Evidence-Based CPD – How to Plan Impactful September INSET Days

How do we keep the spark alive in our schools and build a professional culture that attracts, retains, and motivates the very best educators?

In this 30-minute session, Costas Constantinou shares practical strategies for designing impactful September INSET days that go beyond one-off events and set the tone for a year of meaningful professional growth. Drawing on his book, A School Leader’s Guide to Leading Professional Development, this webinar focuses on sustaining staff motivation, ensuring CPD is relevant for all career stages, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

You’ll leave with practical ideas to help you plan INSET that empowers your staff, reignites purpose, and delivers long-term impact.

Learn the key principles of high-impact professional development.
Reflect on what teachers today really need from CPD.
Explore practical, evidence-based ideas for planning INSET that motivates and supports all staff.
Discover ways to sustain energy and purpose throughout the year—not just in September.

CPD and INSET Leaders
Teaching and Learning Leaders
Lead Practitioners and Middle Leaders
Senior Leaders responsible for whole-school CPD

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”