Session 4

• Early years
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Performance outcome 3

T level in Education & Early Years 

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Session 4

Learning objectives 

By the end of the session, all learners will be able to:

1. Link their observations completed in their placement to Development Matters 2023, to clearly define the importance of meeting curriculum requirements when understanding children. 
2. Explore the importance of CPD and how this impacts our professional development in Early Years or primary Education. 

Starter - Connect 

(1) As a group we will watch the video about CPD and its importance in academia. 

(2) You will then discuss and feedback why you think CPD is important for your professional development. 

The importance of CPD 

There are many reasons CPD is important when working in any form of academia, it enables you as a professional to engage in on going knowledge and to be aware of current and on going updates. 

1. It helps us maintain up to date knowledge around early years or educational updates.
2. Supports you in adhering to framework requirements / curriculum standards
3. As a leader or an educator it enables you to support others in your team. 
4. It promotes the best outcome for children and families to ensure all of their needs are met. 
5. CPD can be with professional bodies, training courses, team meeting's or simply through academic reading. 
6. Keeps you updated with legislation requirements 
7. Supports OFSTED readiness
8. Improves your contribution to the work environment and your own skills 
9. Supports progression on to other routes you may wish to pursue. 

Class Task 

On google classroom I have created a CPD 

table to help you understand why we might 

engage in CPD and its importance as 

developing EYE's. 

Spend time completing this table. 

Save it in your performance outcome 3 folder. 

We will also be printing this to add to our 

CPD table's. 

Other ways you may engage in CPD 

• Visits to other provisions or setting's 
• Shadowing or observing other professionals. 
• Self direct learning, reading and researching. 
• Feedback from others (constructive support)
• Focused reflections (you learnt about reflective models in Element 9.
• Learning or academic journals / logs 

Observations 

For your project work you have been completing 3 x observations on your selected child. 

It is important we are able to link to curriculum requirements. 

You will now spend time linking all 3 observations individually to Development Matters 2023 Milestones. 

You need to save each table in your google drive. 

& print them for your project based learning!