Staff Development SIG

This group aims to support school leaders interested in effective staff development. Unlike our communities, our special interest groups are intended for self-study. They are aimed at those with a responsibility or an interest in this aspect of education. Please look out for one-off events that support this SIG.

30 Sep 2026

From the Chartered College of Teaching

Free access to articles for student teachers https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/449V-Y4D/high-quality-teaching-resources-for-students-and-ects

From the Chartered College of Teaching

As part of our four-year Mission 44-funded project, Increasing Diversity in ITT, we have developed a free certified online course in partnership with Being Luminary and Chiltern Learning Trust.

This online course, aimed at educators, leaders and mentors working in initial teacher training in UK contexts, explores the systemic barriers faced by trainees from global majority backgrounds when applying for and completing training, and provides language, tools and frameworks for embedding equity in teacher training.

Members can access this course for free and free guest membership is available to complete the programme.

You can access the programme here: https://chartered.college/diversity-in-itt-course/

• Policy: Standard for teachers’ professional development (DfE, 2016)

• Policy: NPQ Framework: Leading Teacher Development (DfE, 2020)

• Guidance report: Effective Professional Development (EEF, 2021)

• Guidance Report: Evaluating effective Teacher Professional Development (CCoT)

• Report: Teaching Commission Report 2 (Teaching Commission, 2026)

• Review: Effective leadership for professional development: A literature review (CCoT)

• Review: Great professional development which leads to great pedagogy: nine claims from research (Stoll et al., 2012)

• Review: Teacher Professional Learning and Development: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration (Timperley et al, 2007)

• Article: Effective teacher professional development: new theory and a meta-analytic test (Sims et al., 2022)

• Article: Teacher CPD: International trends, opportunities and challenges (CCOT, 2019)

• Article: How can school leaders maximise the benefits of being part of a Professional Learning Network (CCoT, 2019)

• Article: Designing Professional Development for Teacher Change (Fletcher Wood, 2018)

• Article: Expert teaching: What is it, and how might we develop it? (McCrae, 2018) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Darling Hammond et al. Effective Teacher Professional Development (Learning Policy Institute, 2017)

• Article: Collaborating with colleagues for professional development (CUREE/CCoT, 2017)

• Article: Inconvenient truths about teacher learning: towards professional development 3.0 (Korthagen, 2016) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Parsing the Practice of Teaching (Kennedy, 2015) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Can Professional Environments in Schools Promote Teacher Development? (Kraft & Papay, 2014) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: State of the art – teacher effectiveness and professional learning (Muijs et al., 2014) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Understanding What Enables High Quality Professional Learning (CUREE/Pearson, 2012)

• Article: Creating and Sustaining Effective Professional Learning Communities (Stoll et al. 2005) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: The Development of Expertise in Pedagogy (Berliner, 1988)

• A balanced approach to professional development (EEF, 2023)

• Podcast: Evidence into Action: Effective Professional Development (EEF, 2021)

• Safe and effective use of AI in education free programme (Chartered College of Teaching)

• Increasing Diversity in ITT free account required (Chartered College of Teaching)

(coming soon)

Guidance Documents

• Putting Evidence to Work (Implementation Guidance) (EEF, 2024)

Videos

• A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)

• Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)

Templates

• Action plan template (pdf)

• Action plan template (docx)

• Case study template (pdf)

• Case study template (pptx)

(coming soon)

(coming soon)