The LowdownGreat leaders create the right conditions for improvement in classrooms and schools.
Education Development Trust’s National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) empower teachers and leaders to create conditions for change and embed evidence-informed teaching and learning at their levels of control.
NPQs are a national, voluntary set of qualifications designed to support teachers and leaders in their professional development.
NPQs are available across multiple levels – from middle leaders, such as heads of subject and department, to senior leaders, such as deputy heads, headteachers and executive leaders.
Each programme is fully funded for staff at state schools and state-funded 16-19 organisations.
“This programme has equipped me with useful strategies that I have been able to put into practice in my role. Each task has given me useful skills and takeaways that I have utilised to improve my day-to-day leadership”
Aamir Kohli, participant on the NPQ for Senior Leadership
Education Development Trust (EDT), an international not-for-profit organisation committed to transforming life chances by improving education, is a lead provider for the NPQs.
With a reputation for high-quality professional development programmes, EDT is uniquely well-placed to deliver NPQs to an excellent standard.
EDT involves schools in the development of their programmes from the very start: in designing their approach, in creating curricula, materials and participant journeys, and in delivering training as current, credible practitioners.
They also have strategic partnerships with several expert organisations to ensure that participants have access to evidence-informed content designed to address the issues teachers and leaders face each day.
These organisations include Evidence Based Education, Sheffield Hallam University’s Institute of Education, National Literacy Trust and the Pen Green Centre.
Applications are now open for EDT’s October 2022 and February 2023 cohorts – apply early to secure your place.
- Education Development Trust’s NPQs are flexible, adaptable and built to fit around a busy work schedule. The blended learning approach of these programmes consists of face-to-face training, self-study, and both live and recorded online learning.
- The curricula, materials and delivery of their NPQs combine the best-evidenced science of learning approaches for developing knowledge, with the empowering routines and analytical rigour of deliberate practice, helping to embed what is learned. Expert leaders in schools and settings are made, not born, and deep knowledge and deliberate practice underpin the development of their expertise.
- The programmes focus on putting theory into action with and through others, ensuring that whatever your leadership level or context, you understand precisely how professional development can create sustained impact.
