A CPD visit is a growth experience for the school and the visitor, not just 2 hours of training.
Last week, I got to visit the International School of Ulm / Neu-Ulm following over a year of work with their SLT and CEO Luke Osborne.
My short video looks at my experience through a personal lens, but hopefully you will find the glimpse into the flow of a CPD visit insightful!
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬:
1️⃣ Spending a full day meeting everyone from HR to the primary student council to take a snapshot of the communities thoughts and experiences.
2️⃣ Incorporating my experiences and using quotes from students and staff to refine the CPD session and bring the work to life specific to their lived context at ISU.
3️⃣ Affirming the great things already happening at the school which can often be overlooked during work with personal connection like DEIJ. Using a strength-based lens we ensured that we could begin moving forward together.
A huge thank you to Luke, Lee Rawlinson, Susannah Pal, Charlotte Balsom, and Carolyn Henry for being incredible hosts representing an amazing school of students and teachers.
Though this is just the first step of this part of your school’s journey, it set a great tone and identified the wealth of strengths that we can lean on as we move forward with commitment and accountability.
I look forward to how this work at ISU will mature and applying my learning, experiences, and feedback from the session to my continuing work.
#DEIJItsWhatWeDO
