


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