A call for evidence has been launched by the Teachers’ Professional Development Expert Group, which is aiming to ensure that all teachers have access to “high-quality on-the-job support”.
The group, formed at the invitation of the Department for Education, but which operates independently, cites evidence showing that the expertise of individual teachers matters much more than the school that children attend when it comes to educational outcomes.
However, it says that too many teachers are “isolated” and are “not being given systematic opportunities to learn from each other and with each other”.
The new Professional Development Standard will seek to help schools to identify and provide the kind of professional learning opportunities that are effective in raising outcomes.
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