Planning and delivering an effective professional development day

Planning and delivering an effective professional development day Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership

If used effectively, PD days can be key to implementing whole-school improvement strategies Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership

How engaging have your last few PD days been? Why was this? Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership

What different and innovative styles of delivery can you use to engage your staff? Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership

Speed dating Change every 4 minutes: § Speak for 2 minutes each § What has made the biggest differences to your teaching over the past 2 years? § What are you doing now, that you weren’t doing then? Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership Role play

Market stall Split into 2 groups: § Group A set up their resources § Group B wander around the room, looking at resources and stopping to ask questions § Switch roles after 10 minutes Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership Role play

Were these activities engaging? Would they engage your staff on the first day back after a holiday? Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership Group discussion

How can you make PD days fun? Reflect on: § What strategies can you use? § How can you add elements of competition into the day? Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership Individual reflection Think, Pair, Share

How can you use an effective room layout? Reflect on: § Theatre style, cabaret/group tables, horse shoe, etc. § Do you want faculties/subject staff sat together? § Will you need a seating plan to strategically seat people together? Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership Individual reflection Think, Pair, Share

Plan a PD day Detail: § Plan a two-hour PD day session § The PD day is the first day back in January after the Christmas holiday § The session must focus on the quality of feedback that students receive Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership Individual task

Recap Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership

Next steps? Talk to staff about their experiences of staff PD days. What do they like? What do they remember? What formats do they feel engage them more in their professional learning? Bloomsbury CPD Library: Senior Leadership