CPD weblog

The 12 CLT standards

Pedagogy and pupil learning

1.Create and manage a classroom environment to ensure a secure and supportive achievement culture and behaviour strategy to meet the needs of London's diverse and mobile pupil population.

2.Apply a wide range of teaching and learning strategies to reduce individual barriers to learning and to meet the variety of pupil needs in London.

3.Develop and implement inclusive practices in a range of learning settings appropriate to the diversity of pupils in London and the complexity of their personal learning, including support for Special Education Needs, to raise pupils' achievements.

4.Progress partnerships within and beyond the classroom with support staff, teachers, other professionals, agencies and community resources, to promote pupils' achievements, learning, development and well-being.

5.Analyse and use relevant data to inform and promote the highest possible aspirations for pupils and to target expectations and actions to raise pupil achievements.

Subject, specialism and/or phase knowledge

6.Demonstrate ongoing development and application of subject, specialism and/or phase knowledge and expertise, drawing on opportunities and resources in London to enrich the learning experience.

7.Identify and use the knowledge and experiences that pupils, their families and other communities bring from outside the school to enrich curriculum development and teaching practices.

Whole-school issues

8.Contribute to the development and application of whole school policies and activities, to extend opportunities for pupil and school achievements in London.

9.Promote and apply shared professional learning and other forms of support and development for teachers to learn and work together, taking account of teacher mobility, to strengthen collective knowledge and expertise across teachers in London.

Diversity, communities and cultures

10.Build on, extend and apply knowledge of the range of communities, cultures and sub-cultures in London, to inform and promote individual pupils' learning.

11.Promote and implement policies and practices that encourage mutual tolerance and respect for diversity, challenge discrimination and widen pupils' understanding of their contribution to society.

12.Demonstrate a capacity to deal constructively and sensitively with conflicting community and cultural values in classrooms and schools.

The aim of this weblog is to enable staff to reflect on and share the best practice techniques, strategies and ideas they have encountered from a range of CPD activities. It also aims to encourage interaction between teachers in relation to best practice. Please try and link comments to one of the 12 CLT standards.