Teacher training in Hull past and present

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Teacher training in Hull past and present A
potted history to chart the growth and
improvement in trainee provision across the city
and beyond. This presentation aims to show how,
with the support of government funding and TTA
partnership monies, the Hull area has enhanced
and extended its involvement in ITT. Improving
not only the quality and quantity of provision,
but also the variety and nature of provision
and provider.
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DFES funding in the 1990s
Books ?
Training manuals ?
Mentor support ?
ITT
Materials ?
Resources ?
Payment to mentors ?
ICT equipment ?
It was difficult to decide how best to spend
the money available
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GROUP TRAINING SCHOOL St Marys College Malet
Lambert school Andrew Marvell School
EUREKA!
Mentoring quality
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• Selected mentors appointed to become Advanced
  Mentors -
• via the Group Training School.
  (six per cohort)
• Quality mentor training provided in a number of
  ways-
• Specialist training by tutors from Hull
  university - Observation
• techniques, lesson evaluation, lesson feedback,
  counselling skills,
• trainee needs, educational theory, Action
  Research etc..
• Supply funded visits to primary schools with
  trainee
• Saturday workshops at the University
• Twilight sessions at the university
• Intensive ICT training
• Provision of individual lap tops
• Interactive white boards in Advanced Mentor
  classrooms
• Funding for mutual support and paired /
  innovative observation
• Funding for additional materials
• All designed to give quality provision and
  support to trainees attached to us

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Anticipated outcomes

• Mentors trained to an advanced / enhanced level.
• Rigorous/ effective mentoring.
• Quality mentoring available to trainees.
• Quality resources used and produced.
• Collaborative planning and Reflective practice.
• Quality support and observation of trainee.
• Comprehensive meeting of trainee needs.
• Excellence in use and application of ICT in
• all areas of mentoring.
• Inter school cooperation.
• Quality inter-school support networks.
• Quality professional development of mentor.
• Innovative observation and evaluation.
• Accurate and standardised assessments.

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• Other consequences
• Extended provision for further four years,
  following successful feedback and independent
  evaluation.
• 2. Direct involvement of the Training School
  in the TTA Partnership Promotion Project in YH.
• Rapid promotion of Advanced mentors to management
  positions and AST status. Extensive opportunities
  to become involved in ITT training (county wide
  and beyond)
• Trainees themselves encouraged to become involved
  in mentor training to further their professional
  development
• and saleability. (Many trainees express
  an early desire to become mentors themselves)
• 5. Active involvement in new and innovative
  ITT programmes and initiatives of major
  significance GTP / DRB

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• The Partnership Promotion Project
  YH
• TTA funded
  initiative.
• BASIC MENTOR TRAINING PROVISION (for quantity)
• ITT MENTOR CONFERENCE ( for quality)
• Advanced Mentors from the Group Training school
  have found themselves to be central to this TTA
  funded initiative.
• As their training period reaches a close their
  demand to disseminate and share good practice
  just keeps growing and growing. They will be a
  central part of all future initiatives and
  developments and they have a major role to play
  in training up more Advanced mentors for the
  future.

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BASIC MENTOR TRAINING FOR QUANTITY One half of a
two part bid / TTA funded programme

• 5 Workshops (4pm to 6pm) on key mentoring
  issues.
• 1. Basic requirements for ITT and setting the
  standards.
• 2. Trainee needs and the purpose of early
  observations of established staff.
• 3. Innovative approaches to observing trainees.
• 4. Giving feedback and setting targets.
• 5. Making the most of the mentoring hour.
• 25 Trainee mentors from five different schools
  across Hull
• involved in the training process. ( Designed to
  extend and enhance
• the mentoring force in our schools for GTP and
  PGCE support).
• Supply funded for twilight sessions. (Feb June
  2003).
• Delivered by Advanced Mentors - now able to
  share their ideas,
• research findings, materials and experiences.

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• ITT Mentor conference - 1st and 2nd July 2003
• (Part two of a two part bid)
• A two day project initiative to enhance the level
  of training for existing
• mentors. The QUALITY aspect of the project bid.
• 45 delegates from a range of schools across
  Yorkshire and Humberside
• Advanced Mentors will deliver four workshops
  (repeated each day).
• These workshops demonstrate and share the
  research findings and activities of the Advanced
  Mentors.
• Workshop titles include-
• Innovative observation approaches
• The mentor as role model
• Effective evaluation
• Beyond the plateau extending and
  challenging the trainee.
• Professional Artistry collaborative
  planning with the mentor.
• Meeting trainee needs employing a range of
  trainees to discuss their