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The Spring Blog - Philippa Cordingley
The Evidence People
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The Spring Blog - Philippa Cordingley
In 2010 there were a total of 450 Executive Heads in England. We don’t have accurate figures for the number now but we know there are at least 66 leaders with that or a similar title in our region alone. Alongside this we see a dramatic increase in the numbers of deputy heads being catapulted into headship positions with little notice or preparation. Again, numbers are
See the presentation - given at the 2019 researchED conference in Blackpool - outlining key findings from this important new report of research commissioned and published by Education International and undertaken by CUREE
CUREE and the West Midlands CPD Partnership are champions of the key role that continuing professional
Recent research commissioned and published by Education International and undertaken by CUREE highlights the importance of continuing professional development and learning (CPDL) in the formation of teachers' professional identity.
CPDL emerges as important to teacher recruitment and retention and to overall system performance. But the report also flags three pitfalls about the way CPDL is used. It cautions that:
So, we've taken advantage of the Chief Executive being out of the country for a week (in Amman, Jordan - which I'm sure she'll tell you about soon) and moved offices! The lease is up on the current one, the area - including our building - is scheduled for redevelopment and it's way too big for modern working practices. The great thing about the old place was that it was literally (and I mean that 'literally') two minutes from Coventry station. Happily the new