The Early Career Framework Handbook

Teaching is a career-long journey of professional learning and development. The Chartered College of Teaching is on hand to help you every step of the way. This handbook guides you through all aspects of the Early Career Framework (ECF), supporting you through the full two-year programme. It is both useful and thought-provoking and includes chapters covering all aspects of the ECF from well-known teachers and researchers across the world of education
Revisiting the notion of teacher professionalism

A focus on developing and sustaining teacher professionalism should lie at the heart of all education policy, and particularly teacher recruitment and retention.
Quality Assurance of Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development: Design, Development and Pilot of a CPD Quality Assurance System

Published: April 2021 Authored by: Katy Chedzey, Maria Cunningham & Emily Perry In this report we share the outcomes of a project to design, develop and pilot a system for quality assuring teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD). This project was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and delivered by the Chartered College of Teaching, the Teacher […]
Education in times of crisis: Effective approaches to distance learning

Published: November 2021 Authored by: Lisa-Maria Müller and Gemma Goldenberg This report marks the culmination of the ‘Education in times of crisis’ series, an essential resource for teachers and policymakers on distance learning. This final report presents findings from a project involving 400 teachers, setting out their views, experiences and innovations around emergency remote teaching. […]
Education in times of crisis: Teachers’ views on distance learning and school reopening plans during COVID-19

Published: July 2020 Authored by: Dr Lisa-Maria Müller & Gemma Goldenberg The second in the ‘Education in times of crisis’ series of reports looks at member views on the potential impacts of closures on learning, wellbeing and long-term implications. Key areas of discussion included: Views on distance learning How has the crisis affected student learning? […]
Cognitive science in education: Teachers’ priorities for research

The aim of the Chartered College of Teaching is to support evidence-informed practice in education by narrowing the research-practice gap.
Framework for Ethical Leadership in Education

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) commissioned an Ethical Leadership Commission in June 2017. It had very strong participation from members and has already had an effect on public discourse about schools and their leadership. Our Framework, included within the report, will now help to plot the new landscape.
Education in times of crisis: Covid-19 school closures

The Chartered College of Teaching published a review of research evidence on school closures and international approaches to education during the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Education in the time of crisis: The potential implications of school closures for teachers and students’ is the first in a series of reports looking at the impact that both the school closures and the wider crisis may have on students’ academic achievement and socio-emotional development, as well as their impact on teachers.
International Teacher CPD

The landmark project, published by the professional body for teachers, brings together over 30 different articles by some of the world’s leading researchers and practitioners showcasing trends, opportunities and challenges in developing professional learning for teachers.