# Practice Development Groups for teachers and trainers in the Further Education and Training Sector

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Education and Training Foundation](/buyers/the-education-and-training-foundation/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: NCG
- Award value: £157,174
- Tender value: £157,174
- Award date: 6 January 2021
- Published: 22 March 2021
- Contract start: 28 June 2020
- Contract end: 30 April 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f75dd34b-c18e-4b2e-8253-8b7710ae5920-422379
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-73b901a1-4407-4dca-b035-cbb06d2f78fb

## Description

Several contracts have been awarded to establish Practice Development Groups \(PDGs\) in nine regions across England\. This new ETF programme was designed to promote practitioner-led, collaborative professional development across the Further Education and Training sector\. PDGs consist of action learning sets of practitioners who work together on a short-term, small-scale project to improve an aspect of their teaching, learning and assessment over a four-month period\. Each successful tenderer is running two rounds of PDG's per academic year \(October- January and January - April\)\. The appointed tenderers act as hubs for 8-10 groups \(4-5 per round\) with group facilitators supporting participants in running action learning sets\.

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- [Award of the CPTE in Digital](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8ec3ddbc-8bcc-45ba-8c29-f7ed76c94d52): The Education and Training Foundation

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f75dd34b-c18e-4b2e-8253-8b7710ae5920-422379)