How can we increase professional development and utilise the power of collaboration to enhance the teaching profession?
Dame Alison Peacock, the Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, and Professor Samantha Twiselton, the emeritus professor at Sheffield Institute of Education discuss professional development and empowerment within the education sector.
Throughout the episode, the duo delve into the importance of collaboration, professional identity and the need for a supportive environment for educators.
They also touch upon the role of institutions like the Chartered College of Teaching in fostering a sense of collegiality and professional identity among educators.
The conversation highlights the necessity of an accountability system that empowers teachers and promotes the well-being of both educators and students.
What we know is that most people enter the teaching profession because they want to make a difference, they know that education can really transform lives.
Professor Sam Twiselton
We all know, hopefully, what it's like to work for an inspiring leader, someone who recognises us, notices us, gives us credit for ideas, engages us.
Dame Alison Peacock
Dame Alison Peacock is Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, a charitable Professional Body that seeks to empower a knowledgeable and respected teaching profession through membership and accreditation. Prior to joining the Chartered College, Dame Alison was Executive Headteacher of The Wroxham School in Hertfordshire.
Her career to date has spanned primary, secondary and advisory roles. She is an Honorary Fellow of Queens College Cambridge, Hughes Hall Cambridge and UCL, a Visiting Professor of both the University of Hertfordshire and Glyndŵr University and a trustee for Big Change, Institute for Educational & Social Equity and the Helen Hamlyn Trust.
Her research is published in a series of books about Learning without Limits offering an alternative approach to inclusive school improvement.
Professor Samantha Twiselton, OBE is Emeritus Professor at Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University and was its founding Director. She is also a visiting professor at University of Sunderland and an independent education consultant. To add to this, she is an advisor for multiple governments and many other organisations.
With expertise in teacher and school leader development, recruitment and retention and curriculum, Sam has been heavily involved in shaping and advising Government policy on teacher education. She sits on many government advisory groups, chaired the DfE Core Content in ITT group and continues to be heavily involved in the DfE’s ITT reforms.
Sam is a Founding Fellow and former Vice President (external) of the Chartered College of Teaching. She is trustee for Shine, Teach First, several multi-academy trusts and Now Teach. In June 2018 she was named in the Queen's Birthday honours as a recipient of an OBE for services to Higher Education.
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