The latest issue of our newsletter includes details about how to identify your needs for development.

We’ve now covered the basics in terms of setting targets, ensuring the basic monitoring is in place and we’ve identified the standards to which we need to adhere. So what’s next in terms of our series of insights into staff professional development?

Well, we need to celebrate what’s going well and also identify those areas where we could benefit from a little support.

Throughout the staff review process, but particularly during a monitoring event, it’s useful to identify “what went well” and also to identify possible areas for improvement.

These areas for improvement may have arisen from a recent lesson observation, learning walk or book/work scrutiny exercise. Alternatively, these areas could have been identified through an interim or mid-year review.

It helps greatly to identify these areas and then to create an action plan for personal development and improvement.

To find out more about our latest issue of The iP Suite - our newsletter for education is available to download here.