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Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching

by admin | 29 Nov, 2016 | Advice, Leadership, Opinion, Teachers, Uncategorized

Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching How Tony Nicholls & Kathryn Morgan used this reflective model to improve one school’s professional learning culture This guest post sets out to explore the impact that the principles of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) can have in...

Why should schools be engaging parents?

by admin | 18 Oct, 2016 | Advice, Research, Uncategorized

A few years ago, I was talking to a boy in year 7. He was already in a programme to prevent him from being excluded, and he was telling me that he was trying hard to behave well. I asked if his teachers were pleased with his progress. His answer summed up my area of...

MEDIA STATEMENT: Standard for Teachers’ Professional Development – Sir John Holman, Chair of the TDT

by David Weston | 12 Jul, 2016 | Press Release, Uncategorized

MEDIA STATEMENT – Standard for Teachers’ Professional Development SIR JOHN HOLMAN, CHAIR OF TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TRUST “The Teacher Development Trust welcomes the Department for Education’s new Standard for Teachers’ Professional Development as a...

Testing is Key to Long-Term Learning

by David Weston | 23 May, 2016 | Uncategorized

A guest post from Kathy Rastle (@Kathy_Rastle), Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Head of Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London. We are now well into the summer term, and are faced with the usual arguments over the appropriateness of standard...

New videos in partnership with Oxford Owl

by David Weston | 10 Dec, 2015 | Uncategorized

The Teacher Development Trust have worked with Oxford University Press’s school improvement service, Oxford Owl, to produce a series of videos to explain the new Developing Great Teaching report findings. These videos are now available to TDT Network members via our...

RELAUNCH! GoodCPDGuide is now TDT Advisor

by admin | 21 Oct, 2015 | Uncategorized

RELAUNCH! GoodCPDGuide is now TDT Advisor At the Teacher Development Trust (TDT) we have spent the past three years working with CPD providers across the country and market to develop the GoodCPDGuide, our “trip advisor” for teacher CPD. With over 3000 listings from...