Thank you very much for your engagement in our consultation about the potential for a quality assurance system for teacher CPD so far. The responses that we have received so far have been very helpful. For a reminder of the purpose of this consultation, please see here:
https://chartered.college/get-involved-new-cpd-consultation

We are currently considering what we have learned from the evidence about Quality Assurance through a rapid evidence review, an online consultation and face-to-face and online workshops. The evidence has highlighted a number of key themes which will inform the potential development of a quality assurance system. These themes are as follows:

Context: The wider education system that a quality assurance system sits within
Purpose: What the primary purpose of a quality assurance system is
Governance: Who manages and administers the quality assurance system  
Processes: What processes underpin a quality assurance system
Defining quality: How a quality assurance system defines quality of CPD
Value: Who pays for a quality assurance system and how is it valued by users

The questions below focus around some of these key themes. In relation to these areas we want to further develop our understanding of what type of quality assurance system could be most helpful in the existing education system. Feel free to leave questions blank if you feel you don’t wish to answer them, and there is space at the end for you to add further comments.

Please complete the survey here by 17th December. If you have any questions please get in touch with Sarah Harrison at:
sharrison@chartered.college

Please note that as we are still consulting, we have made no final decisions related to any of the areas outlined below.

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* 1. Contact information

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* 2. Purpose:
Please choose the statement that you most agree with from the system below.

The primary outcome of a Quality Assurance system should be to...

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* 3. Please add a comment if you wish.

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* 4. Processes: 
Please select the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements.

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
A quality assurance system should cover schools, school groups, trusts, etc. who deliver CPD as well as external providers of CPD
A quality assurance system should provide formative feedback to CPD providers
A quality assurance system should support schools to assess the quality of their internal CPD
A quality assurance system should recognise existing quality assurance systems that providers use to judge the quality of their CPD (e.g. existing quality marks)  
A quality assurance system should quality assure all the CPD offered by a particular provider/school, from one-off events to long-term programmes
A quality assurance system should quality assure individual programmes offered by a provider/school, including ‘off-the-shelf’ programmes and bespoke support
A quality assurance system should focus on the quality of the facilitators of professional development

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* 5. Please add a comment if you wish.

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* 6. Value: 
Please select the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements.

  Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree
A quality assurance system should be free to schools at the point of use
A quality assurance system should be paid for by providers
A quality assurance system should be funded through advertising
Providers and schools going through the the quality assurance process should pay for support to help them with the process
A quality assurance system should provide a ‘badge’ of quality for providers and schools to use on publicity materials

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* 7. Please add a comment if you wish.

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* 8. Please use this space to add any further comments about the development of a quality assurance system for teacher professional development.

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* 9. If a solution is designed and piloted, would you be interested in being part of a pilot?

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* 10. Please add a comment if you wish.

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