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Dear colleague,

This month we have some exciting news to share with you! 

After the first designation period from 2021-2024, all 87 TSH's had to reapply for this status for the next designation period of 2024-2028.

After a rigorous application process, I am delighted to inform you that we have been successful and secured designation as your local TSH.

We are thrilled to be able to continue our work of supporting schools, settings and colleagues from across our region and look forward to the next 4 years.

In this month's newsletter, we want to draw your attention to:

Initial Teacher Training (ITT)

We are sharing a range of routes to teaching - have you considered teacher apprenticeships? As a partner with Best Practice Network for teaching apprenticeships, you will find further information about postgraduate and undergraduate apprenticeships.

There is also information on how you can be involved with the DfE in helping shape a new service that allows schools to record their capability to host trainees.

National Professional Qualifications

It is a quiet time for NPQ recruitment until we receive further information from the DfE regarding next year's NPQ offer. The first sessions have just begun for the final cohort of this academic year.

This month you will find information about our participants' pass rate to date, alongside information about NPQSENCo, which is scheduled to commence in October 2024.

ECF

You can find out what has changed in the updated Core Content and Early Career Framework. You can also find information about the DfE's year 2 evaluation of the Early Career Framework rollout.

Finally.....

In this month's spotlight, we have information about Forge CPD's free professional development portal. In our coffee break section, you can read the Sutton Trust's document on 'Closing the Attainment Gap'.

Kind regards,

Alan and the Potentia Team

 

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Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeships

Would you like to find out more about the postgraduate apprenticeship route into teaching?

We are working with Best Practice Network (BPN) to offer this route. BPN apprenticeships are available for both primary and secondary schools. 

A teaching apprenticeship enables you to access the Apprenticeship Levy to upskill a current member of staff or to recruit a new member of staff.

To watch a short recording about how BPN can support schools in our region click here.

More information is also available here:

Primary ITT Apprenticeship

Secondary ITT Apprenticeship

Undergraduate Teaching Apprenticeships

You may have seen the recent announcement of the teacher degree apprenticeship from the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan MP. Subject to final approval, schools will be able to start recruiting apprentices from September 2024, with the first trainees beginning the programme in 2025. A pilot scheme working with a small number of schools to fund up to 150 apprentices to teach maths in secondary schools will start later this year.
 

More information will be available soon. For now, this blog from The Education Hub has some initial questions and answers.

ITT School Engagement National Survey

We are currently contacting all schools in our region to invite school leaders to complete this survey. We have been directed by the DfE to deliver new strategic roles to support local ITT delivery ahead of the reforms in September 2024. This survey is an opportunity for you to support us to:

• Understand the local ITT market, context and challenges
• Facilitate school engagement in ITT

It is also an opportunity for you to express an interest in supporting school placements in 2024-25.

The survey will only take between 5-8 minutes to complete. Your contributions are invaluable to gain an accurate and complete picture of ITT provision in our region.

Here is the link: Initial Teacher Training School Engagement National Survey

Research with schools that host placements and ITT providers

The DfE is developing a new service that allows schools to record their capability to host trainees. The service is being designed to help ITT providers and placement schools identify partnership opportunities more efficiently. DfE colleagues are looking for research participants that are representatives from schools that host placements and provide mentors for trainee teachers.

The research sessions will take place across February to April and involve a 1 hour video call using Microsoft Teams. Sessions will be scheduled at times that work for your availability and work patterns. To participate in the research, please contact: robert.kettrick@education.gov.uk

We are immensely proud of our pass rate across the entire suite of NPQs. This is a result of the fantastic skilled facilitation, hard work by the participants and support from the Potentia team.

We are currently running NPQH, NPQSL, NPQLBC, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD and NPQLPM. This is the first time that we have run 7 NPQs at one time and we are delighted that so many people have taken advantage of the last fully funded round that is guaranteed. We have also welcomed three new facilitators to the team.

The Future of Funding and Delivery for NPQs from October 2024

NPQs have been fully funded for people who meet the eligibility criteria and work in state-funded schools, academies and organisations that offer age 16 to 19 places in England. The 2023/24 academic year is currently the last time this funding is guaranteed by the Department for Education (DfE).

Whilst there has been no confirmation about funding from October 2024 onwards, the DfE have confirmed that from the 2024-25 academic year, NPQ cohorts will start in October and April, rather than in October and February.

