GROWING GREAT TEACHERS: IMPROVE NOT PROVE with Chris Moyse

<p><strong>Chris Moyse</strong> is a nationally acclaimed trainer and consultant with over 30 years of experience in education. A teacher for 18 years, he was a successful Head of Physical Education and went on to become a Teaching and Learning consultant for Somerset Local Authority. He was then a senior leader in a highly successful all-through 3-16 school for 7 years and is now Head of Staff Development for Bridgwater College Trust – a 3-19 multi academy trust in Somerset.</p> <p>He is also managing director of a successful education and leadership consultancy business; TLC Education Services Ltd, as well as being senior SLE for North Somerset Teaching Alliance.&nbsp; Chris is also an ambassador for Leadership Matters; a movement designed to give all schools access to the high quality leadership development that ultimately improves pupil educational outcomes.&nbsp; Chris was also the only associate teaching trainer with Ginnis Training Ltd – an education consultancy company led by the late, great Paul Ginnis, author of The Teachers’ Toolkit. He has worked in over 600 schools across England and Wales.</p> <p><strong>The natter</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>Tell listeners about your career to date , your journey and what you are working on at the moment ?</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I wanted to start by asking about your blog of November last year , entitled RIP performance management. You use the famous insanity quote at the end of the blog , tell me why performance management is dead?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tell us about the professional growth policy you have devised for your trust .&nbsp;</p> <p>What are the key drivers for staff development?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Going into your professional growth policy , what advantages does continuous professional growth have for teachers and students/pupils ?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;What is effective personal reflection? Are teachers good at establishing our levels of competence?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;I’m very pleased to see the data target ditched , what quality assuran