1. Cranborne Primary Learning Together
Effective CPD at Cranborne Primary School- A collaborative learning approach
Alan Cocker

2. What is good learning? Explore what enables good learning?
As a group – what do you know enables good learning? What are the levers?
What to do we believe about learning? What is our vision for our learners? Does this apply to just children or the whole community?

3. Top down or bottom up? How much of your own CPD is top down?
Split groups up - What are the benefits of top down cpd what are the potential pit falls? Another group bottom up pros and cons.
Based on philosophy – vision that our school is a learning community – what do we know about good learning? Do we create this ethos in our school for our staff to become/continue as good learners?

4. Blended approach Formal training on and off site Peer to peer
School to school
Use of experts
Action Research

5. What is working for Cranborne?
School Priorities – all involved
Team – how this relates to the team, team reviews (all teams!)
Individual – self review, personalising objectives within the school needs,
Tailored staff/school training time
CPD logs
CPD portfolios/appraisals
Research/development teams
Use of experts –
P.E, French, Music, Art
Peer to peer, leaders, across teams
Feeding back and sharing own learning
Learning to lead – e.g. subject leaders
Professional reading/literature/research
Coaching
Mentoring
Team teaching
Paired observations
Lesson study & Iris - video
Class swops
Pupil voice – children leading ideas on teaching and learning.

6. But
It all hinges on the values you live by in your leadership of the school. Learners will not take risks if they do not feel safe to do so.
What is your culture of learning like?
How do you model this and feed this?
How do adults know it is safe to develop practice?