Highland CPD Framework
A Framework for Continuing Professional Development and Professional Review and Development for Teachers
Framework Document:
CPD Profiles and Portfolios
CPD Profiles and Portfolios
The CPD profile is the plan and record for agreed CPD activities which arises from the annual professional review. Every teacher is required to maintain a CPD profile. Teachers who wish to enter the Chartered Teacher programme are required to have maintained a CPD portfolio. The maintenance of a CPD portfolio is regarded as good practice for all teachers, regardless of their experience or aspirations. It is recommended that all staff maintain a CPD portfolio. The CPD portfolio is a personal record held by the individual teacher. The CPD portfolio should contain the CPD Profile as well as personal information and evidence of the teacher’s commitment to CPD and their awareness of the impact of development experiences on their professional actions. Guidance on the construction of a CPD portfolio is contained on page 9 of “Professional Review and Development 2002” (see appendix VII - A CPD Portfolio). The authority will provide training and support in respect of portfolio maintenance.
Each school should designate a staff development co-ordinator. The co-ordinator will have responsibility for collating information from the annual review process within the school and for responding to whole-school CPD issues. Highland Council will support the provision of CPD through the devolution of funding directly to schools and through authority-led CPD initiatives related to the service plan. Where appropriate, the authority will co-ordinate responses to particular needs identified by schools or by the Service Plan. In this context schools are required to provide a summary of the main development needs that would be most appropriately addressed by the authority. Once a year, by 31st January, the school's staff development co-ordinator should forward to the authority's staff development co-ordinator a summary report highlighting those areas identified, and dealt with, as whole-school issues and identifying issues for future authority-led CPD. (See appendix VIII - The School’s Annual CPD / APR Report)
The authority will maintain a programme of CPD activities to support the core CPD activities undertaken by individual staff and school groups. By 30th April each year the authority will publish an annual calendar of the authority-led activities in support of individual and schools’ programmes and the national framework for CPD.
The CPD Steering Group will advise the authority on development issues and the maintenance of the professional development framework within Highland.