As a teacher, you can take charge of your professional development to further enhance your career and improve your quality of teaching and impact in the classroom.
Professional development consists of reflective activity designed to improve an individual's attributes, knowledge, understanding and skills. It supports individual needs and improves professional practice.
The national CPD database can provide further guidance on continuing your professional development. You can use the tools to search for relevant professional development opportunities and resources amongst thousands that are currently published.
There are many academic and job-based sources of professional development you can choose from, depending on your career stage and preference, as summarised in the below diagram:
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This section includes further details on just some of the options you have to further develop your career.
EPD makes a difference to your teaching practice in the early years of your career.
Find out more about PPD, which refers to study at masters level (Level 5) or above.
The SASP enables teachers without a degree or secondary ITT specialism in physics or chemistry to teach these subjects more effectively.
The MDPT enables teachers without a maths degree or ITT specialism to teach the subject more effectively.