Nursery World - Training Today: CPD

How can settings realistically put together a long-term, in-depth programme of CPD and not break the bank? Pen Green shows how it can be done. By Annette Rawstrone

Pen Green believes training should be specifi c to settings and practitioners

The importance of continuing professional development (CPD) has always been acknowledged within the early years sector, but never more so than now.

Ofsted inspectors, under the new Education Inspection Framework, now gather evidence of the effectiveness of a setting’s CPD and the impact that it has on children’s well-being, learning and development. The revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework also puts great onus on leaders to provide high-quality CPD.

It is not enough to simply ensure staff have their statutory training up to date and have a record of any further CPD undertaken, whether that is participating in workshops, reading relevant publications or having professional discussions with peers. Inspectors want to know about a setting’s approach to CPD and hear staff talking knowledgeably about the CPD that they have done – why they did it, how it has developed their knowledge and practice and the impact it has had on children’s well-being, learning and development.

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