Professional Development Placements
We host and run a number of Professional Development Placements (PDPs) for teachers at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show, the Three Counties Show and throughout the year.
Run jointly by local education officers, and our own dedicated Education Officer, these one day workshops are designed to bring teaching staff and relevant experts together.
Aiming to inspire creative teaching methods and provide an opportunity to experience new learning environments, the PDPs also give teachers the ability to collect resources and ideas, as well as to discuss different approaches to education with colleagues and business professionals.
The PDP days are carefully structured and can be tailored to meet specific needs.
At the Malvern Spring Gardening Show we also work with the education officers from the Royal Horticultural Society.
The Three Counties Agricultural Society can provide small grants to help with funding towards supply cover and travel expenses.
Our PDP programme has proved to be extremely popular, so we suggest that you register your interest with our Education Officer for future events.
Click here to register.
Previous PDPs have included Our Environment Can We Save It?, Why Farming Matters, Gardening for Terrified Teachers, Water, Water EveryWhere? NO Not a Drop to Drink, Hops to Herbs, Tropical Agriculture and the Global Dimension, Are We Doomed? and Bringing the Garden into the Classroom!
For a programme of future PDP's please see our Latest News page or contact our Education Officer.
Testimonals
"I have gained invaluable extra knowledge and ideas of how I will expand the garden we have started" Claire, Primary Teacher Worcester
"I will be using the practical advice tomorrow!" Collette, Primary Teacher Worcester
"Both experts were excellent and very informative" Elaine, Primary Teacher Worcester
"The three speakers were fantastic and really bought rural enterprise to life" Claire, Secondary Teacher Hereford