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Professional development for school leaders needs to evolve to equip them with the tools to tackle new challenges, says NIoT chief Melanie Renowden

This week’s essential education news includes unions demanding an above-inflation teacher pay rise and warnings about another shortfall in trainee teachers

Rather than using more general GROW or SMART models for staff development, this leader explains why she created a more education-specific model to track teacher progress

Fears of under-recruitment of teacher trainees for the third year in a row remain despite a rise in bursaries, an increase in applications and a reduction in recruitment targets

Target was to fill 2,000 places on the secondary PGDE this year but just 1,002 were taken – with maths, physics, computing, technical education, languages, chemistry and music among worst hit

ÌÇÐÄVlog’ education news round-up includes the lowering of the target for recruiting secondary teacher trainees and controversy over Gillian Keegan’s Ofsted ‘punch’ comment

Humza Yousaf made the admission when quizzed about a ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland exclusive revealing almost one in five probationers have opted out of this year’s induction scheme

The government says it will need 9 per cent fewer postgraduate secondary trainees – despite missing its target by half this year

Putting SEND training at the heart of the ECF is a welcome move – but it should be a golden thread through all career stages, says this trust executive

‘Top-down’ education reforms have a poor track record and Scotland’s school staff should be entrusted with key decisions, advises expert analysis

What schools can do to attract younger teachers amid a recruitment crisis, according to one expert

EIS union says workload pressures, under-resourcing of ASN and rising violence are prompting new teachers to ‘pursue other opportunities’