“Research-based approaches to CPD” was the title of Rob Coe and Beth Greville-Giddings’ session on Thursday 20th June 2019. The session formed part of the Chartered College of Teaching strand at the Wellington Festival of Education.

What does the evidence around professional learning tell us? What CPD approaches are the ‘best bets’ for actually making a difference to student learning? What are the challenges and pitfalls that schools encounter in developing effective CPD?

In his part of the session, Rob suggests how schools can take an evidence-based approach to CPD in order that it actually has an impact on learning.

Rob’s session can be watched below:

To see how these research-based principles can be applied in practice, you may find the Great Teaching Toolkit helpful.

It brings together the best available evidence on the Elements of great teaching, along with practical tools to support professional learning.