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December 18th, 2009Regular readers of this blog may recall that we undertook last month to build an online community for those teachers (such as supply teachers) who want to keep up to date with their professional development. I am pleased to say that the community is now live. It’s called CPDStepIn.
It currently includes the following features:
- a discussion area with chat, forum and web meeting tools
- a place to share resources and links
- advice on PRD and examples of free, online CPD on Glow and beyond
- a place to express views.
We hope shortly to incorporate a feed of teaching posts from MyJobsScotland.com.
Who is CPDStepIn for?
If you are on the supply list, or have problems accessing PRD and CPD through school and local authority mechanisms, then you are very welcome to join.
How do I join CPDStepIn?
- If you have a Glow user ID, join CPDStepIn here. See this CPDAnswers post if you need help joining a Glow group.
- If you don’t have a Glow user ID, see this CPDAnswers post for how you can get one.
The National CPD Team are grateful to LTScotland for their support in this important venture.
Please help spread the word about CPDStepIn.
I’m really pleased to hear about step-in for teachers who are still seeking employment. I have a guest GLOW user ID for the national site because of my interest in outdoor learning.
If I can be of any assistance on the chat and forum, please let me know. Would I need a different GLOW user ID. I tend to contribute every couple of weeks to the outdoor learning forum on TES, answering queries and assisting teachers off line who are preparing for inspections and want to do more outdoor learning.I also work with students who have dissertations or outdoor learning tasks.
I would be happy to give support, advice and where relevant resources or point folk in the direction of outdoor learning resources
Best wishes
Juliet