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01 In2What activities can support teachers’ continuing professionaldevelopment?ObjectiveRaise participants’ awareness of the activity types that can support INSET in a‘Learning School’.Time40 minutesMaterialsTask & OrganisationInput for task: own ideasIf we are to develop a culture of ongoing professional development in our schoolswe need to adopt a wide range of activities to support it.2.1 (10 minutes – groups) Participants brainstorm the types of activities theycould initiate/support in their schools as part of the continuing professionaldevelopment of all teachers. They should list these on flipchart paper fordisplay.2.2 (10 minutes – groups) Ask ‘How successful will each activity be in helpingteachers to improve their classroom teaching?’ Participants should rateeach activity from 1 to 4 and write their rating beside each activity. Theyshould discuss with one another why they believe so.1 – very successful 2 3 4 – not successfulOutputList of activities that has been rated by the group.Feedback(10 minutes – walk around display) Ask the participants to post their display andto browse one another’s. What similarities / differences / new ideas can they find.(10 minutes – plenary) Discuss with the participants:Which activities were felt to be potentially most successful? Why?Which activities were felt to be potentially least successful? Why?Are there any strong differences in the groups’ feelings of how successful anactivity will be? (e.g. where some groups gave an activity a score of 4 whileothers gave a 1) Where this is the case ask the views of the groups.14 Jamaica All Age Schools Project: Facilitator Training for School Based Resource Teachers