Education Development Service
The vision of the Education Development Service is:
To work with schools to ensure the highest quality educational quality.
In pursuit of our vision we seek to operate as an outward-looking service in which we behave with professional integrity recognising and celebrating achievement. We will share our vision through professional communication with sensitivity, mutual respect and understanding so that all clearly understand our common purpose and can be active participants in the pursuit of excellence. To this end we will:
- Provide a first class, consistent, integrated service which works professionally with all stakeholders and meets their needs and aspirations.
- Support and challenge our schools to continually improve, further raising the achievements of their pupils by providing high quality professional development linked with up-to-date and appropriate interventions which build on best practice and research.
- Fulfil our individual roles with professionalism and integrity.
The Durham Schools’ Continuing Professional Development Partnership is a community of educators committed to:
- Working together.
- Learning together.
- Raising achievement by investing in the Continuing Professional Development of all staff.
All development activities are led by experienced educators with the highest levels of expertise who are enthusiastic advocates of personal and professional development.
The Education Development Service aims to promote excellence in personal and professional development for all through:
- A wide range of world-class professional development opportunities.
- High quality learning opportunities that are both challenging and responsive to needs.
- Customer focused approaches to the development and provision of courses, conferences and school-based packages.
- Value for money and outstanding service that exceeds expectations.
The Education Development Service provides personal and professional development opportunities through:
- Learning and teaching.
- Leadership and management
- Local, Regional and National Professional Learning Partnerships
- Curriculum development
- Professional recognition of school-based work
- Academic accreditation.
The Education Development Service creates personal and professional learning opportunities through:
- School-based Development Programmes
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Courses and Conferences
- Individual and Team Development
- Personal Development Programmes
- International Professional Development
- Learning Networks
- Learning-focussed Research
Partnership Websites - Educational Service Providers ESP Information Page
