Career Development
Teacher Career Development
Alongside our students, our staff are our greatest asset. As such we are deeply committed to recruiting, developing, retaining and caring for our exceptionally talented and committed staff teams. This commitment is enshrined in the Mercia Pledge which is designed to ensure that our staff get the very best professional experience on offer anywhere. We are committed to deliberate CPD for teachers at all career stages.
The diagram below shows the key elements of our CPD offer
The table below shows some specific aspects of our CPD offer
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Ready to train |
School Experience Programme School recruitment fairs |
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Train to teach |
ITT Providers: SHU, TUoS, The Sheffield SCITT, Teach First School Direct |
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New teacher |
NQT programme NQT mentor - reduced timetable Additional training through Mercia TSA |
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Developing teacher |
RQT programme (to be developed further) RQT mentor |
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Expert teacher |
Subject networks and curriculum collaboration Research groups Evidence informed practice Secondment/work shadowing across Trust |
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Teacher to leader |
Pathway to Middle Leadership (an in-house programme for teachers in the first few years of their career) NPQML |
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Leader to senior leader |
NPQSL (bursaries available) Associate leadership programmes |
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Essentials for headship |
NPQH (bursaries available) HT led CPD |
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System leadership
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NPQEL |