NPQSENCo - Mandatory for some, applicable for all

Teaching of the NPQ for SENCOs will commence in Autumn 2024. Further information on what this means for schools and SENCOs is available here. The content framework which underpins the qualification and outlines what participants should know and be able to do after completing the NPQSENCO, can be viewed here.

If you would like to be added to our mailing list when more information is available, please email Jan Pierce on npq@potentiatsh.co.uk

Core Content and Early Career Framework

Year 2 DfE Evaluation of Early Career Framework Roll - Out

Initial findings within the report suggest:

• ECTs were mostly positive about their training. Mentors and Induction Tutors also rated the training for ECTs positively.
• ECTs continued to feel very supported by their Mentors and were confident in their Mentors’ abilities.
• ECT and Mentor confidence increased over the course of the programme.
• Participants felt the ECF-based induction programme built on and extended topics covered in ECTs’ ITT.
• Participants rated communications from providers positively.
• Towards the end of the first complete induction period, most schools intended to continue with the provider-led approach and their current lead provider.
• There are also some findings which are less positive, including workload pressures and a lack of tailoring to school contexts.

January Starters

Welcome to all of our new January starters and to those part way through their induction who have joined us in Derbyshire this term.  

Please ensure that all new starters who are at any point in their induction are registered with both the Appropriate Body (AB) and Early Career Framework (ECF) – please see further details below.  

School funding for Mentors 

Please can schools support Mentors to engage with their online learning through their EDT login. Engagement is reported to the DfE via the EDT tracker, which in turn affects the funding that school will receive.  

ECF (blocks training)

Upcoming events – all bookable via the EDT platform

September 2022 – ECT 11 & 12  /  Mentor 11 & 12

January 2022(23) – ECT 9 & 10

April 2022(23) – ECT 7 & 8

September 2023 – ECT 5 & 6 , Mentor 6 touch point

January 2023 (24) - ECT 3 & 4, Mentor Blocks 3-6

April 2023(24) Starters – Welcome webinar 24 April 2024

ECT 1 & 2 / Mentor 1 & 2

 

AB

Upcoming events – information will be sent out via ECT Manager

Writing assessment and reviews – Thursday 7 March 3:30 – 4:15pm

 

April Starters

If you’ve employed an ECT for 1 term or more, starting after February half term, they will need to be registered for their induction period for both AB and ECF by using the following steps:

1. Ensure your school and Induction Tutor details are correct on the DfE Manage My Early Career Teacher site Here.  Once you are granted access you will be able to register your ECTs and Mentors.
2. Complete the Education Development Trust (EDT) Expression of Interest form Here (if you’re not already working with EDT and Potentia)
3. Register your ECTs for their Induction via the Appropriate Body Services on ECT Manager for Potentia TSH Here.

Early Career Framework training for the Summer term is now on the platform for ECTs and Mentors to sign up to in preparation for their next blocks of input. Click here to download the Summer events schedule for ECTs and Mentors

Further Opportunities and Resources for ECTs
 

Religious and Social Education Teachers 

The National Association of Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE) are the subject association for teachers of Religious Education (RE) run by teachers for teachers.  
NATRE support those in Initial Teacher Training (ITT), Early Career Teachers (ECTs), subject teachers in each phase of education, and leaders at all levels and experience.  

https://www.natre.org.uk/about-natre/teaching-school-hubs/  
 
Early Years Teachers  

Early Years Practitioners in all settings now have access to the newly appointed Early Years Stronger Practice Hub based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. Please visit their website to find out what support your ECTs can get from them https://www.alfreton.derbyshire.sch.uk/stronger-practice-hub  

Useful Links:  

Appropriate Body Services Potentia

Appropriate Body and ECF Overview Webinar for Induction Tutors

Appropriate Body Induction Training 1 for Induction Tutors

Appropriate Body Induction Training 1 for ECTs
Writing Reviews and Assessments
 

Early Career Framework with EDT and Potentia

Early Career Framework welcome for Mentors and ECTs

Well done to all those ECTs who have completed their induction and are finishing their ECT years in April! You will receive a certificate from EDT for your Early Career Framework and ECT Manager for the induction through your registered email address. We wish you all the best for your future career in teaching.

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