Learning Intentions and Introduction

Session Elements

• reflection
• practical exercise

Learning Intentions for this session

You will learn that:

• Effective professional development is likely to be sustained over time, involve expert support or coaching and opportunities for collaboration.
• Engaging in high-quality professional development can help teachers improve.

You will learn how to:

Develop as a professional, by:

• Engaging in professional development focused on developing an area of practice with clear intentions for impact on pupil outcomes, sustained over time with built-in opportunities for practice.

Introduction

In the ECT training session at the beginning of this module, you considered some important aspects of what it means to be (a) professional and approaches to managing your professional development over time. This has been expanded through subsequent sessions in the module. In this week’s self-directed study session, you have the opportunity to revisit your thinking around professional development and to explore opportunities to continue to develop yourself over time.