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

This tender seeks to establish several Practice Development Groups (PDGs) in nine regions across England. It is a new ETF programme 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 would be expected to run two rounds of PDG's per academic year (October- January and January - April). It is envisaged that the successful tenderers will act as a hub and set up 8-10 groups (4-5 per round) with group facilitators who will support participants in running action learning sets.