Professional learning and development can be a range of opportunities that relate to a CLD practitioner’s practice.  Below is an illustration and also some examples of how professional learning and development might be progressed.

Here are some further examples of professional learning opportunities:

• Self-evaluation and critical reflection processes
• Experiential, action or enquiry-based learning
• Professional dialogue with colleagues, other professionals, and learners
• Focused professional reading and research
• Leading or engaging in practitioner enquiry/action research
• Critical analysis of reading, learning and impact on professional practice
• Learning about aspects of the CLD or approaches to learning and development
• Peer support e.g. coaching or mentoring
• Visits/peer observation
• Online learning/blogs
• Work shadowing
• Co-operative or team working
• Participation in collaborative activity e.g. communities of practice/learning
• Leading or participating in a working or task group
• Planning learning which is inter-professional or cross-sector
• Participation in activities relating to assessment, moderation and evaluation
• Secondments, acting posts and placements
• Formal study and qualifications
• Accredited courses or activity related to achieving national professional standards for CLD
• Professional/ Academic conferences