1. Planning your CPD Session 1 of CPD programme for teaching vulnerable learners and those on community orders or probation 1

Our programme enables and offers… Independent delivery of CPD sessions by those working within organisations Guidance and resources for collective CPD sessions in small or large groups Collective participation in and development of CPD An accessible overview and a framework for CPD rather than many detailed sessions 2 Planning your CPD programme

Programme strengths Evidence-based Gives space for reflection on your own knowledge of good practice Gives specific guidance for teachers of offender- learners who are serving a sentence or are on probation Also relevant to the teaching other disadvantaged groups 3 Planning your CPD programme

CPD: A definition ‘It is the process by which, alone and with others, teachers review, renew and extend their commitment as change agents to the moral purposes of teaching; and by which they acquire and develop critically the knowledge, skills and emotional intelligence essential to good professional thinking, planning and practice.’ Day (2008) Continuing Professional Development (p4) 4 Planning your CPD programme

Who is the programme aimed at? The programme is designed for professionals who teach people serving a sentence or on probation It is also relevant for teachers or trainers of learners with a criminal record –30 per cent of males over the age of 30 have a criminal conviction There is also much which is relevant for teaching other disadvantaged learners –For example, exit strategies and working with employers. 5 Planning your CPD programme

Principles to follow in CPD Should have a coherent plan for at least the medium term Should be relevant to teachers in your organisation and context Should involve teachers in active, collective participation in CPD Should develop teachers’ knowledge of subject content, pedagogy and underlying principles Should offer continuing support for teachers to translate new ideas into practice 6 Planning your CPD programme

Structure of the CPD programme We have designed 9 sessions for which there are three types of materials –A set of slides/lecture notes which offer information –A task or tasks which involve participants in discussion, trying out activities, etc. –A set of resources to support the session but also to support practitioners in implementing ideas in the classroom and beyond 7 Planning your CPD programme

List of sessions 8 Planning your CPD programme

The evidence base Wherever possible the material in this CPD programme is based on national and international evidence relating to teaching and learning of people with criminal records, it also often draws on evidence from the teaching and learning of Adult Basic Skills The CPD programme draws on accounts of good practice from practitioners and learners The CPD programme recognises your own teaching experience as evidence and gives space for this 9 Planning your CPD programme

Evidence-based principles of the CPD Promote learner-focussed teaching that encourages autonomous learning –Learners need to know why they are doing something, their motivation needs to be nurtured, they need to critically review their own work to make progress Support participatory teaching methods Support sound subject knowledge among teachers Support communities of practice 10 Planning your CPD programme

Why these principles matter (1) Teachers benefit from sound subject knowledge –Frequently not so much about the teacher being able to perform a particular task (eg comprehend a passage, calculate area and perimeter) –More importantly, the teacher benefits from having an explicit knowledge of the processes involved, so that they can explain them 11 Planning your CPD programme

Why these principles matter (2) It is helpful to understand the difficulties students experience with specific subject matter –An awareness of learners’ conceptions and misconceptions is invaluable to the teacher, and comes from dialogue between teacher and student which can result from participatory methods 12 Planning your CPD programme

Communities of Practice (1) Communities of practice are ‘groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly’ (Wenger 2006) Both action and reflection are required, and both have individual and social dimensions 13 Planning your CPD programme

Communities of Practice (2) For example, if you were trying out different ways of motivating learners from session 5 you would need: 1.to see how they worked in practice 2.to reflect individually 3.to share and reflect with colleagues 4.to consider how to take on to the next stage 14 Planning your CPD programme

Communities of Practice (3) The reflection should have a ‘critical edge’ Communities of Practice have a shared focus but should have a creative, informal and enjoyable feel where everyone can speak As part of the CPD, group sessions should be scheduled where teachers, managers, learning support assistants can work on selected tasks, planning, reflecting, reviewing, and sharing resources 15 Planning your CPD programme

Over to you CPD – you know the score, in the end you have to do the work to develop your practice Here we try to provide you with some good ideas and to facilitate your work with others You need to make space to apply these ideas and to set up working groups with other professionals (even one other is better than going it alone) Please turn to the Session 1 Activity to plan your CPD with others in your organisation 16 Planning your CPD programme

Materials in this CPD were devised by the following members of the Institute of Education: Brian Creese (numeracy), Jay Derrick (assessment and embedding), Jane Hurry (motivation and exit strategies), Maria Kambouri (ICT), Irene Schwab (literacy) and John Vorhaus (continuing professional development and learner contexts) Helpful suggestions and comments were made by Joe Shamash and Olivia Varley-Winter at City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development. If you would like to contact us please Jane Hurry at 17 Planning your CPD programme

The CPD Framework An outline of the sessions 18 Planning your CPD programme