When It comes to CPD, how can we ensure it makes a difference?

Every teacher has the potential to improve. So, just as we wish our students to be ongoing learners, we should expect the same from our teachers. Establishing a culture of truly great teaching in a school is key for any leader looking to nurture truly great teaching. But how can we ensure that our CPD provision benefits both us as teachers and the students we teach?

In this session, Costa will offer practical suggestions and ideas on how schools can introduce professional learning programmes to ensure their teachers, both novice and expert, can confidently explore and experiment with new teaching strategies and innovative pedagogies and that it makes a difference rather than engaging in CPD for the sake of it.

Drawing upon insights from his published paper, ‘When it comes to CPD, how can we ensure it makes a difference?’ and his latest book, ‘A School Leader’s Guide to Learning Professional Development,’ we will examine practical strategies for enhancing CPD practices within our schools that make a real difference.

Explore practical methods for implementing professional learning programmes that enable teachers to explore new teaching approaches and pedagogies confidently.
Review some simple but effective strategies for evaluating the impact of CPD provision, ensuring it leads to meaningful improvements in teaching practice and student outcomes.

CPD Leaders
Teaching and Learning Leads
All Senior and Middle Leaders

Costa Costantinou

Costa Constantinou co-founded Veema in 2013 after a long teaching career in London. He is driven by his passionate belief in the transformative power of education to create opportunities. Growing up in a migrant family, Costa embraced the significance of schooling from an early age. Having been deprived of education, his parents instilled a deep appreciation for learning.

Costa understands firsthand the needs and priorities of schools today. He has led national and international keynotes and workshops on improving teaching and learning, school leadership, and implementing and managing effective change. Costa passionately advocates that professional development is a requisite tool for teachers to engage with pedagogy, offer collaborative working partnerships, challenge and advance existing practice. Taken together, these sharpen our ability to focus on how we teach and how pupils learn — a reflective approach that, at its core, sees learning through the eyes of the learner.

Veema’s professional development and school improvement programmes empower teachers and school leaders worldwide, fostering continuous learning for the benefit of their students.

Publications: “A School Leader’s Guide to Leading Professional Development”