NQT professional development is bespoke to each newly qualified teacher. Every school will have it’s own induction programme and, as induction continues, tutors and induction coordinators will arrange CPD that best supports each individual NQT in their school. As your appropriate body we aim to provide professional development that enriches your school experience and deals with issues that individual schools may not have access to facilitators or resources for.
Three times in the academic year we send a newsletter to NQTs with a link to a Google Forms feedback document. Your evaluation of the CPD is an important part in its development for subsequent cohorts of NQTs. The evaluation takes less than 10 minutes to complete and your contribution is much appreciated.
All live seminars are on Thursdays from 16:00 to 16:30, using Google Meet. A link is provided in the table below.
Autumn Term One
Autumn Term Two
Talking Tales
3 Sessions
Structural Learning
3 Sessions
The Brain’s Behind It
8 Sessions
Spring Term Three
Being Curious Not Furious
8 Sessions
Spring Term Four
Applied Psychology
3 Sessions
Assessment for Learning
1 Sessions
Financial Management
1 Sessions
Supporting SEND in Early Years
1 Sessions
Summer Term Five
Learning from SEND
8 Sessions
Summer Term Six
The Joy of Not Knowing
8 Sessions
There will be 26 CPD sessions next year, divided into eight programmes:
1 session
This session will revisit and refresh understanding of the key principles of Assessment for Learning (AfL), taking into account how these principles can support teachers to address the particular challenges created by the COVID-19 crisis.
1 session
Are you a NQT in Early Years practice? Rother TSA conducted a year-long research programme with EY practitioners, exploring what they found to be effective in supporting SEND children.
3 session
The sessions are designed to introduce participants to a range of relevant psychology theories so that they are able to develop inclusive learning relationships and environments.
8 sessions and 1 live seminar
8 sessions and 1 live seminar
Andrew says:“Q: What’s the trick we’re missing in schools?
A: That the brain is at the centre of everything we do; yet we don’t teach our students, parents or teachers how it works. Being a neuro-ninja school means connecting your learning community so it works for the whole brain of the whole child for the whole day. Every day.”
8 sessions and 1 live seminar
This programme of study is applicable to all phases, subject or settings.
8 sessions and 1 live seminar
A wealth of practical and easy-to-implement ideas for creating an inclusive, inspirational and transformational culture for thinking and learning in the classroom
4 sessions
The sessions will provide an opportunity to explore ways to improve cognition and make
learning stick.
3 sessions
Developing skills in the art of oral storytelling and exploring the pivotal role that stories can play in the acquisition of language and literacy.