Leading Teacher Development
For teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading the development of other teachers, curriculum leads, mentors or trainees in their school.
Course Overview
| Registration date | October-January. Participants can register with the Department for Education from October and will be prompted to complete a short application with UCL |
| Start date | February |
| Course length | 1 year |
| Accreditation | UCL/Department for Education (DfE) |
| Fees | State School participants will receive sponsorship from DfE. The fee for self-funded or Independent School participants is £902. Please note that anyone receiving DfE sponsorship will not be permitted to withdraw and then restart the same NPQ. |
Course Curriculum
This one-year course will help you gain confidence and develop skills in:
- helping create a culture of high expectations
- supporting colleagues with all aspects of their teaching
- contributing to effective professional development linked to teaching, curriculum and assessment.
What you'll learn
This course covers themes including:
- Improve teaching – you will learn how to develop teachers at all levels in your school, building strong systems that underpin their professional development.
- Design professional development – you will strengthen your ability to design effective CPD that makes a genuine difference to pupil outcomes.
- Deliver effective professional development – you will deepen your knowledge of the best ways to develop models of professional development and dialogue that inspires teachers to become the experts that their pupils need.
- Implementation – you will learn how to implement change successfully within your context by understanding the stages of implementation and applying them with the support of your facilitators and colleagues.
How you'll learn
We offer a combination of online sessions and a final face-to-face Consolidation Conference in a central UK location. Our online sessions are carefully facilitated to allow a significant portion of time in Peer Learning Groups, incorporating plenty of discussion, reflection and expert input.
“The interaction and organisation were excellent. There were great networking opportunities and the delivery was clear and coherent.”
A recent participant
Assessment
Assessment
Your questions answered
Louisa Horner is CATS Global Schools’ Learning & Development Lead. She has completed her own NPQ in Senior Leadership and leads the facilitation of NPQs for CATS Global Schools, so can share insight into the learning experience and time commitments. Here she answers your most frequently asked questions.
NPQs on offer
Leading Teacher Development
For teachers who have, or are aspiring to have, responsibilities for leading the development of other teachers, curriculum leads, mentors or trainees in their school.
Senior Leadership
For school leaders who are or are aspiring to be a senior leader with cross-school responsibilities
Headship
For school leaders who are, or are aspiring to be, a headteacher or head of school with responsibility for leading a school.
