Alice Curwood and Mark Atkinson discuss how they revolutionised professional development in their Physical Education department at the Alice Smith School in Malaysia

What does an effective professional development programme look like?

While there is no unique formula, there are some characteristics that make a PD session particularly useful: for example, being tailored to your – and your students’ – needs, and being time and cost-effective. Alice and Mark told us how they revolutionised professional development in their department to crea ...