by David Weston | 1 Jul, 2021 | Leadership
New research shows that the thing that distinguishes really effective school leaders from their peers is how well they create conditions for the success of their colleagues. This principle forms the basis of six new qualifications available to school teachers and...
by Matthew Dean | 8 Jun, 2021 | 2021, Guest Post, Research
For much of my teaching career, I knew very little about educational research. I seemed to survive pretty well without it. Like a lot of teachers, I achieved good results and was well-respected by my colleagues. I might even have been tempted to argue that we can...
by Sam Sims | 9 Apr, 2021 | Research
Dr Sam Sims has just joined the Teacher Development Trust as our new Research Advisor. He writes for us here on some exclusive new research findings from the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey. TDT’s Culture of Improvement working paper shows the...
by David Weston | 31 Mar, 2021 | Leadership
Wednesday, 31st March 2020 We are delighted to announce that the Teacher Development Trust has been appointed by the Department for Education in England to be a new Lead Provider for the new suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for school leadership....
by Matthew Dean | 24 Feb, 2021 | 2021, Research
The topic of school culture and working conditions has been an increasingly popular one in discussions between school leaders. Over the past few months we (David Weston, Bethan Hindley and Maria Cunningham) have been working on pulling together findings from across...
by David Weston | 11 Jan, 2021 | Providers
The pandemic has changed the landscape for CPD providers forever. Put that on top of budget pressures, policy and accountability change, and there are big challenges for anyone providing training, consultancy and conferences for teachers and school leaders. David...
by Matthew Dean | 9 Dec, 2020 | 2020, Events
The Teacher Development Trust Teaching and Leadership Mini Summits ran throughout October 2020 and brought together a range of experts from across the education sector alongside case studies from multi academy trusts to share their experience and expertise. ...
by Matthew Dean | 26 Nov, 2020 | Events, Webinars
“I’ve been struggling to find time for the strategic thinking about my school and staff – it’s been like running a snow day every day but I know I can’t forget the strategy.” In the final #CPDConnectUP of 2020,: ‘Finding Time for Strategic Thinking During...
by David Weston | 18 Nov, 2020 | Research
Today (18th November, 2020) sees the publication of SchoolDash’s new analysis of patterns of school professional development expenditure, in collaboration with the Teacher Development Trust. Headline findings include these 5 key points: In 2019, reported...
by Matthew Dean | 5 Nov, 2020 | 2020, Events
Beth Greville-Giddings reports on our Performance Development Summit held virtually on October 13th 2020. Done well, the appraisal process can be supportive, developmental and instil a culture of trust and growth across an organisation, however for many people,...
