The school found that CPD events attended by teachers and support staff together were particularly successful because they promoted an atmosphere in which all members of staff felt they were part of the same team with the same overall objectives. Such events provided a good opportunity for everyone in the school to develop a better understanding of each other’s roles and viewpoints.
The school also found that the teaching assistants needed time and support to adjust to unfamiliar CPD procedures such as development reviews. At the outset, teaching assistants were understandably apprehensive that development reviews might be an intimidating, bureaucratic process.
