What is DCSF TIPD?
The DCSF Teachers' International Professional Development (TIPD) programme
was introduced in May 2000. The programme provides opportunities for teachers
in England to develop their teaching skills, by experiencing alternative
practice in a number of key themes through short-term international study
visits. Such visits also aim to create valuable international links between
schools, facilitating international school partnerships and information sharing
on a global level.
The DCSF TIPD programme provides 2580 places per year. The programme is delivered by four providers: the British Council (BC), the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT), the HTI (HTI) and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT). Each LA in England has its own allocation of places.
Since the programme was launched, DCSF TIPD programme participants have visited diverse countries across the world — including Singapore, Australia, Hungary, China, Sweden and the USA — to study themes such as ICT, special educational needs (SEN), citizenship and literacy.
The DCSF TIPD programme enables teachers to learn from, and contribute to, educational ideas and best practice in schools throughout the world, helping to support teachers in raising standards of teaching and learning both in England and abroad.
The programme has a number of different strands with a range of
opportunities available to teachers and LAs.
Guidance on applying for the DCSF TIPD
programme
Last updated: 06 June 2008
