We’ve made it – it’s the end of term! In this issue, we wanted to share some thought-provoking resources to enjoy over the summer break.
Discover our six steps for ensuring CPD has impact, listen to new episodes of the BlueSky Learning podcast with Jon Hutchinson considering leadership challenges in schools today, and learn how Bromsgrove School changed their approach to appraisal.
In the meantime, we wish you a fantastic summer break.
Warm regards,
The BlueSky Team
How to build a CPD programme with impact
In many schools, the school CPD programme has moved to the centre of strategies for improving quality of education, and is shown to have significant benefits for pupils and staff alike. However, it can still be difficult to fully measure the impact of CPD and maximise its benefits for school priorities.
In this free guide, we explore six steps that school leaders might consider to make it easier to evaluate the impact of professional learning and development.
What leaders do we need, now?
(and other episodes)
The job of a headteacher has never been harder, and never more important. In the latest episodes of the BlueSky podcast, leadership expert Jon Hutchinson talks to school leaders about their strategies for overcoming challenges they meet in their work.
Listen to the BlueSky podcast now on Spotify.
How our schools do it: Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire
“We wanted to tie our professional development reviews to our training programme. Up to that point, we had called the process appraisal, and we felt there was a disconnection between that and training. We wanted to strengthen the connection between PDR targets and our school and departmental priorities.” – Judith Holden, Deputy Head (Teaching), Bromsgrove School.
Read the full case study to learn how BlueSky supports a developmental approach to performance at this leading independent school.
Author: Tamsin Denley,
Head of Marketing and Partnerships
