When I was an NQT, my school promised me I would receive a full induction programme of a half-day per week to help me improve in my chosen vocation. It comprised an assistant head showing me how to take a register. That is all.
Thankfully, CPD has improved exponentially since then. But to many in the profession there is still a great deal that is lacking and could be improved. And that’s why the Harris Federation has come together with three other leading school trusts to create the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT). We share the view that, while there is already some great CPD out there, our profession deserves and requires a new approach. So the NIoT will be research-led, evidence-based, with a national reach but regionally run, and with a central structure to ensure appropriate oversight and challenge.
