professional development Archives

Why are we holding out for more professional development time (even though school leaders say they can’t manage it)?

Wed 19th July 2023

According to the Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders survey, the median reported time spent on continuing professional development by teachers in England is 21-30 hours per year—approximately [...]

EBE partners with National Institute of Teaching to support Early Career Teachers

Tue 27th June 2023

A version of EBE’s Great Teaching Toolkit is to form a core part of the National Institute of Teaching’s ECF offering. As of September 2023, Early Career Teachers training with [...]

Professional development at St Aidan’s school: perspectives on the Great Teaching Toolkit

Tue 29th March 2022

Anne-Marie Whitten, the Great Teaching Toolkit coordinator at St Aidan’s Catholic Academy, spoke to us about how they are implementing the Great Teaching Toolkit into their professional [...]

Student perceptions on teaching: Can student surveys provide useful feedback for teacher learning?

Thu 23rd September 2021

When it comes to determining priorities for teacher professional development, the decision-making process is generally driven by: The priorities or guidance of school leadership; or [...]

Teacher collaboration: Episode 4

Fri 9th July 2021

This podcast is the fourth installment in our miniseries on teacher collaboration, in partnership with Dulwich College International. Over what has possibly been the most challenging year ever, [...]