We asked 11 teachers at the beginning of the year how they saw their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the coming year of professional development on the MA in Education Programme.
• They reported that their motivation and enthusiasm for learning new knowledge, applying it to their work and raising standards. The opportunity of their leadership role was seen as a strength.
• Candidates perceived their weaknesses as a lack of skill, or ability, and a lack of time. Some saw lack of school support for what they were trying to do as a weakness.
• Candidates perceive that the programme offers them the opportunity to develop practice and raise standards, to re-enthuse and gain a qualification and career development.
• The largest perceived threat is a lack of time in busy working lives with sudden and unexpected disruptions, and maintaining a work life balance.
Midwheb ill continue to develop programmes which recognise these issues through for example developing portfolio approaches which fit in with work already done by teachers.
