Evaluating the Impact of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Moving on: Participant Use of New Knowledge and Skills
Most ticks in the “Emerging” category:
Consider the use of some form of pupil feedback as a means of evaluation. This could be discussion with whole classes,
conferences with small groups of pupils, online questionnaires. Perhaps this could be combined with the use of
questionnaires for teaching staff.
! Consider how any current scrutiny of work might be used as a means of evaluation of impact of CPD; the object here is
to allow one process to serve two ends, rather than to add another process
! Consider if your present practice of observation can be expanded to include recognition of the use of new knowledge
and skills gleaned from training and development activities.
Most ticks in the “Establishing” category:
! Any of the suggestions above which would benefit your school
! Consider widening the scope of your present use of pupil feedback. This might be to include a greater number of
pupils, more instances of feedback or a more targeted form of feedback
! Consider how to relate the information gained from pupil feedback to other processes, such as PM or CPD planning
Most ticks in the “Enhancing” category:
• Any of the suggestions above which would benefit your school
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