The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) offers Chartered Geographer (Teacher), the only ongoing professional accreditation linked to CPD in Geography.
"The CGeog is a qualification which spurs you on to improve your own professional development, and maintain the curiosity about the subject. Teachers should also be learners, and the CGeog provides a framework for that process, as well as recognition when it is achieved."
Alan Parkinson, CGeog (Teacher)
Benefits of Chartered Geographer (Teacher)
- Chartered Geographer (Teacher) is relevant to the TDA framework of professional and occupational standards for teachers.
- it can support your application for a leadership or Advanced Teacher role.
- demonstrates that you wish to maintain your professional standards through continually developing your geographical skills and knowledge.
- shows that you are committed to geography beyond your specific teaching responsibilities, by recognising your ongoing contribution to teaching and learning and the wider discipline.
- proves your commitment to the professionalism of the discipline by using CGeog (Teacher).
- as a Chartered Geographer (Teacher) you will be selecting and undertaking your own annual programme of CPD and demonstrating how this has been embedded and reflected on in your work.
- uses a wide range of CPD activities as evidence, including those that you currently undertake such as working with examination boards
- you can, if you wish, become a mentor for teachers thinking of becoming a Chartered Geographer (Teacher) in the future