text: The Teacher Retention and Professional Development Conference | 9 June
  Thank you to everyone who attended the Teacher Retention and Professional Development Conference on 9th June 2021.
  Organised by the Oustanding Schools team, the conference set to bring together international school leaders to explore, discuss and debate the best possible solutions to improving and supporting teacher retention through effective and adaptive CPD, as well as provide guidance on how to best empower every single teacher to be healthy, productive and resilient.
  The event included 15 hours of CPD accredited content delivered through a mix of stimulating and thought-provoking presentations and panels, and interactive roundtables and workshops facilitating reflection and collaboration.
  Please check out our next flagship Outstanding Schools Middle East Conference taking place on the 12-14 October 2021, online.
  Conference Speakers - 9th June
  Founding Senior Vice-President
  Advisory Board Member, World Happiness Foundation; Founding Member and Former Executive Director, Gross National Happiness Centre Bhutan; and Visiting Professor
  Rekhi Centre for the Science of Happiness, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham; President, International Positive Education Network (IPEN); and Co-Founder
  Founder and Principal, Butwal Montessori Training Centre; Author and TEDX Speaker, and Principal
  Chief Academic Officer, Sobha Group and Principal
  Assistant Headteacher and Director of Learning
  Dr Jessica Werner
  Northshore Coaching & Consulting
  Author, The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community, and Executive Headteacher
  Highlands Primary School, UK
  Group Head, Teacher Professional Learning & Development
  Dr Racquel Warner
  Group Director, Learning and Innovation
  Multipliers Master Workshop Practitioner/Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Virtual Instructor & CEO
  Deputy Head of Wellbeing (Whole School)
  Certified Professional Coach and Associate Professor
  Executive Coach and Mentor, and School Partnerships Strategies Manager - Dubai Campus
  For School and Academic Leaders
  The Teacher Retention and Professional Development Conference provided a timely and necessary platform for educational leaders and experts to come together and discuss solutions for optimising professional learning, for example through the effective use of technology, coaching, and teacher-centred approaches. School leaders had the opportunity to gain strategic guidance, and explored evidence-based best practice around CPD and CPD leadership that emerged from the pandemic, as well as understood the importance of SEL, wellbeing and PD in retaining a skilled, productive and happy teaching workforce.
  Key takeaways of the event included:
  Highlighting effective and trialed-and-tested ways to support teachers to become resilient and high-performing leaders
  Discovering how to enhance teacher motivation, productivity and efficacy during times of crisis
  Understanding how to retain a highly-skilled workforce within schools and the wider profession
  Learning how to create a strong culture and ethos in schools through coaching, mentoring and other leadership approaches
  This was a highly interactive conference made up of a mix of presentations, panel debates, "video-on" workshops and roundtable discussions, which enabled participants to listen and learn, but also contribute to the discussion through the live chat and in break-out rooms. The event also facilitated networking in 1-to-1 meetings, and this was all delivered via our event platform, Swapcard.