Professional Development

Fostering an ethos of ongoing professional learning

At Minsthorpe Community College, we are committed to the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and learning of all members of staff at every career stage and level of experience. We recognise the value of evidence-informed training with an overall aim of impacting positively on students’ outcomes and experiences. We believe in effective teaching for all learners, and this will be realised by investing in our practitioners.

This Vision Statement for CPD supports the College Vision:

Minsthorpe Community College: A place where everyone plays a part in strengthening our learning community through Motivation, Commitment & Care.

We value supporting Early Career Teachers from their Initial Teacher Training through to Early Career Teacher status and on to various leadership pathways. This development and training takes place using both internal expertise and external providers.

The visual below taken from the DfE publication ‘Delivering World-Class Teacher Development’, June 2021 supports this ethos:

 

What makes a great teacher? One who is willing to do what it takes to be demonstrably more effective next year than this,

Professor Rob Coe

Professional Development Structure 2024-25
 

Early Career Framework

All Early Career Teachers (ECTs) will receive their full entitlement to the Early Career Framework (ECF) over a 2-year period. We will work closely with the Exchange Teaching Hub and their ECF providers, UCL Institute of Education, to ensure that ECTs access all the relevant training, support, and assessment during this extended induction period.

ECF mentors have been appointed to support each ECT and they will also receive training & support through the Teaching Hub and UCL. Additionally, we have allocated them additional PPA time to allow them to fulfil this important role. ECTs also receive additional PPA time.

Initial Teacher Training

We have a wealth of experience in supporting and developing teachers from the very beginning of their training. We are currently a placement school for Exchange Teacher Training. Please see their website for more details.

Welcome to Exchange Teacher Training