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LOWER FARM SCHOOL
THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF
TEACHING STAFF.
Continuing Professional
Development has taken the form of Training Days, in-school training and
courses provided externally through Walsall Education or Wolverhampton University. The five NQT's employed from September 2001
have undertaken a personal induction programme in addition to any other
training provided.
The criteria used to evaluate training for Continuing Professional
Development is:
1. It's effect on classroom practice-
i. Improvement in the quality of teaching.
ii. Improvement in the effectiveness of children's learning.
iii. Improvement in the management of pupil performance.
2. Improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of administrative and
organisational procedures used by teachers.
3. Improvement of pupil performance. This is measured through the
termly monitoring, analysis and evaluation of Teacher Assessments of
children's work. The effectiveness of other aspects of teacher's work
is monitored and through Performance Management, target setting and
appraisal.
Training Days During 2001-2002
4/6/2001 Reporting to Parents. Training update on procedures and
process using computer assisted report writing.
2/7/2001 Target setting and the management of pupil
performance.
3/7/2001 Planning Review. Reviewing and revising
the whole school approach to the delivery of Curriculum 2000. Use of Teaching
Assistants in Foundation Stage. Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
3/9/2001 Quality Assurance. Training to
update working and administrative procedures in school.
28/9/2001 Thinking Skills. Shared training with cluster
group schools on the integration of thinking skills into classroom practice.
3 & 4/1/2002 Curriculum Development. Training to review and improve
the quality of planning and teaching within year groups. Time for this
training was subsumed into Wednesday Year Group sessions.
21/6/2002 Continuous School Improvement.
Training on the use of a computer based package to enable staff to improve a
range of professional skills.
In - school Training
During 2001-2002, all teaching staff
(except NQT's) have undertaken New Opportunities Fund financed training in
ICT in order to improve personal competence and classroom provision.
This training has taken place in school using an input from external
trainers.
Training using external providers.
The school has used Walsall Education as a training provider throughout
the year. Teachers in Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2 have attended
basic and updating courses on Literacy and Numeracy using National Literacy
and Numeracy Strategy trainers. Initiatives such as 'Grammar for
writing', Improving early writing' and the Five Day Numeracy Skills courses
have had a direct impact on improving the quality of curriculum provision in
the school.
Curriculum co-ordinators have attended courses with content specific to their
areas of responsibility. These have included Assessment, ICT, all
National Curriculum Core and many Foundation subjects.
An NNEB is currently undergoing a training programme to provide her with
Qualified Teacher Status
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