Nursery World - Continuing Professional Development, Part 2

Online CPD opportunities have greatly increased recently, but settings and practitioners need to choose carefully to ensure the training is of benefit, finds Annette Rawstrone

As our relationship with technology has adjusted to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic – both socially and professionally – video-conferencing, online courses, webinars and podcasts have made continuing professional development (CPD) more accessible and cheaper than ever before.

‘The online marketplace has exploded,’ says early years specialist and host of Early Years TV, Kathy Brodie. ‘There is so much breadth, which is fantastic for practitioners, from in-depth webinars to half-hour podcasts. The benefits are enormous and you can just dip in at whatever level that you want to.’

Completion of online EduCare courses offered by the Early Years Alliance to its members was up 500 per cent between March and June 2020. Similarly, more than 20,000 people signed up to the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) free training app, EY smart, 60 per cent of whom were new to the organisation.

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