Whole school and cluster options for professional learning and development

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CORE Achieve whole school and cluster professional learning and development

Professional development represents a considerable investment for schools…

CORE Achieve for Whole-Schools and Clusters delivers a cost-effective and proven professional development option.

  • High quality professional learning brought right into your school/cluster
  • Cost-effective, long term professional development
  • A foundation of a well designed online programme of professional learning
  • Involve all staff in a collaborative approach that focuses on meeting your school goals

The CORE Achieve Whole-School and Cluster options use a range of available online technologies to bring these high quality professional learning programmes directly into your school/cluster, saving you plenty in terms of teacher release time, travel and accommodation etc.

Traditional approaches CORE Achieve whole school/cluster options
  • Periodic inservice days
  • Long-term, sustained and in-depth
  • A focus on improvingindividual practices
  • Available only to some staff.
  • Focus on whole-school development
  • All staff involved
  • Off-site delivery strategies and/or add-ons to the regular school day
  • In-school provision
  • Continuous and ongoing, providing follow-up support for further learning
  • Transfer of knowledge and discrete skills from “experts” to teachers
  • Designed around collaborative problem-solving and teaching as inquiry
  • Access to external expertise in school context
  • Building internal facilitation capability
  • Generic workshops that offer little continuity or application
  • Customised to local context
  • Integral to school/cluster strategic goals

How it works

  • 25 weeks of engagement
  • 5 online modules of 5 weeks each
  • Scheduled online sessions with external facilitators and experts (video conferencing or webinar)
  • Provision of facilitation resources and activities for use in-school
  • Support for in-school facilitator(s) to work with staff
  • Online opportunities for feedback and support

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