Patric Creed - The development of a CPD framework for schools
1. Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre
Patrick Creed and Alan O’Connor
Personal Development
and
Performance Reviews
2. What is professional
development?
Penny Ur
‘ 20 years’ experience or one year’s experience
repeated 20 times’
(A course in Language Teaching 1996 CUP)
Jeremy Harmer
‘ holding up mirrors to our practice’
(The Practice of English Language Teaching-, 2007, Pearson Longman)
3. Why do we need professional
development?
• Helps development of organisation
• Helps personal development
• Staff feel valued
• Staff feel organisation is invested in their
development
• Meets external accreditation needs
4. Professional development
Where do you start?
Meet with staff
School Objectives – Professional training and
development Plan?
What are Individual Objectives?
5. Staff/School
What is our relationship?
• Who are we?
(You and Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre)
• How can we be better?
6. Why do I need to develop?
• I want to learn more
• I get bored – I need a challenge
• I want to work elsewhere
• I want to go overseas
• I want to do further study (e.g. H. Dip)
• I want a pay rise
• You want me to!
9. Professional development to
date contd.
• Online training (Cambridge Teacher/Oxford teacher)
• Cambridge Speaking examiner training
• Cambridge exams invigilator training
• First aid training
• Other (Self Directed Research?)
10. How have I shared my
development?
• Communicate with colleagues?
• Presentations?
18. Professional development to follow
contd.
• Online training (Cambridge Teacher/Oxford
teacher)
• Cambridge Speaking examiner training
• Cambridge exams invigilator training
• First aid training
• Other (Self Directed Research?)
19. Professional development REVIEW
• What did we do as an organisation?
• Did we meet our organisational goals?
• Did we meet personal goals?
• What next?
