COBIS members and non-members are invited to join this live CPD webinar. BlueSky’s CEO and Founder Denise Inwood will explore some of the different approaches to professional development that are being used by BlueSky and COBIS schools and how these might be applied in your setting.
While there is a consensus that professional development is the critical lever in improving teaching quality, there is no definitive method that offers the best results for every school.
There are many different ways that professional development may be provided in schools – including COBIS member schools – from external courses to modular online learning, instructional coaching and 360 reviews. What is clear is that for professional development to be effective, it should be relevant to the individual, within the context of the school’s priorities.
CPD is moving to the centre of conversations around appraisal, with many schools replacing traditional objectives with professional learning objectives or even enquiry questions. At the same time, ‘quality assurance’ practices such as observation are shifting away from being a monitoring exercise to a more developmental practice that is used to identify strengths and areas for development.
In this webinar, we will explore some of the different approaches to professional development that are being used in BlueSky schools and how these might be applied in your setting.
How is BlueSky helping transform the professional development system at a leading Qatar school?
Doha College is one of the world’s leading British International Schools, with a pioneering approach to the High Performance Learning (HPL) pedagogy and an outstanding reputation for academic achievement. However, with expansion on the horizon it needed a performance development system that could handle this development and still uphold its HPL standards.
Read the full case study on how BlueSky is helping transform the performance development system at Doha College, Qatar.
