This unit will examine the on-going importance of professional learning in the context of the National Professional Standards for Teachers. It will analyse the role of various stakeholders in the secondary education process and appropriate professional ways to engage and respond to them. The unit reviews and critically reflects on the various drivers of contemporary secondary school systems and their impact on student learning. Topics: * Reflexive analysis and action research as part of the teaching practice * The role of the Professional Standards for teaching for further teacher development * What does research say about effective PD ? * The drivers of Secondary school programming * The various roles within the Secondary school