Find out how to use Podcast CPD
Free CPD for anyone in education currently in a leadership role or aspiring to leadership across an 11 week programme
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What is Podcast CPD?
Podcast CPD is a new and innovative approach to professional development that aims to offer leaders and aspiring leaders with a thirst for developing themselves new strategies and approaches to leadership. This new learning will be delivered predominantly through a series of podcasts meaning that you can enhance your own professional development at a time and place that works for you, this could be when you are walking the dog, driving to work, during work if you have the time or even doing the washing up at home. The beauty is that you can fit the podcasts around your lifestyle and work commitments. The second part of Podcast CPD is that at four points during the 11 week programme you have the opportunity to network, meet great people and interact with guest speakers (and we have some great ones) through the medium of a 45 minute Zoom. To find out more see below.
How Podcast CPD works
Why has it been developed?
Podcast CPD was created because education needs great people who constantly want to improve. The 11 week programme was created with the simple aim of connecting and inspiring existing leaders and aspiring leaders at a national (and possibly international level) through innovative CPD. This programme is completely free and put together by a collaborative group of leaders who believe in connecting and sharing ideas – it is done in our own time and no money is charged or made from the programme. In all honesty it actually costs us to run the programme but we think this is a small price to pay for meeting new people, trialing new learning and trying to make a difference.
How To Sign Up
Registration for Podcast CPD2 has now closed. You can, however, still listen to the podcasts associated with the CPD by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on the podcast you are interested in. If you would prefer to listen to our podcasts through Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Amazon Music, you can do this by visiting these apps and searching ‘#Share-ED PODCAST CPD’ and you will find our collection of podcasts.
What skills will be developed within podcast cpd?
When we began to think about how to curate a list of great podcasts to inspire and move our thinking forward our starting point was around what skills and attributes we wanted to focus on and develop. There are many skills and attributes that we could have built in but in the end we decided that simplicity was key and so we will ensure that across the 10 week programme we focus on the development of four key areas:
Vision – This is a central area that all of the best leaders in the world have along with an ability to adapt and reimagine a vision according to changing times.
Reflection – This ties in with emotional intelligence. The ability to reflect and get the balance right between key learning and yet not overtly and systematically criticising ourselves is vital at times of change.
Self Improvement – You’re on this programme so we know you value self improvement. The aim of developing this skill is to help you to reflect specifically on what will make the most difference to you as a leader.
Self Regulation – We think this is one of the hardest skills to master when under extreme pressure and so we have included it as an essential skill.
Registration is simple, free and easy and only takes a minute. Click HERE to access the form.
Course Overview
| Week | Activity and Focus | Skills Covered | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Launch via Zoom plus Podcast – #Share-Ed Podcast CPD #08 Key Characteristics of Highly Effective Leaders with Tracy Ruddle | Vision Self Improvement | Zoom date: 12.1.2022 Zoom time: 6pm – 6:45pm Tracy Ruddle guest speaker |
| 2 | Podcast – Feel Better, Live More #171 How to Change Your Mindset | Reflection Self Regulation | The link to the podcast will be shared on: 17.1.2022 |
| 3 | Podcast – #Share-Ed Podcast CPD #08 Great Leaders with Sir David Carter | Vision Self Improvement Self Regulation | The link to the podcast will be shared on: 24.1.2022 |
| 4 | Zoom – networking with like minded leaders in break our rooms followed by QA with guest speaker. | Reflection | Zoom date: 1.2.2022 Zoom time: 6pm – 6:45pm Sir David Carter guest speaker |
| 5 | Podcast – #Share-Ed Podcast CPD #10 Developing a Broad Career inc Taking Risks with Laura McInerney | Vision Self Improvement | The link to the podcast will be shared on: 7.2.2022 |
| 6 | Podcast – Brene on Armoured vs Daring Leadership, Part 1 of 2 (Unlocking Us by Brent Brown) | Self Improvement Self Regulation | The link to the podcast will be shared on: 14.2.2022 |
| 7 | Zoom – networking with like minded leaders in break our rooms followed by QA with guest speaker. | Reflection | Zoom date: 2.3.2022 Zoom time: 6pm – 6:45pm Laura McInerney guest speaker |
| 8 | Podcast – #Share-Ed Podcast CPD #11 Lessons in Courageous Leadership with Diana Osagie | Reflection Self Improvement | The link to the podcast will be shared on: 7.3.2022 |
| 9 | Podcast – Is this What Success Looks like? Sideways with Matthew Syed | Reflection Self Regulation | The link to the podcast will be shared on: 14.3.2022 |
| 10 | Podcast – #Share-Ed Podcast CPD #13 Strategies for Making Schools Great with Ben Parnell | Vision Self Improvement | The link to the podcast will be shared on: 21.3.2022 |
| 11 | Final Zoom – course reflections followed by QA with guest speaker. | Reflection | Zoom date: 30.3.2022 Zoom time: 6pm – 6:45pm Diana Osagie guest speaker |
Your Role in Making a Difference
Podcast CPD is part of a research project which is investigating the role of digital CPD in enhancing and inspiring leaders – in order to make the biggest difference possible we will be issuing three short surveys (one at the start, one in the middle and one at the end of the programme) and will be asking you to take the time to complete them. Each survey will take a maximum of 5 minutes. In merely signing up you are making a difference because you are committing to sharing your views with other leaders but if you want to go further we ask that you share this programme with any colleagues/friends who you feel might be interested – the more the merrier!
