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DCSF CPD Citizenship Certificate Course in Cumbria

Completion of the Cumbria Hub CPD certificate 2009-10

The next meeting of the Cumbria hub will be in the Boardroom at CREA on Thursday September 16th from 0930. The day will be devoted to presentations and sharing pracice as well as looking at the final details for submission of the portfolios.

The Portfolio must be handed in on September 27th. Course members should ensure that they have completed the following aspects

1. Complete the SKP and outline an action plan for Citizenship education from the SKP

2. A Scheme of Work covering a minimum of three lessons involving an NGO or other partner and eveidence of observation of teaching the work. Please include any teaching resources with the Scheme of Work

3. The evaluation of Citizenship education at their institution using the ACT SET

4. Evidence of a presentation to peers, senior leaders or others in their institution on the findings from the evaluation or an aspect of the evaluation-usually to be found in the final matrix at the back of the SET

5. Evidence of a the presentation to course members about an aspect of Citizenship education-usually derived from the school evluation, the lesson planning or SKP/action plan

5. A reflective piece of writing about the value and importance of Citizenship education.

Course members can find more advice at the portfolio of evidence CPD web page and below are various downloads to help with the reflective writing and advice about submitting the portfolio at M Level. Additional resources are on the ACT National CPD Certificate web page .

The Cumbria hub HEI tutor is Dr Peter Brett. He can be contacted at p.brett88@yahoo.com

Teachers can sign up for the Citizenship CPD course 2010-11 on the CPD site at Plymouth CPD