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Why become a CGeog (Teacher)?

Author: RGS-IBG

"The CGeog is a qualification which spurs you on to improve your own professional development, and maintain the curiosity about the subject. Teachers should also be learners, and the CGeog provides a framework for that process, as well as recognition when it is achieved." Alan Parkinson, CGeog (Teacher)

 

"Going through the CGeog process is a very beneficial experience. It allows you to reflect on the work that you have done and are doing and allows you to think about where you want to develop next. It is an excellent CPD activity in its own right!"

 

Jonathan Powell, CGeog (Teacher)

 

 

 

What are the benefits of becoming a Chartered Geographer (Teacher)?

  • Chartered Geographer (Teacher) is relevant to the TDA framework of professional and occupational standards for teachers.
  • It can support your application for a leadership or Advanced Teacher role.
  • Shows that you are committed to geography beyond your specific teaching responsibilities, by recognising your ongoing contribution to teaching and learning and the wider discipline.
  • Demonstrates that you wish to maintain your professional standards through continually developing your geographical skills and knowledge.
  • Enhance your career portfolio and employability.
  • Proves your commitment to the professionalism of the discipline by using CGeog (Teacher).
  • As a Chartered Geographer (Teacher) you will be selecting and undertaking your own annual programme of continuing professional development (CPD)
  • Uses a wide range of CPD activities as evidence, including those that you currently undertake such as working with examination boards
  • You can, if you wish, become a mentor for teachers thinking of becoming a Chartered Geographer (Teacher) in the future

Claire Wheeler, Professional and Communications Officer, gave a short lecture at the Geographical Association conference in Guildford in April 2008 about why you should get involved with CGeog (Teacher). View this presentation.

“Chartered Geographer (Teacher) gives me professional status”Tessa Willy, CGeog (Teacher)


 

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Why become a CGeog (Teacher)?

  • Demonstrates your commitment to professional development
  • Is relevant to the TDA framework of professional and occupational standards for teachers
  • Shows you are working beyond your specific teaching duties
  • Provides access to regional CPD and mentoring opportunities
  • Can support your application for a leadership role
'The Chartered Geographer status provides committed geographers with a visible stamp of their continuing interest in the development of geography as a discipline. CGeog(Teachers) are active within their discipline, both keeping abreast through frequent professional development and also playing an active role in developing the curriculum'
Andrew Lee, a Chartered Geographer and Geography Teacher at Dulwich College, Shanghai, China

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