course covers 4 topics, with a mix of self-study and group coaching sessions, as well as face-to-face sessions with other participants.
On average you will need to spend between 1 and 2 hours per week working towards completing this NPQ. Where possible, you should do this during dedicated career development time in school hours.
Providers
The following providers offer this NPQ:
- Ambition Institute
- Best Practice Network (home of Outstanding Leaders Partnership)
- Church of England
- Education Development Trust
- LLSE (Leadership Learning Securing Excellence)
- National Institute of Teaching
- Teacher Development Trust
- Teach First
- UCL Institute of Education
They work with delivery partners, such as teaching school hubs, to provide training.
How this NPQ is assessed
To get your NPQ accreditation you’ll need to:
- complete the course
- pass a written assessment (1,500 words) at the end
Your course provider will be able to give you more details about how the assessment works.
Course funding
Full DfE funding, with no cost to the participant, is available to staff from:
- state-funded schools in England
- state-funded organisations that offer 16 to 19 places in England
You can do more than one NPQ, but will only be eligible for funding for each NPQ once. If you withdraw or fail your course you cannot get funded again for the same NPQ.
Apply
Step 1
Speak to your line manager to get support for you doing this NPQ.
Step 2
Once you have your school’s approval, they’ll be able to help you choose a training provider.
Step 3
Register with us so we can confirm you’re eligible to take this course for free.
We’ll give your details to your chosen provider once you have registered. They’ll then send you an application form.