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Commentary: 'I love real-life CPD events — we must not lose them'

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Commentary: 'I love real-life CPD events — we must not lose them' Tes Emma Turner, research and CPD lead for Discovery Schools Trust, Leicestershire, England, loves continuous professional development. Turner writes: "I've never ever left a CPD session with nothing. Sometimes it's copious notes scribbled furiously, sometimes it's rage or frustration at something someone has said that has galvanized my ideas or stance. Other times it's been an idea which has come to me during the ennui of a really badly delivered session in an overly hot room." But she worries we;re going to lose all that. "Because while we are concerned about the lack of face-to-face contact and the importance of this for our students, we are potentially overlooking its importance for our own professional learning as we sing the praises of remote CPD," she writes. READ MORE

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