by David Weston | 14 Oct, 2021 | Uncategorized
Following the launch of the new Education Endowment Foundation guidance report on professional development based on the new underlying evidence report by Sims et al (2021), our CEO, David Weston, spoke with lead author Dr Sam Sims to explore the findings of the new...
by David Weston | 12 Oct, 2021 | Leadership
Staff in state-funded schools in England are now eligible for full scholarship funding* for all of the fully reformed and updated National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). That means government will fully cover all course fees*, with schools now having to focus...
by David Weston | 7 Oct, 2021 | Press Release
Teacher Development Trust is delighted to announce that we are joining Forum Strategy’s small group of sector-leading partners; and will become their partner for professional development for an initial 6-month period. The success and continuous improvement of...
by Matthew Dean | 2 Sep, 2021 | 2021, TDT Membership, Testimonial
TDT spoke with Alison Banks, Teaching School Lead at Notre Dame High School in Norwich and Jason Brand, Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning at Hellesdon High School in Norwich. Both Alison and Jason have been TDT members for a number of years and are both TDT...
by David Weston | 27 Aug, 2021 | NPQs
State-funded schools in England can access our fully government-funded NPQs (National Professional Qualifications) to help staff develop and to build internal capacity for improvement. In particular, our new NPQ in Leading Teacher Development is fully scholarship...
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...
