# Practice Development Groups for teachers and trainers in the Further Education and Training Sector

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Education and Training Foundation](/buyers/the-education-and-training-foundation/contract-awards)
- Published: 4 May 2020
- Planned start: 29 June 2020
- Planned end: 30 April 2021
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5cef5138-f054-4fda-b818-b7d7e12b5fb4-357375
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d7b201e9-9ba4-411f-b548-56b5381751cd

## Description

This tender seeks to establish several Practice Development Groups \(PDGs\) in nine regions across England\. It is a new ETF programme designed to promote practitioner-led, collaborative professional development across the Further Education and Training sector\. PDGs consist of action learning sets of practitioners who work together on a short-term, small-scale project to improve an aspect of their teaching, learning and assessment over a four-month period\. Each successful tenderer would be expected to run two rounds of PDG's per academic year \(October- January and January - April\)\. It is envisaged that the successful tenderers will act as a hub and set up 8-10 groups \(4-5 per round\) with group facilitators who will support participants in running action learning sets\.

## Related contract awards

- [Award of technical support for the ETF Learners website](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d7167844-f96d-4502-87e1-a76499ab17ef): The Education and Training Foundation
- [Award of the Middle Leaders \(ACE\) programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-68896315-915c-4ebf-b80c-d7519280ebc6): The Education and Training Foundation
- [Award of the CPTE in Digital](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8ec3ddbc-8bcc-45ba-8c29-f7ed76c94d52): The Education and Training Foundation

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5cef5138-f054-4fda-b818-b7d7e12b5fb4-357375)