The Institute for Education and Education
Departments and Directorates would like to
inform all schools that the following process is to be adopted with regards
to the planning and implementation of the forty (40) hours management driven
professional development sessions:
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1. As part of the SDP process, schools will
perform the internal review and elicit the actions to be implemented in the
following year together with the professional development identified as
required by educators to be able to implement those actions.
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2. The school will thus develop a training plan
for its educators which consists of twenty-five (25) hours planned by the
school and based on the findings of the internal review. Twelve (12) hours
out of the twenty-five (25) hours must be dedicated to the School Development
Plan. School Development Planning hours should focus on curricular planning
including evaluation of action plans, further planning and improvement. The
remaining thirteen (13) hours should include sessions/workshops that will
support educators to implement actions and policies.
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3. The school will also place in its calendar
the fifteen (15) hours planned by DCLE, DES and IMU. These entities will
inform schools about the schedule of this centrally driven training by the
end of October 2018 for this year.
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4. Planning for the twenty-five (25) hours of
Professional Development, each school is kindly requested to:
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a. Schedule the twelve (12) hours dedicated to
the School Development Plan (SDP) and any sessions that will aid the process.
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b. With regard to the thirteen (13) hours of
professional development:
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I. Plan
the sessions required, identify for whom the sessions are intended and the
time to be dedicated to each session. This information is required in the ‘Management Driven Professional
Development Plan’ which can be accessed via the following link: https://goo.gl/KKNMRg by not later than the last week of October 2018. Each
session should preferably not cater for more than twenty-five (25) participants
to enhance effectiveness. Parallel sessions can be planned and there can also
be rotation of groups.
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II. Schools
should contact the relevant Directorates, Education Officers or other experts
within MEDE directly if they can provide the training session required. If
the training area required by the school cannot be catered for in this manner
the school can contact the Institute for Education by submitting an online
application through the link: https://goo.gl/MKx96y. A list of subject areas for which experts have been
identified by the Institute for Education may be accessed through the
following link: https://goo.gl/mg86Nf. The Institute for Education will link the
school with the expert, so that the school can schedule a meeting to plan the
training session required within the timeframe available.
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III. Schools
also have the possibility to contact an expert of their choice in the
following way:
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· Experts
coming from institutions such as University of Malta, MCAST, ITS, Government
Departments and Entities outside MEDE which are listed in Schedule 2 of
the Public Procurement Regulations (http://justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&itemid=9532&l=1 Pg. 127) can be
engaged directly, notifying the Institute.
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· Speakers/Experts
with a unique skill set for Malta is to be made through direct order request
to the Institute for Education through the College Principal. The request to
the Institute should include a justification why the expert is being engaged
directly. Once request is approved, according to the Public Procurement
Regulations thresholds, the School may proceed to contact the expert.
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· All sessions will be paid equally
as follows:
- €22 per hour of professional development which is non-accredited;
- €30 per hour of professional development which is accredited at MQF
Level 4 and 5;
- €35 per hour of professional development which is accredited at MQF
Level 6 and 7.
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IV. The
school is required to notify its staff about the professional development at
least forty (40) days before it actually takes place.
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V. The
expert delivering the session will bring one or two forms as applicable:
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· Remuneration form – This form is to be filled
in on the day of the Professional Development session and signed by the Head
of School. The expert will send this to the Institute for Education. This
form is not applicable to those whose job description includes providing
support to educators. Please refer to the rates indicated above.
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· Attendance sheet (to
be filled in for all training sessions) - This sheet is handed
to the staff present for the professional development before the end of the
session and only those present for the whole session should be allowed to
sign. The form will be photocopied by the School for records purposes and the
original is to be sent to the Institute for Education together with the
remuneration form, where applicable, by the expert. It is important to note
that all education grades mentioned in the Sectoral Agreement (2018-2022) are
required to participate in the forty (40) hours of Professional Development
during each scholastic year.
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In case of difficulties, kindly contact Ms Carmen Grech, Education
Officer, on Tel. no. 2598 2006 to clarify related queries.
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Useful Links
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·
IfE 55/2018 - Management Driven
Professional Development Process
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Management Driven Professional Development Plan
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Application for Management Driven Professional
Development Sessions organised by the Institute
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List of Management
Driven Professional Development Sessions organised by the Institute
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Remuneration form
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Attendance
Sheet
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