June 2015

The know zone

  • Know your boundaries
    Cherry Ridgway explains how comparable outcomes work for setting GCSE grades and looks ahead to the national reference tests, starting in 2017. More
  • Business class
    Anyone who has found attending parents’ evenings inconvenient will appreciate the new appointment procedures, seating arrangements and musical accompaniments suggested by Sean Hayes. More
  • CPD options
    As pressure grows on budgets, what can schools and colleges do to ensure their CPD opportunities for staff remain as rich and creative as possible? Here we highlight some key steps. More
  • A driving force
    Drive iQ aims to change the way that young people learn to drive in the UK. It is a state-of-the-art, award-winning online software programme that gives every young person a virtual experience of driving in all conditions and on all types of roads to help them acquire genuine experience when learning to drive. More
  • Balanced view
    Val Andrew outlines some basic tenets of sound financial planning to ensure that your school or college is running at maximum efficiency. More
  • The post-levels challenge
    Julie McCulloch explores the rationale for the overhaul of primary assessment and looks at how a new commission will aim to resolve some of the problems raised. More
  • The future of CPD
    Following their Shaping the Future of CPD event held earlier this year, the team at IRIS Connect have released a report unveiling important recommendations on the future of professional development from Sir Tim Brighouse, David Weston from the Teacher Development Trust, Philippa Cordingley from CUREE and many more. More
  • School holidays
    From September, all schools will be able to set their own terms and holidays. Newspapers have suggested that about 60 per cent of heads will use that power to help parents avoid holiday surcharges. What are you thinking of doing? Are you going to change your current set-up or will things remain the same in your school? Are you working with other schools in your local area to coordinate school holidays? Here, ASCL members share their views… More
  • Leaders’ surgery
    ASCL members concerned about leadership issues should call the Hotline on 0116 299 1122 or email hotline@ascl.org.uk More
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The future of CPD

Following their Shaping the Future of CPD event held earlier this year, the team at IRIS Connect have released a report unveiling important recommendations on the future of professional development from Sir Tim Brighouse, David Weston from the Teacher Development Trust, Philippa Cordingley from CUREE and many more.

Key recommendations from the report include recommendations to:

  • ensure that Ofsted becomes a part of the fabric of school improvement and does not drive the urgent at the expense of the important
  • develop a system of accreditation that validates and acknowledges the impact and value of ongoing, school-based professional learning activities
  • invest in technology that enables iterative collaboration between and across schools
  • embed professional learning as an ongoing process within the school timetable
  • enable sharing of practice in a non-judgemental culture, which also acknowledges the importance of informed risk taking

To discover further recommendations and to read the rest of the report please visit: www.irisconnect.co.uk/shapingcpd

IRIS Connect is an ASCL preferred supplier of video-based continuing professional development (CPD). Contact them to learn how they can help you go beyond traditional professional development and grow outstanding teaching and learning in your school on 08453 038 578, or email info@irisconnect.co.uk

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