Online CPD
Online CPD from CGeogs
This page hosts a selection of downloadable CPD and inset resources written by Chartered Geographers. They are for use during departmental inset sessions, or for you to use as CPD during your own time. Some are geography specific, others are more generic.
More coming soon!
How this online CPD works
These online CPD modules are short, skills based presentations which can be used with minimal preparation by teachers presenting departmental inset. There will also be several modules designed for personal rather than departmental based CPD. The modules are between 15 and 30 minutes in length and are presented using PowerPoint. Each presentation is accompanied by a set of notes which the presenting teacher can use to ‘read up' on the topic and discuss during the presentation. Other resources and pre course tasks for the teachers attending the inset are also available.
Teaching Gifted and Talented Geographers
Author: Ben Ward CGeog, Penwortham Girls High School
Resources:
- Inset presentation
- Presentation guidance notes
- Pre course task
- Handout - Intelligence questionnaire
- Handout -Able pupil identification
Questioning: Ideas and strategies
Author: Ben Ward CGeog, Penwortham Girls High School
Resources:
- Inset presentation
- Presentation guidance notes
- Pupil questionnaire
- Questioning lesson plan
- Questioning self evaluation sheet
- Lesson plan example - population
- Lesson Plan example - Rivers
- Observation format sheet
Embedding Geographical Information Systems into the Curriculum
Authors: Lawrence Collins CGeog and Tim Bayliss CGeog,
Lincoln Minster School
Resources:
- Inset Presentation (includes notes for the presenting teacher attached to each slide)
- Presentation slide notes
- Introduction
- Example medium term plan
- Free GIS websites
- Further reading
Geography in the news - a KS3/4 bridge curriculum
Author: Richard Langton CGeog, Lawrence Sheriff School
Resources:
- Inset presentation
- Presentation guidance notes
- Projects presentation
- Topic outlines 2008-9
- Article template
- Book cover
- Year 9 scrapbook marking sheet
Building Leadership Capacity: Middle Manager or Middle Leader?
Author: Adrian Taylor CGeog, St Marys RC High School
Resources:
- Inset presentation (includes notes for the presenting teacher attached to each slide)
Straightforward uses of Interactive Whiteboards in Geography
Authors: Lawrence Collins CGeog and Tim Bayliss CGeog,
Lincoln Minster School
Resources:
Team Teaching
Author: Peter Evea CGeog, Co Durham CYPS Education Development Service
Resources:
Raising the profile of geography
Author: Peter Evea CGeog, Co Durham CYPS Education Development Service
Resources:
Google Earth
Author: Ben Ward CGeog, Penwortham Girls High School
Resources:
How to improve links between school Geography Departments and Local University Geography and Education Departments
Authors: Garry Atterton, CGeog, The Castle School, and Alan Terry CGeog and Mark Jones CGeog, UWE
Resources:
Leading a curriculum area
Author: Adrian Taylor CGeog, St Marys RC High School
Resources:
- Leading A Curriculum Area PowerPoint presentation (with slide notes)
- Presentation guidance notes
- Awareness test avi file - if using this with colleagues, please insert a link to the file to help your presentation run smoothly
- NCSL Thinkpiece article by Tony Bush & notes
- Representation of Subject Leadership & Traffic light evaluation - both documents are in the PDF file entitled ‘Peak Performer evaluation of success'.
- Leadership scenarios cards
- What Should Middle Leaders Do? PowerPoint template for paired/group activity
- Leading a Curriculum Area Plenary cards
- Securing improvement: the role of subject leaders Ref: DfES 0102/2002
- The Heart Of The Matter - NCSL Leading Edge Series
Presenting the importance of fieldwork to your Senior Management
Authors: Lawrence Collins CGeog and Tim Bayliss CGeog,
Lincoln Minster School
Resources:
- Inset presentation
- Notes to go with presentation slides
- Local fieldwork example: Lincoln
- International fieldwork example: Switzerland
How to be a Humanities Specialist School
Author: Paula Cooper CGeog, King Edward VI Five Ways School
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Geography and Literacy
Author: Peter Evea CGeog, Co Durham CYPS Education Development Service
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Using The TDA Professional Standards To Improve Teaching & Learning
Author: Adrian Taylor CGeog, St Marys RC High School
Resources:
- Introduction
- Two examples of the documentation from the TDA - the standards & a framework which relates the standards to stages in a teacher's career.
- Professional Development Career Portfolio - a framework to record and plan your professional development.
- Career profile (TDA standards) - a professional development planning tool which also related to the requirements of the CGeog (Teacher). Also in excel format.
- TDA help cards - resource cards for the training session.
- TDA standards to improve teaching & learning - a presentation for the training session.