The Edu-Book Club: Making CPD Resources Work in the Classroom

Educational books can help teachers engage in quality CPD (Continuing/Continuous Professional Development), but how do we find the time to read the latest literature? And if we have the time, how do we know what to choose or what we should do with what we read?

Born from a real-life book club, The Edu-Book Club helps teachers and school leaders to navigate the wealth of evidence-based CPD by bringing together key publications on teaching, assessment, and curriculum. It shows how the ideas and research presented in these publications can be translated into everyday classroom practice, to help teachers and school leaders develop and inform these practices for their own professional and classroom development.

Drawing on a diverse range of books and including practical advice on how to set up and run a book club, each book club session covers:

• The rationale for choosing that title
• An interview with the author with accompanying visual notes
• A summary of the key ideas
• Key takeaways and implications for classroom practice

With an accompanying website featuring the video interviews and additional resources, accessible at https://glt-alwayslearning.co.uk/posts/glt-friends-book-club-edu-book-club, this will be a valuable resource for teachers and school leaders at all stages of their careers.

Dave Tushingham is a Lead Practitioner for the Greenshaw Learning Trust in Bristol. He co-founded the GLTBookClub with Rhiannon Rainbow in 2020.

Rhiannon Rainbow is a maths teacher with 20 years’ experience teaching secondary. She co-founded the GLTBookClub with Dave Tushingham in 2020.