Supporting professional learning

History specific CPD is very important if individual teachers and departments are to thrive. The best history departments have a culture of always learning together.  They are constantly discussing how children learn in history and they are always updating their subject knowledge.  It can be a lot of fun to learn together and to take advantage of opportunities to ‘do history’ as a team.  Despite the admin pressures that beset all schools, it is vital that most departmental meeting time is given over to subject specific CPD.  In this section you will find helpful articles, guides, resources, and information about opportunities, to enable your department to undertake effective CPD.

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  • Engaging with each other: how interactions between teachers inform professional practice

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. What kinds of interaction take place in a history department? What might be their value? Between 1999 and 2003, Simon Letman, then history teacher and Director of Studies at The Royal Hospital School in Ipswich,...

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  • So, what exactly does an AST do?

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    Professional development lies at the heart of any thriving, forward-thinking profession. In teaching, however, despite the government’s recent drive to ‘modernise’ the profession, it can still be a bit hit and miss. What are the opportunities for ambitious and successful teachers of history to widen their horizons and engage in...

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