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If you log in as a provider, you will see a button marked Resources.  Select that to view and download the various types of logo available. There are print as well as web site versions.

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Currently, CPDFind doesn’t have a specific Chartered Teacher tag. We would appreciate the thoughts of both users and providers about this. Just leave a comment here.

In the meantime,  the General Teaching Council for Scotland keeps links to all the chartered teacher providers on their site.

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CPDFind is devised to give a fair ‘crack at the whip’ to all providers. If a user types in a search term (eg behaviour) it will return first those opportunities with:

• behaviour in the title
• then behaviour  in the key words
• then behaviour in any other part of the opportunity

To optimise the search results, make sure that you use your 5 key words wisely!

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It’s pretty straightforward. Have a look at the information in the providers’ area of our web site and drop us a line at cpdregister@ltscotland.org.uk.

Steps taken:

1  Regular reports to CPD managers at authority level.

2  Almost all of the 32 local authorities has a direct link to CPDFind from their own CPD web sites

3  An email has been sent to every CPD coordinator at school level in Scotland to let them know about CPDFind.

4. There are feeds from CPDFind into many of the CPD communities in Glow

The A-Z is a list of registered providers in alphabetical order.  Selecting a provider’s name will provide you with background information about the provider, the opportunities they offer as well as contact details.

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The CPDFind database is being developed in several stages:

Stage 1 – building on the Register of CPD Providers which already exists. This work was completed by April 2007.

Stage 2 – extending the number of CPD providers by:

• Identifying and working with CPD providers (not on the Register) to make their opportunities available
• Working with local authority providers of CPD to make links between their local online CPD systems and CPDFind.
• allow RSS feeds from the system
• linking CPDFind to CPDReflect
• improve the search mechanism to concentrate on key words field
• allow user friendly ‘narrowing down’ of searches
• generate feedback on popular and no-hit search terms

Much of stage 2 is now complete but we continue to reach out to new providers.

Stage 3 – localising and personalising with Glow.  This stage is linked to the work on Glow. Using the Glow log-in details will allow us to:

• set up CPD providers at establishment, learning community and local authority level
• endorse CPD opportunities on the system
• provide a direct link to CPDFind from the staff home page of Glow
• set ‘alerts’ for areas of CPD that interest you.

In addition, we continue to respond to feedback from users and CPD providers. We always like to hear from you so please drop us a line at cpdanswers@ltscotland.org.uk and let us know how to do better!

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