Careers Advisers Workshop

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Careers Advisers Workshop Mel Wilde Jeff
Cull Teachers Directorate
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Careers Advisers Workshop

• Purposes of this session
• to introduce Careers Advisers to training and
  development opportunities for teachers from
  Induction onwards
• to provide Careers Advisers with current
  information on salary scales linked to teachers
  career progression
• to consider the above in the context of New
  Professionalism and the new standards for
  classroom teachers.

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• Teacher salaries
• Starting salaries and main scale pay progression
• Performance Management Reviews and Pay
• Threshold and upper pay spine

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• Teacher salaries, continued
• Advanced Skills Teachers and Excellent Teacher
  salaries and roles
• The Leadership pay spine

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• The induction period is designed to
• offer support during the first year of teaching
• provide newly qualified teachers with a firm
  foundation for future professional and career
  development.

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• There are two main aspects
• an individual programme of professional
  development and monitoring
• assessment against national Induction Standards.

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• What can Newly Qualified Teachers expect?
• Career Entry and Development profile
• 90 timetable
• an induction tutor
• an individualised induction programme
• observation of the newly qualified teachers
  teaching with follow up review meetings
• a programme of professional development
  opportunities
• termly assessment meetings

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• What can Newly Qualified Teachers expect?
  (continued)
• reports on their progress
• additional support in cases of difficulty
• a named contact at the LEA/ISCTIP
• a recommendation on completion
• planning, preparation and assessment time
  entitlement as part of every teachers pay and
  conditions.

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• Newly Qualified Teachers roles and
  responsibilities
• before take up of post
• when starting the new post
• during the induction period.
• To complete induction successfully newly
  qualified teachers must, by the end of the
  induction period, show that they have continued
  to meet the QTS Standards and met the Induction
  Standards

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• Can a Newly Qualified Teacher complete induction
• on a part-time basis?
• as a supply teacher?
• in an independent school?
• in an academy school or early years centre?
• is there a time limit?
• outside England?

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• Key transition points
• Transition from training into employment
• the Induction period
• transition from induction to the early career
  years.
• Emerging CPD priorities
• Supporting teachers with their training and
  development after induction
• The role of Local Authorities

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• Opportunities for career development
• 89 of 2nd teachers take on additional
  responsibilities in year 2 of their teaching
  careers
• 50 of teachers are subject leaders by the 2nd or
  3rd year in the profession
• AST and ET opportunities

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• Opportunities for career development
• Middle management roles
• Advanced Skills Teachers
• Threshold and Excellent Teachers
• Senior management
• Flexible career patterns supported by the Return
  to Teach programme
• Postgraduate Professional Development
• Chartered Teacher status
• Professional development courses
• High impact bespoke coaching
• Collaborative learning and networks

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• Putting teachers in the driving seat of
  their careers
• The standards
• Performance Management Reviews

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• Advanced Skills Teachers must
• meet the standards of excellence in their own
  teaching as excellent teachers and have the same
  commitment to professional growth
• be able to coach, advise, support and mentor
  colleagues
• possess the leadership and advisory skills needed
  to work on, or lead, continuing professional
  development and school improvement activities in
  a range of educational contexts and workplaces.

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• Threshold teachers are
• senior teachers who provide a role model for
  teaching and learning
• make a distinctive contribution to the raising of
  standards across the school
• continue to grow professionally by developing
  their teaching expertise, working as part of a
  wider team and coaching and mentoring colleagues.

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• Excellent Teachers
• provide an exemplary role model to their
  colleagues by their professional expertise,
  demonstrated through the quality and impact of
  their planning, teaching and assessment
• play a leading role in raising standards across
  the school
• support and help colleagues in improving their
  effectiveness and meet their development needs
  through highly effective coaching and mentoring.

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• Issues for discussion