1. Professional development for Teacher Educators
Keeping up to date with policy

2. ‘Reflection is not an ‘add-on’ piece to your learning process, portfolio, or teaching practice. It is integral to the complex process of becoming an educator.’
Allin, L. & Turnock, C (2007) Reflection on and in the Workplace for Work-based Supervisor [online at accessed

3. Models for reflection
ACTIVITY: in groups of 3 at your table (5mins) Discuss which models you use or recommend for individual development. Rate these on a scale of 1 – 10 (10 being brilliant!)

4. Some models IfL Reflect (mandatory)
Brookfield, 1995 (Four lenses – self, students, colleagues, theory)
Burton, 2000 (What? So what? Now what?)
Peters, 1991 (Describe, Analyse, Theorise, Act)
Schon, 1983 (Reflection-on-action; Reflection-in-action)
Whitmore, 2003 (Goals, Reality, Opportunities, Threats)

5. My favourite

7. Individual ACTIVITY – Coaching Blind
Identify something that you would like to change or develop OR focus on how to keep up with developments and policy. (you will reflect on this using GROW)

8. © The Quality Improvement Agency for Lifelong Learning (QIA) 2008

9. Development through reflection – some useful resources
Url
Models: personal and professional development (LSIS)
CPD support for individuals, managers and teams on the Excellence Gateway

10. In the varied topography of professional practice, there is high, hard ground where practitioners can make effective use of research-based theory and technique, and there is swampy lowland where situations are confusing ‘messes’ incapable of technical solution.
Donald Schon, 1983

11. Keeping up to date for teacher trainers
Organisation
Details
url
SWCETT: What’s Hot?
Regional updates
LLUK
Standards and qualifications
Equality and diversity
LSIS
Improvement guidance and the excellence gateway
IFL
Professional updates for the sector; professionalism.
Wired
Government and public sector news alerts
Government
Information including student finance information
STEP site
Support materials from this course