Continuing Professional Development

CPD at the University of Chester

Why CPD at Chester?

Our range of CPD programmes support every stage of a teachers and educators development. Designed and delivered by expert practitioners. In addition to our suite of award-bearing courses, the School of Education provides a range of short courses that meet local needs and priorities with a focus on high quality development that achieves real change.

How our CPD fits within a bigger picture of an accredited pathway

Our programme of CPD integrates into our MA courses to build a full programme of professional development and support. Using our accreditation of prior learning framework you can bring in qualifications from NCTL such as the NPQML, NQPSL, NPQH, as well as NASBM’s Diploma in School Business Management.

What the participants will gain from working with us?

The University of Chester is committed to developing outstanding teachers, educators, practitioners and leaders of the future. By working with us you’ll be engaged with experts who are working in schools, colleges and settings at the forefront of educational research. This ensures that the training you receive will have a positive impact for you, your organisation and its staff.

All of our courses provide the opportuntiy to gain accreditation that can be applied to most of our Master's level programmes.

The end result is a motivated teacher, tutor or practitioner.

Specialist Assessor in Assessing for Access Arrangements (Level 7 Module)

A formal qualification at Level 7 to become a Specialist Assessor, to enable the successful candidate to carry out Access Arrangements under the new JCQ regulations.

Higher Level Teaching Assistant Status (HLTA)

The University of Chester is pleased to continue provision of the HLTA Preparation Course in conjunction with HLTA North. The University has made the decision to continue the online provision of teaching and learning by adopting a virtual classroom approach using Microsoft Teams.