The CPD Curriculum

Co-authored by Zoe Enser and Mark Enser, The CPD Curriculum: Creating conditions for growth shares expert and practical guidance for schools on designing and delivering continuing professional development (CPD) that truly lives up to its name.

There is a wealth of research available on professional learning, from both within and outside the education sphere, and in this book Zoe and Mark pull it all together to help school leaders optimise teachers' ongoing learning and growth.

Zoe and Mark explain how schools can overcome issues with CPD that can leave teachers plateauing in their development after just a few years, and share a variety of case studies that illustrate the key



components of an effective CPD programme that builds on teachers' prior knowledge.

The authors spell out the importance of CPD and explain how, when done well, it gives teachers the agency to make professional decisions informed by the best evidence and experience they have to hand. Furthermore, they explore how high-quality professional development contributes not only to a collaborative culture within the school staff team and enhanced job satisfaction for teachers, but also to improved student outcomes.

Split into three parts - intent, implementation and impact - the book covers a range of key areas, including: coaching and mentoring, subject-specific CPD, empowerment and self-efficacy, delivery methods and quality of materials. They also examine the current issues and common pitfalls surrounding CPD and offer guidance on how it can be improved, with clear end goals in mind.

Suitable for school leaders, heads of department and CPD leads in all settings.

; This invaluable handbook shares expert and practical guidance for schools on designing and delivering continuing professional development (CPD) that truly lives up to its name.;

If we are serious about creating the conditions for growth, as the subtitle of this book proposes, then we need to get our heads around some knotty problems. One example: why does so much CPD treat all teachers as novices and so concentrates on training them in certain techniques? What about the paradox of talking about encouraging a culture of celebration and learning from errors in classrooms and yet discouraging this approach for staff? The CPD Curriculum provides insights into these tensions and, owing to their trawl through the literature and some impressive case studies, Zoe and Mark provide a template for more intentional, thoughtful practice. Highly recommended.

Mary Myatt

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The CPD Curriculum grabbed my attention right from the dedication: "to every teacher who has ever sat in a hall after school and thought 'there must be a better way'". Sadly, I suspect there are more of us who have felt like this than those who have not. Research tells us that, despite very well-intentioned efforts, teachers' CPD is still yet to bear the fruits of our labour in terms of the positive impact on student outcomes, the financial cost of resources and, most importantly, the take-up of people's time. There has to be a better way - and Zoe and Mark Enser show us how in The CPD Curriculum, taking the time to consider what teachers need to know and how best to teach it, all with the same level of care and thought we would apply to our students' curriculum design and implementation. With a powerful blend of synthesised evidence-informed ideas and pragmatic insights from their own experiences and those offered in the case studies, this book acts as a highly effective tool to ensure that more CPD in schools leaves teachers energised and with a greater sense of efficacy, satisfaction and agency.

Kathryn Morgan

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From the moment I read the dedication to this brilliant book I was hooked. It was as if Zoe and Mark could see into my memories of the endless hours of pointless CPD I'd endured over the last 15 years. For years, teachers have been crying out for