by Michelle | 19 Mar, 2024 | 2024, CPD, Lead Provider, NPQs, Ofsted, Outstanding, Professional Development
Teacher Development Trust (TDT) is England’s national charity for effective professional development in schools, colleges and early years settings. We help give leaders the clarity, confidence and capacity to build and lead cultures of expertise in schools and...
by Faye Lawlor | 29 Feb, 2024 | 2024, CPD, Expert Group, Leadership, Opinion, Press Release, Research, Teacher wellbeing
Read full report The teaching profession is up against it at the moment. It faces challenges around recruitment and retention, restrictions on funding, and too often feels a lack of trust in its ability to educate children and young people. As an organisation, we know...
by Ariana Wells | 25 Jun, 2024 | 2024, Book launch, Expertise
In this blog, our CEO, Gareth Conyard, talks about what we can expect in his co-authored new book on how to make better education policy. Before joining the Teacher Development Trust, I was privileged to be a civil servant at the Department for Education for nearly...
by TDT Admin | 7 Jun, 2024 | 2024, CPD, Data, Research
The latest data analysis from SchoolDash is published today and it shows a challenging picture in terms of spend on professional development by schools in England. Coming in the midst of a General Election campaign – in which the idea of an entitlement to...
by Gareth Conyard | 23 May, 2024 | 2024, News, Opinion
So the starting gun has been fired and the race has begun. The next six weeks will see leading figures in all parties try to set out their stalls and we should expect that education will be a major area of policy to be discussed. What should we hope for? It is...
by Gareth Conyard | 17 May, 2024 | 2024, News, Teacher recruitment, Teacher retention
TDT welcomes today’s publication of the Education Select Committee report on teacher recruitment and retention. Alongside Labour’s announcement yesterday to increase the number of teachers entering the profession, we are glad to see politicians of all political...
by Ariana Wells | 6 May, 2024 | 2024, AI, Guest Post, Technology, Uncategorized
In out latest guest blog, Mike Goves of the Oxfordshire Teaching School Hub & River Learning Trust begins to explore the mechanisms and research behind artificial intelligence models and highlights how the TDT values can support us in being critically selective of...
by Ariana Wells | 11 Apr, 2024 | 2024, CPD, Expertise, Research, Teacher wellbeing, Uncategorized
Two hundred leaders of professional learning gathered at TDT’s National Conference in January 2024 to explore and reflect on the highs and lows of developing school staff in a demanding but ultimately rewarding sector. Here, TDT’s Curriculum Designer, Ariana...
by TDT Admin | 4 Apr, 2024 | 2024, Admissions, Guest Post, Leadership, Research
TDT is dedicated to supporting effective professional development in schools, something we know if involves a complex set of individual and school level factors. In particular, our own research shows the importance of culture in establishing the right circumstances...
by David Weston | 22 Mar, 2024 | 2024, News
New Horizons & Embracing Change at TDT A personal blog from our co-CEO and founder, David Weston As I reflect on the incredible journey of the Teacher Development Trust since its inception in 2012, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude. Our recent Ofsted...
by Michelle | 6 Mar, 2024 | 2024, CPD, Early Career Framework, Early Career Teacher, ECF, ECT, Leadership, Opinion, Press Release, Research, Teacher recruitment, Teacher retention, Teacher wellbeing
TDT’s newly published exploratory study, gratefully enabled by funding from the Gatsby Foundation, led by Professor Sam Twiselton and supported by Nansi Ellis, explores how England’s flagship Early Career Framework (ECF) programme for new teachers might be enhanced in...
