What’s Next For You?
We finish this course with relevant next steps for your professional development and additional resources. The final activity invites you to share your action plan, setting yourself achievable next steps to sustain and embed your professional development.
Recognition from STEM Learning
If you have successfully completed the course and earned a certificate (either through upgrading or perhaps you have an Unlimited subscription), you can get recognition from STEM Learning for your professional development on this course. STEM Certificates digital badges give you a place to present your CPD with STEM Learning, showing the outcomes of courses and time spent on your professional development. Simply send a digital copy of your FutureLearn certificate as proof of completion to awards@stem.org.uk. You will need a free STEM Learning account before you submit proof of completion.
Continuing your professional development with STEM Learning
If you have found this course useful to your own practice, we would strongly encourage you to adopt a peer leadership role and support your colleagues through other online courses. Learning together, you can develop a school approach that will really make a difference to the learning of your students.
The following documents will help you plan for group professional development in your school:
The video below explains the STEM Learning Impact Journey: our approach to supporting your continuing professional development as a teacher, teaching assistant or technician.
This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube.
Below are further CPD courses that complement this subject knowledge course and support your development as a primary teacher.
Residential CPD
Delivered at the National STEM Learning Centre in York, UK. Bursaries for UK state-funded schools and colleges.
Local CPD across the UK
Online courses on FutureLearn
- Teaching primary science: getting started
- Planning for learning: formative assessment
- Full list of online courses from STEM Learning
Action plan
Coming up with some clear actions is a great way to ensure that you embed your learning from this course into your practice.In the comments below, let us know:
- What you plan to do next week that’s been influenced by this course.
- What you plan to do sometime this term as a result of your learning on this course.
- What you plan to do in the upcoming year.
Well done for reaching this stage of the course and thank you for your participation. We look forward to working with you and supporting your professional development again.
Mark Langley and the STEM Learning Online Team
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