Good Practice in CPD Delivery
This month saw the official launch of a new website www.cpdsewales.org.uk 
which is managed by the five localeducation authorities that form the South East Wales Consortium - Blaenau Gwent, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen. The website will support teachers and education practitioners to
continue their professional development. The exciting programme included
addresses from Elizabeth Arthur and Mark Austin from the Consortium, Education Minister Jane Hutt, Hayden Llewellyn Deputy Chief Executive GTCW, Penny Lewis HMI Estyn and senior managers from local schools. The programme was complemented by an outstanding musical performance by young musicians from the Gwent Music Support Service.
The afternoon was opened by Dr Brett Pugh Chair of the SEWC and began with highly visual and informative presentations on the new website. The site brings a much larger choice of CPD and expertise to school based staff across the consortium. Staff have a personal area on the site where they can keep a record of their professional development; build their CV and record and analyse the impact of their CPD.
Jane Hutt gave strong support for the project. She felt the site is an excellent example of LEA collaboration and it has added considerable value to the service provided to schools in the Consortium. The Minister commented that the work of the SE Wales Consortium provides a model of good practice in CPD delivery that other areas of Wales could look to follow.
The consortium has worked very closely with the GTCW in the development of the site with the aim to increase the number of teachers in south east Wales who access GTCW funding. Hayden Llewellyn spoke of how GTCW has made recommendations in respect of how teachers' CPD is recorded, reflected upon and quality assured in Wales. He commented how the SE Consortia has made huge strides in these areas and in doing so is creating an environment whereby the development of teachers and pupil learning is being given the highest priority.
The two headteachers, Gary Keeble of Monmouthshire, Anne Webster-Blythe of Torfaen and deputy head Trevor Reynolds of Newport, all endorsed the benefits the website had brought to their school in terms of choice and accessibility for staff and the potential for integrating it with their performance management systems.
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