Continuing professional development in the lifelong learning sector

Abstract

The key message of this book is that teachers are best placed to make decisions regarding their own continuing professional development (CPD). Teachers know, or should know, their subjects and their learners’ needs within their local context. The Institute for Learning (IfL) CPD model and guidelines provide a real opportunity for teachers to start reclaiming the initiative and to take responsibility for their own learning and development and for organizations and managers to move away from ‘sheep-dip’ approaches to CPD to personalized learning. If we seriously intend to personalize learning for our students then, surely, the same principle must apply to teachers.