Our ethos of “Your child is our child” is about treating every child as an individual and ensuring that every decision is focused on securing the best outcome for each and every child.
We achieve this by ensuring high quality teaching and creating a learning environment which supports pupils to learn more, do more and know more. This creates curiosity and engagement for both pupils and teacher.
To achieve our aims, we need to ensure that our colleagues develop professional knowledge and expertise through high quality professional development, which is underpinned by evidence- informed practice.
At ALP we make sure that in every school every colleague is supported to build their own professional development portfolio through the BlueSky Education online platform. This allows us to link appraisal, professional development and quality assurance processes with school strategy.
This platform ensures that our colleagues are supported in their development. They can see clearly how their development is both informed by and supports the school's priorities as well as the trust's overall mission. The system is aperfect fit for us because our philosophy is one of guided professional autonomy. Although we need consistency across our 18 schools, we also need a bespoke approach that meets the needs and context of each colleague and each school.