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Commit ted to providing lear ning oppor tunit ies and chal lenges of the highest qual i ty.

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CPD: PRD and Sel f Evaluat ion

• TP21 set s the cont ractual content for CPD – an addit ional 35 hour s per year , an annual plan f or every teacher and an individual CPD record.

• A l l staf f have an ent i t lement to high qual i ty CPD oppor tunit ies – as per TP21.

• CPD cannot be viewed in isolat ion, only in terms of individual teacher s and their needs. We must look at CPD as an inext r icable l ink to whole school development and improvement .

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CPD: PRD and Sel f Evaluat ion

CPD is the dr iving, pivotal f or ce behind school improvement .

“ probably nothing within a school has more impact on students in terms of ski l l s development , sel f conf idence or classr oom behaviour than the per sonal and prof essional growth of their teacher s”

STOLL A ND FINK: Changing Our Schools

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PRD is par t of the annual CPD cycle

* Individual needs

analysis: Self Eval/PRD

HGIOS/School Evaluation/Audit/SQA + STACS Analysis

EVA LUA TION

Department and WholeSchool Needs Identified

* EVA LUA TIONACTION PLANS AGREED

SIP DIP

PRD / CPD Profile

EVA LUA TION

School Inset Devised toSupport Priorities

Action Plans Implemented

EVALUA TION

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PRD

PRD is cent r al to r aising achievement and impr oving the ef f ect iveness of teaching and lear ning. I t of f er s a systemat ic appr oach to t r aining and development . I t can lead to bet ter j ob sat isf act ion, bet ter leader ship and bet ter management of the teaching pr ocess.

The key to successf ul PRD l ies in ef f ect ive and r out ine sel f evaluat ion. The self evaluat ion pr ocess is a r ef lect ive pr act ice and wi l l pr ovide an addit ional and enhancing opt ion f or PRD pr epar at ion.

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The PRD Process

The Reviewee

Completes self-evaluation

Discusses with critical friend

Passes draft Agenda to reviewer with copy of self-evaluation notes

The Reviewer

Contributes to Agendaand agrees this with

reviewee

Leads review meeting and explores Agenda issues

with reviewee

Acknowledges strengths and achievements andidentifies and agrees

areas for development

Coaching/Mentoring

The Reviewee: prepares a development plan as a record of the meetingThe Reviewer : indicates how the plan could be supportedThe Reviewee: passes development needs to school CPD coordinator