TIPD

  “The TIPD experience was positive, motivating and enlightening – an excellent professional development opportunity.”

Teachers’ International Professional Development (TIPD)    

The Teachers' International Professional Development  (TIPD) programme provides teachers with a unique opportunity to study a particular facet of education in another country.

Since 2000, more than 17500 teachers have benefited from international study visit research programmes organised through League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers ( LECT ), Specialist Schools Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), Best Practice Network (BPN) and the British Council.  For 2007-08 LECT has an allocation of 600 places and works closely with Local Authorities in England in facilitating first class visits to an increasing number of overseas destinations.

The TIPD programme is recognised worldwide as an outstanding form of CPD.  There is increasing interest from overseas partners and this enables us to identify a specific destination for your project.

• Benefit to teachers and schools
• Criteria
• What does the programme involve?
• How long are the visits?
• What costs are involved?
• Preparation, implementation and dissemination
• Report and Evaluation
• How do I apply to take part in the DCSF TIPD programme?
• LECT ’s TIPD contacts
• TIPD Reports

Further information is available from the following pages:

TIPD: Application Forms

NOTE: TIPD is open to teachers working in England. Scottish teachers should refer to Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) (http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/internationaleducation/index.asp) and Welsh teachers to the GTCW (http://www.gtcw.org.uk/cpd/information.html) for details of opportunities available to them.