For example at Booker School they have a daily agenda meeting first thing to discuss what they are going to do with different children, such as who is going to have difficulties today due to issues from home. Also as part of Team Teach they have to learn how to use appropriate physical training techniques. Additionally for CPD teachers take part in Teaching Learning Responsibility means that teachers are in charge of a specific are of teaching and learning, for example at Booker Park teachers specials in behavioural difficulties, learning difficulties, sensorial difficulties and physical impairments. Teachers who take part in teaching learning responsibilities can receive bonuses for CPD development if it supported by their line managers and the school.
The roles at Booker Park School include:
Senior Teacher – is in charge of how to go about teaching the curriculum criteria. She is told what she must teach, but will decide how she will teach it.
Speech and Language Therapy Specialist – are involved in working with children for their speech and language. They often take students out of class to take part in speck and language activities, for example word games.
Teachers in Training – they apply what the lead class teacher wants to do for today’s learning.
Teaching Assistants – they assist the teacher, they do take part in one-to-ones that can include reading. They make sure the child is doing what they need to “their the eyes”.
Work Placement Students – Take part in the normal classroom activities, which can involve talking and reading to children and doing smaller tasks such as cutting up the fruit for snack time. This is important as it is mandatory that children have fruit and vegetables in school.
M3,How continuing development of staff can enhance the care of patient/users of services
Continuing professional development (CPD) Good aspect is it will help tutors and Subject Learning Coaches work together to develop effective assessment strategies for their learners and extend their practice. There are three activities, each with sample session plans, hand outs and slides. They may be offered in any order at the facilitator's discretion. It may be helpful to allow independent learning time between activities.
Another advantage of Continuing Professional Development is it can enhance the care of patient and users of services by the staff keeping up-to-date and learning new skills and competencies in the fast changing world in which we live and work. CPD is defined as the maintenance and improvement of knowledge vital for keeping up with the huge variety of patient and user needs skills and competence throughout a professional’s working life. It is about maintaining and improving standards of competence and professionalism it is on the staff to take responsibility for developing and directing their career.
CPD is not just about courses and qualifications those are important for staff It includes a wide variety of activities that lead to learning and development both personal and professional. Clearly, the primary objective is to enhance staff professionalism and therefore it is expected that, in any one year at least half of the outcomes of staffs CPD will be directly related to your current employment/business activities. However, the Institute recognizes that many members gain great benefits in personal development from a range of general and specialised activities.
CPD, encompasses anything that helps to broaden your range of skills knowledge or competence. So even if you are at a standstill in your career and can't move forwards, for whatever reason there is still lots you can do on the CPD front. CPD activities can take place in many different situations.
Informal or unstructured learning could be:
• Work experience projects
• Coaching and mentoring
• Job rotation and work shadowing
• Planned reading
• Networking
• Using multi-media resources
Formal or structured learning could be:
• Attendance at conferences, seminars or CILT(UK) and other professional meetings
• Distance learning with feedback or some form of assessment
• Studying for a qualification
• Undertaking research
• Attendance at short courses
• Teaching and making presentations
D1, Evaluation of how own effectiveness as a carer has developed
I have worked hard on my continual professional development during and outside my work placement I have worked in many different areas in my current workplace and have worked with a variety of different needs from learning physical and behavioral difficulties to different impairments hearing and visual in a short amount of time I have worked a total of 87 hours in booker park outside of work placement I have been gathering new certificates by taking part in extra coerces in saint john’s ambulance to be qualified in using Automated Electronic Defibulaters and Medical gases also in my work as a life guard we are constantly being retrained and bring up to date with new procedures.
Most activities in my work placement will have relevance to professional development in one form or another however some will be more effective than others in satisfying the needs of a CPD plan. Possibly the most effective learning opportunity is organised support at work. The support provided by colleagues or mentors is significantly effective. The style of support is also crucial, solving problems and meeting challenges as part of a cohesive team is the most effective.
Work experience whether within a structured and regulated situation or requiring significant innovation is also an extremely effective way of achieving CPD goals. Informal discussions are also very useful especially when conducted with subject specialists or work colleagues.
Interestingly those activities that people most often associate with CPD i.e. attendance on short academic and training courses and postgraduate programmes are not considered to be as effective as the activities I mentioned above. These are still however valid means of maintaining my CPD. It is also interesting to learn that formal reviews informal debriefings and individual reflection on experience are not particularly effective as learning opportunities. Publications although often cited as useful vehicles for CPD based learning are really only effective when the individual wishes to find out how to perform a specific task. Despite this many professionals spend considerable time reading publications and this will add to the knowledge base of individuals and therefore will assist in maintaining an individual’s CPD.
