Effective Professional Development

This Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) course aims to improve the quality of teaching and learning by understanding how to change our habits in the classroom and explore what models for professional development are most likely to support teacher development. It will be delivered by Kent’s Associate Research School, Kingsnorth and there are still some places available. You can also find further details and book on the Research School website

The Effective Professional Development course written by the EEF and based on their most recent Guidance Reports considers how to improve practice and change our habits in the classroom. It considers what works, looks at the essential evidence and the key messages from the report, all in aid of driving school improvement. It is appropriate for both primary and secondary phases and is subsidised by the EEFective Kent Project for eligible* Kent schools. It also includes full funding for an Evidence Leader of Education (ELE) to work with participating schools to implement the training.

The Effective Professional Development course will start on Wednesday, 18 January 2023 and there are still places available. If you would like to find out more or want to book please do so through Durrington Research School’s website.

The EEFective Kent Project (EKP) is funding three different Evidence-Based Training courses this academic year:

1. Effective Learning Behaviours - started on Monday 5 December 2022, bookings now closed.
2. Effective Professional Development - starting Wednesday 18 January 2023.
3. From Mitigation to Success: Improving Outcomes for Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Learners, starting Wednesday 8 March 2023.

So if your school did not do the Effective Learning Behaviours course that started on 5 December, then you can access both the Effective Professional Development course as well as From Mitigation to Success: Improving Outcomes for Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Learners. Visit the links for further details and to book.

For further information about the range of projects and training on offer through the EEFective Kent Project, please look through the EEFective Kent Project webpage.

This is the last year that the EEFective Kent Project will be providing funding towards the EEF’s Evidence-Based Training courses and offering wrap-around support from an ELE. Please book now to ensure you do not miss out.

There are two other final opportunities to watch out for: the last round of Evidence Champion training with its associated grant opportunity, and the Making it Work Conference, an EEFective Kent Project event focused on implementation on 14 June.